Re: System 7.1 Upgrade Kit

[Frank P. Eigler]

Vaughan Bromfield said:

>Folks

>I just got my hands on an unopened "Macintosh System 7.1 Upgrade Kit"
>M1731LL/A, (C) 1993 Apple Computer Inc. Designed to upgrade from 7.0 to
>7.1 according to the box it's 800K disks.
>
>The box itself is normal height and width but only half as thin as a
>typical software box. It's still shrink-wrapped and even has the
>original Apple dispatch sticker on it! I've never seen anything like it
>before. (Not that I've seen everything.)
>
>It is truly a thing of beauty. Should I open it? 
>
>Vaughan

It you're working with Sys 7.0 - yes!!!

LOL. One of my earliest experiences with a Mac - a IIci in the fall of
'90... "loaded" w/8MB Ram and a whoppping 240MB HD. Anyways, I'm getting
familiar with it and all a few days after purchase when, all of a sudden,
files start dissapearing from the list view (!). Seriously - I forget the
details now, but it was along the lines of resorting in list view and
 - seeing files disappearing. Horror!!!

Seems to have been a "bug" in Sys 7.0. 7.0.1 fixed it. Phew... and yes.
all my files were intact.

But hey, it's your call. Sure would be pretty in that shrink-wrap and all
;-)

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Re: copying programs

[Frank P. Eigler]

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Terry Ovans wrote:

> compressed segmented archive?  You are a way over my head now.

Heh. I think the pickle explained it more clearly, but I'll try again.

1. Get Stuffit or Compact Pro.
2. Set preferences to save in segments of 1.2MB (to be safe; and assuming
you're using 1.3MB/1.4MB floppies)
- note that you don't *have* to compress anything; it'll just save you
some floppies if you do.
3. Select file
4. Save to disk(s)

You'll be promted to insert floppies until it's all done.

5. Insert 1st floppie in other computer and expand the file onto the other
drive. You'll be prompted to insert the appropriate floppies until it's
all done. **Keep them in order** unless they're clearly labelled.

Again, the size of the file wil give you a good indication of the best
/most efficient method fo rthe transfer. So how big is it? You might not
want to do this with a 20MB file...;-)

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Re: copying programs

[Frank P. Eigler]

On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Terry Ovans wrote:

> Yes, you would be correct to assume that it is too big for one floppy.
> However, I could get away with copying only the files that pertain to
> the particular screensaver that I want, if I knew how to do that.

Why don't you save the file as a compressed segmented archive? Save the
segments to floppies, then extract onto the other drive?


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Re: OT - turn your windows machine into a mac!!!

[Frank P. Eigler]

Heh. So this should work under VPC, right? 

On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, iriXx wrote:

> hi all
> 
> dont know if anyone's interested in this but its a bit of fun
> discovered i can skin my windows machines to look like system 7 mac...
> www.stardock.net has WindowsBlinds, then you get a theme from 
> www.wincustomize.com ... (free downloads)...
> 
> just a bit of fun
> 
> m~

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[OT Peeve] Too many cookies

[Frank P. Eigler]

On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, iriXx wrote:

> > http://community.webtv.net/mensabrains/BADCODE
> 
> hehehehehehee i *love* that page

I'm getting so tired of sites that demand enabled cookies.

BTW - I like your site.

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Re: IIci Router (Was: [swap] WTB: Wired Router)

[Frank P. Eigler]

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Dustin Rinebold wrote:

> I use a Quadra 700 to do this. I don't think about cost- it's just a 
> techy/geeky thing to do. And that's why I like it! I boot it to an 
> external hard drive - copy everything over to a 20Mb RAM disk, then 
> boot to the RAM disk and shut off the hard drive.
  

Heh - that one step further. Now that *is* techy/geeky.

> > I used to be a fan of this idea until it was pointed out to me that the
> > power costs of running a IIci are much greater than a stand alone 
> > router, thus wiping out your imagined savings after a while.

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IIci Router (Was: [swap] WTB: Wired Router)

[Frank P. Eigler]

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Mike Ford wrote:

> LEM-Swap is for buying & selling Mac stuff. It is not a discussion list.

[Ahem...]

> Easy as can be, take an early mac, the IIci is perfect, put in two cheap 
> nubus network cards and install a free NETbsd router. You learn a little 
> about Unix, put an old mac to work, and get a cheap very reliable and 
> robust router. Mine has run perfectly for a couple years now.
> 
> This web page explains it all.
> http://www.macunix.net:443/
> 

I used to be a fan of this idea until it was pointed out to me that the
power costs of running a IIci are much greater than a stand alone router,
thus wiping out your imagined savings after a while.
 

