Mac FTP Server

2002-09-30 Thread Amber Rhea
Hi everyone, Are there any free ftp servers that will run on a System 7 Mac? I've found NetPresenz, of course, but it's not free. Thanks, @mber -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Wor

Re: 128K Boot Floppies?

2002-08-26 Thread Amber Rhea
tested it with a 128 I recently acquired at a Goodwill store. :) -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.c

Re: "trimmed"

2002-08-17 Thread Amber Rhea
n app that you use on a 68k machine and you don't plan on transferring it to a PPC (or vice versa), that extra code is just sitting around eating up hard disk space. Spring Cleaning gets rid of it for you and appends the app name with "trimmed". -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTE

ASIP and System 7?

2002-08-15 Thread Amber Rhea
least CC me off-list, it would be greatly appreciated... I'm in digest mode. Thanks! :) -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- Compact Macs is spo

Re: Unusual Keyboard with my Mac Plus

2002-08-15 Thread Amber Rhea
That's a keyboard extender that was made to "hook on" to the original Mac keyboard, which didn't have a numeric keypad. A later version of the keyboard (that shipped with the Plus, I think) did have a numeric keypad. Amber On 8/15/02 4:47 AM, Compact Macs at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any bra

Re: Why Reserve Auctions Suck

2002-08-12 Thread Amber Rhea
reserve auctions, but I guess the above paragraph digressed from the original topic because it's not about reserves at all. Anyway... interesting thing, the human mind... -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in ema

Re: reminiscing

2002-08-03 Thread Amber Rhea
with localtalk and the reporters dump their finished articles in an Appleshare "dropbox". Okay, it's not *all* compacts - the publisher has a 7200 with a 21" monitor, but he and I were talking a few months back and he said he misses his SE because it was so portable. :) The p

Re: reminiscing

2002-08-02 Thread Amber Rhea
em and dismiss them, but obviously they have a tool that works for them and does everything they want, the way they want, and they're not going to change just because it might be fashionable. I don't use an Apple II as an everyday machine, but I think it's pretty cool t

Re: Painting Compact Mac Cases !!

2002-07-31 Thread Amber Rhea
On 7/31/02 5:16 AM, Compact Macs at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dunno. Sounds interesting though. I remember one compact/vintage list member > talking about her "spray-painted 'puters". Could be Amber Rhea, not sure > though. Although I did experiment with pain

Re: Another green screen Plus

2002-07-24 Thread Amber Rhea
The item description looks very unprofessional and is very difficult to read. (No punctuation!! Ack!!) Also might want to check out his feedback rating. And I dunno about those pictures... that screen doesn't really look "green" to me. Just old. Amber on 7/24/02 12:08 PM, Compact Macs at [EMAIL

Re: Macintosh Exorcism?

2002-07-23 Thread Amber Rhea
possible on more recent powerbooks? I have a little utility called Reset Power Manager if you want to try that... -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! --

Auto-inject or manual-inject floppies

2002-07-11 Thread Amber Rhea
Hi all, Quick question: how can I tell auto-inject floppies from manual inject just by looking at them? (Just the floppy drive itself; not a drive that's currently in a machine.) Thanks, Amber -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com For great justice -- Co

Re: SW II/1200

2002-06-02 Thread Amber Rhea
I got my mom a Stylewriter II several years ago and she loves it. Before that, she had an Epson, which she'd bought brand new... she only had it for a few months before she decided that she was fed up with it. The Stylewriter is still going strong! :-) Amber On Saturday, June 1, 2002, at 06:1

Re: Mac Classic and External CD-ROM

2002-05-28 Thread Amber Rhea
gt; external SCSI port.) I'm looking for recommendations for brands and > advice about software suitable for use with Mac OS 7.1. I have an Apple CD SC (caddy-loading)and it works flawlessly. I got it on Ebay a few years ago for something like $10. Should be easy enough to find one. --

Re: Mac Look Alikes

2002-05-22 Thread Amber Rhea
> I think Sony has a long history mimicking Apple. Wasn't it Sony that > released that idiotic iMac "look-alike" a few years ago? If we're thinking of the same thing here, that was eMachines, and it was called the "eOne". But I wouldn't put it past So

Modified Mac Plus

2002-04-30 Thread Amber Rhea
Saw this on Ebay - a Mac Plus that appears to be modified with an internal fan. Also has a 400k drive. (Usual disclaimer: not affialated with seller, yadda yadda...) <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2020207855> -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTE