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Re: IIci

[Frank P. Eigler]

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Dave Quebbeman wrote:

> I found some 16 MB SIMMs for sale for $22 each. I might go for them if I 
> thought I wouldn't have to re-seat them!  I guess the max I could go on a 
> Mac II is 64 MB?
> 
> Dave Quebbeman

Ouch!!!

Do not buy these. That's an outrageous price. Check out the swap list. A
guy by the name of Lizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sells matched sets of four (4)
16MB SIMMS for appx $30. I bought two sets and they've worked fine.

Next, if you're talking a IIci (bless you - it was my "first", and I still
have it), you can go with a 16MB in each slot (!). 16 * 8 = 128MB.

Happy computing!

Frank
 

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Re: wargames for 68k

[Frank P. Eigler]

What a freaking awesome sight. The first one up under "Strategy" was one
I've been snooping around for close to four years - Ancient Art of War.
Classic.

Thanks!

On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, A.Tuazon wrote:

> Try using Hotline and type in the search for 68K.  It should give you some
> sites that cater to 68K Macs and there you'll find your games (which have
> been deemed abandonware).  Another place to try is The Underdogs web site.
> I believe it's : 
> 
> http://www.the-underdogs.org
> 
> They deal with abandonware as well, though it's mainly for the PC they do
> have some that will play on Macs and they have links for Mac stuff.
> 
> Lastly, but most importantly, try :
> 
> http://mac.the-underdogs.org
> 
> This is your best bet.  I just checked them out and they had a few Wargames
> on there server as well as strategic games.
> 
> Good luck.

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30 pin SIMMS (Was: A/UX...is free?)

[Frank P. Eigler]

You might want to contact Mike Ripca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. He's often selling
exactly this on the LEM Swap List. $30 for a matched set of 4 IIRC.

I got two sets a while back. My IIci loves 'em -)

On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, MaX wrote:

> Tnx to all,
> 
> i'm downloading a/ux from apple server... a little bit slow ( 10k/s)
> but seem to work fine.
> 
> Now i'm searching for 30 pin simm of 8 o 16 Mb for my Mac IIci.
> 
> some one have 4 o 8 simm to sell?
> 
> ciao,
> MaX

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Re: remove me please

[Frank P. Eigler]

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, E McCann wrote:

> At 08:34 PM 6/3/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >To unsubscribe, email:  
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> bottom of every message.

Yup. Did you mail this to *him*, or just to the list ;-)

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Re: unsubscribe

[Frank P. Eigler]

Was there a point in posting that to the list instead of emailing the
person directly (as I did :-)

Frank

PS: Inheirent hypocrisy noted ;-)

On Fri, 24 May 2002, the pickle wrote:

> At 06:08 -0600 on 24/05/02, Paul B. Wilson wrote:
> 
> Try reading list footers sometime.
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Re: Mac IIci video... hmmm

[Frank P. Eigler]

The problem is that the PC monitor is multiscan. If it weren't, and
adapter would likely suffice.


On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, J.S. Garrison wrote:

> - Original Message -
> From: "Mark Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 6:35 AM
> Subject: Mac IIci video... hmmm
> 
> 
> > Well, for everyone who suspected that the IIci would work on a PC
> > multiscan screen with an adapter that allowed me to define it as fixed
> > res I can categorically say it doesn't, more is the pitty. I can only
> > say I am unashamedly thankful that the guy who sold me the stuff I
> > picked up yesterday thought, for a good laugh, he'd give me a NuBus
> > monochrome Mac II video card. It works fine with my monitor but,
> > obviously, I'd like to eventually get iot running in full 256 colours.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mark Benson
> 
> I've used a PC monitor with MY IIci and that PC 15 pin-to-Mac-15-pin
> adapter.
> (No switches, just plastic adapter.) Try this?
> 
> Jeff


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Re: not so zippy booting IIci

[Frank P. Eigler]

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, J.S. Garrison wrote:

[snip]
 
> Stodgy. 8 MB RAM, no cache card, no accelerator, System 7.1 at the highest.
> Nearly as stock as it came. (System 6 would be stock, along with a big,
> clunky, noisy 1/2 height Quantum hard drive at a maximum of 105MB).
> 
> Jeff

Not quite. My "stock" IIci from '91 had 7.0 (!) - quickly upgraded - and
a 240MB HD. A fairly quiet one at that.

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