Re: automation

2002-04-18 Thread Amber Rhea
priate hardware/software and was speculating about automation with a compact Mac a good while back, so maybe it was even me. -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect ope

Re: early version of excel

2002-04-17 Thread Amber Rhea
on 4/17/02 7:42 PM, (Compact Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyone of you have a early version of m$ excel lying around (version 1, > 2 or 3)? Yes, I have version 1 - want a disk image? -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Camp

Re: "Tempest shielded" Macintosh SE 30

2002-04-16 Thread Amber Rhea
ielded" Macintosh SE 30 > 1891 ST. > > <http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51670,00.html> More info (about similar Macs) at: <http://www.applefritter.com/macclones/systematics/index.html> and <http://www.applefritter.com/macclones/techmatics/index.html> -- ***

Re: tell a story

2002-04-14 Thread Amber Rhea
on 4/14/02 6:49 AM, (Compact Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is here a tool to measure traffic in MB send<> receive through an IP > connectiion and suitable for se30 ? > :) > andrew IPNetMonitor. I *think* it'll run on an SE/30. Check <http://www.sustworks

Re: Mac Classic

2002-04-12 Thread Amber Rhea
> tonight. :) Well, of course... I meant all of them *except* the NeXT one! :) I am also particularly fond of the Lisa Kaleidoscope theme... ------- Amber Rhea[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Ignorance more frequently begets con

Re: Mac Classic

2002-04-12 Thread Amber Rhea
27;t permit! Try cleaning out your preferences folder... you never know what's lurking in there from years ago. -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Truth cannot penetrate a closed mind." - Jorge Luis Borges -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendm

Re: Finding System 7.1 in Binhex (WAS: Sorry for doubting macs...)

2002-04-12 Thread Amber Rhea
.. everyone (those who argue in favor of PeeCess over Macs, that is) makes such a big deal about multi-tasking in Windows... well, to me, the Mac bomb and the Windows blue screen of death are the same thing - except that the blue screen of death occurs far more frequently! ---

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread Amber Rhea
get the PPC board to work and the VGA mod is basically running > two jumper wires with a bit of scratching on the analog board, it would be > almost silly not to go ahead and do the 640x480 mod. :) I know. I was just asking out of curiosity if it is required. -- *** Amber Rhea

Re: color classic

2002-04-12 Thread Amber Rhea
think > it's a bit much. A related question: Do you have to do the 640x480 mod in order to use a PPC board (a la above) in the CC? -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Resp

Re: Just a little more about this stupid MAC Classic...

2002-04-12 Thread Amber Rhea
on 4/11/02 11:36 PM, (Compact Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually, it may be apocryphal, but I heard that when Apple was original > Macintosh and ran into naming copyright issues, they briefly considered MAC > for Mouse Activated Computer. That's an urban legend. --

Re: Just a little more about this stupid MAC Classic...

2002-04-10 Thread Amber Rhea
takes about 15 seconds to load to desktop, no clock, > making. that a total of 15 seconds. My Powerbook 145 (w/ 4MB RAM) boots cold into 7.1 in a grand total of less than 10 seconds. 'Course, I don't have many extensions, but, it just never ceases to impress me. ;) -- *** Amber

Re: Just a little more about this stupid MAC Classic...

2002-04-10 Thread Amber Rhea
m time to time. They're machines - that just the way it goes. >> Since I installed WinXP on both my PC's, I have had not a lick of an error >> from them! It's only a matter of time. > You'll be much > happier with 7.1 or 7.5.x. System 7.1 is th

Re: Sacrilege (was Re: Kinda OT, VERY absurd concept - OT -please take off-list?)

2002-04-07 Thread Amber Rhea
on 4/7/02 9:38 AM, "J.S. Garrison" at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow, now I feel bad. > > I have a IIci with a 486 Server motherboard in it running Windows NT. For you, Jeff, we'll look the other way. ;) -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tan

Sacrilege (was Re: Kinda OT, VERY absurd concept - OT - pleasetake off-list?)

2002-04-06 Thread Amber Rhea
eract-404.com/PCC/PCC.html While the case looks pretty cool, I have to say that I think this is sacreligious. Stuffing a Wintel board inside a Mac and running *Windows*?? That's just not right... -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campai

Re: Collectable machines (was Re: Compact Power Supplies)

2002-04-06 Thread Amber Rhea
r very much... but sadly, during a period of financial hardship, I was forced to sell her... :( Sorry if this is off topic. I decided to go ahead and send it to the whole list because I thought some of the rest of you may be closet NeXT-heads as well. -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] htt

Re: Kinda OT, VERY absurd concept

2002-04-04 Thread Amber Rhea
:) FWIW, your aspirations are along the same lines of the CHRP (Common Hardware Reference Platform) which would have been a great thing, but unfortunately, it was killed (but a lot of its ideas have been implemented in recent Macs). <http://www.convergence.org/platforms/chrp/main.html> --

Re: crihan.fr

2002-03-31 Thread Amber Rhea
have several old items I downloaded from crihan.fr a while ago if anyone is interested. Some can be found at <http://www.tangerinecs.com/~amber/downloads.html> but I haven't uploaded everything, so email me if you are interested. ===== Amber Rhea[E

Re: Surfing the web at 8MHZ on a Classic

2001-07-18 Thread Amber Rhea
I swear by NCSA Mosaic. Use it on my Classic with 4MB and system 7.1. I don't know if it runs under system 6, though. -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards -

Re: OT: Grumbles

2001-07-17 Thread Amber Rhea
asked a woman working there what had happened to all the computers. She shrugged and said no one was buying them and they were taking up room, so they were sent to the landfill. Ahhhh!! That was a sad day in my life. > LC II - Rhea Nice name choice. :) -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: newbie needs disks

2001-07-17 Thread Amber Rhea
on 7/17/01 11:01 AM, (Compact Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> What's that supposed to mean? What's wrong with the way he "came on"? >> >> -- >> Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I replied to that yesterday, but since I must be suffering fr

Re: Apple II Basic on a compact mac

2001-07-17 Thread Amber Rhea
remember what it was called... I do know I had an Apple /// emulator called Sara... I'll get back to you on the II emulator. -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans." - Desiderata, Max Ehrmann -- Compact Macs is sponsored

Re: newbie needs disks - d/l system

2001-07-16 Thread Amber Rhea
800 k > disks are pretty hard to come by nowadays. > > BTW Welcome to the club. :-) If you have internet access with another computer, you can download disk images in either 800k or 1.4MB format and make floppies. Links can be found in the FAQ (see message footer) or at Gamba's sit

Re: newbie needs disks

2001-07-16 Thread Amber Rhea
What's that supposed to mean? What's wrong with the way he "came on"? -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Enjoy your acheivements as well as your plans." - Desiderata, Max Ehrmann -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> an

Re: Bernoulli

2001-07-10 Thread Amber Rhea
l have it, check http://www.iomega.com/software/listing/_drivers.html under the "Macintosh" heading (toward the botttom). -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open st

Re: Almost famous (was Mac Plus Repair)

2001-07-09 Thread Amber Rhea
t get > me started *grin* Well, MacAddict did put a G3 board in an LC... -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We can never judge where we will be tomorrow by where we are today." - Melody Beattie (The Language of Letting Go) -- Compact Macs is spo

Re: transferring to SE, zip drivers, IIci games

2001-07-09 Thread Amber Rhea
on 7/9/01 3:03 AM, (Compact Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > BUT would a normal powermac floppy drive, be able to read a disk i've > formatted in my SE? Any beige PowerMac will read 800k drives. The external USB ones for later floppy-less Macs won't read them. -- Amb

Re: getting stuff on/off the old SE

2001-07-09 Thread Amber Rhea
t bridges can be had for slightly higher, around $25-$30. Doing things the network way is a lot cheaper than messing with CD-RW drives, and conceivably it should be more reliable, too. -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We can never judge where we will be tomorrow by where

Re: PRAM battery in the Color Classic

2001-07-08 Thread Amber Rhea
? > > Bill Nope. My CC has had a dead PRAM battery, well, since I got it, I think. Why haven't I replaced it? Hey, whoever said "lazy" is a four-letter word...?! :) Maybe yours was just "more dead" than mine... -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We can never ju

Re: What is this?

2001-07-07 Thread Amber Rhea
the time, ethernet > was hideously expensive and quite unreliable) and is very slow when compared > to it. Yes, it is indeed a phonenet adapter. (*The* way to do localtalk networking.) I have a whole passle of them in one of my many desk drawers. Actually, I think they're reproducing. --

Re: WordPerfect 3.5?

2001-07-05 Thread Amber Rhea
on 7/5/01 12:44 PM, (Compact Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > AFAIUW, dl-pages are gone. Maybe one of the listners can help you with the > latest dl'ed version. > > HTH, > > Joe. There are way too many acronyms in that message! :) -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTE