Re: ethernet compact mac question

At 09:05 PM 2/4/2003, Josh Shanks typed thusly: >A SCSI-Ethernet converter? > >josh Head to eBay first. And if you want a better solution (though it takes a little more work,) find an actual 10baseT Ethernet adaptor for it instead of SCSI-Ethernet. (OK, better IMHO, I just feel better having

Re: a trend?

At 01:32 PM 1/10/2003, the pickle typed thusly: >At 09:27 -0800 on 10/01/03, E McCann wrote: > >No, but I've got one that's got nothing but a vertical line (SE/30) > >currently sitting disassembled about 4 feet from me... waiting 'til I can > >try resolder

Re: a trend?

At 08:21 AM 1/10/2003, J.S. Garrison typed thusly: > > I noticed more and more non compact mac talk on this list... is the > > compact starting to fade? No, but I've got one that's got nothing but a vertical line (SE/30) currently sitting disassembled about 4 feet from me... waiting 'til I can

Re: Wraith SE

At 02:55 PM 1/2/2003, J.S. Garrison typed thusly: >I think there's a shift in the CPU market now that VIA is making a CPU. Not really... it takes care of the super-cheap, performance-is-job-18 1/2 market... -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End Mac

Re: Wraith SE

I have to agree with the various comments... look up the definition of "hack job" in the dictionary, and you'll see this machine. Ick. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End Mac Compact Macs list info:

Re: networked gaming on old compact Macs

At 04:04 PM 11/17/2002, the pickle typed thusly: >HrmmI think there was a really old networkable Mac version of >Warcraft, but >it probably requires more CPU power than most Macs relevant to this list can >provide. Yep, the original version of Warcraft which, yeah, would just sit there

Re: G3 web and email server

At 06:41 PM 10/6/2002, the pickle typed thusly: >WTF is a G3 question doing on this list? It's the ultimate SE/30 (SE/G3?) upgrade? -Eric -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End Mac Compact Macs list info:

Re: Compact mac rendering

At 06:19 PM 9/26/2002, Ken Zirkel typed thusly: >I recall seeing somewhere -- on Apple packaging? advertisements? A >neat rendering of the compact Mac that looked like an artist drew it >with crayon or pastel. It was kind of a minimalist rendering of the >Compact Mac form. > >Does anybody know wh

Re: Free classics

At 11:32 PM 9/4/2002, Jeff Walther typed thusly: >Doesn't the Classic have 6.03 in the ROM? I seem to remember that >there's a key combo to boot from it. Yep... and I *think* it's cmd-opt-x-0, but haven't tried that in a LONG time... -Eric -- Compact Macs is sponsored by

Re: OK, done that.My Mac starts. Next: how do I use a floppy to copy sw?

At 03:57 AM 8/26/2002, bogdan bot typed thusly: > Please give me ideas about: > 1.What application do I start to transfer data between floppy and hard > drive. From your last post, you are starting your Classic with a floppy disk now, correct? Or is it booting on its own? When it boots u

Re: What Is Sniping ?

At 07:31 PM 8/12/2002, Teri Pittman typed thusly: >I use Auction Stealer, which automatically snipes in the last 10 seconds. >I became interested in it when I watched someone outbid me in the last 20 >seconds of an auction. It's funny at times, when two people bid *far* more than they'd sanely

Re: Mac Collecting Wife

Kind of rectangular, lots f pins? It's an HDI-45 port - there are some monitors (with speakers) that'll plug into that... otherwise you need an adaptor. If you'd LIKE an adaptor, let me know, I have several You can get more info at LEM or at http://www.everymac.com -Eric -- Compact Mac

Re: High Power Rocketry and Classic Macs? > MacMissile :)

At 10:58 AM 4/23/02 -0400, you wrote: >Here's a potential suggestion. Use a Sharp OZ-730PC organizer. Light, >small, quite durable (I suppose the LCD could die on impact, Impact? Not intentional, I hope - besides, most folks *do* put parachutes in here. Of course, much like some of these mess

Re: High Power Rocketry and Classic Macs? > MacMissile :)

At 12:28 AM 4/23/2002 -0400, you wrote: >1. What are the dimensions of a Q605 board? (I looked on the 'net and found >pictures but could not find any physical measurements) If you don't have the ifno by tomorrow, I'll send it along. Have to get home to emeasure it. >2. Is it reasonable to po

Re: High Power Rocketry and Classic Macs? > MacMissile :)

At 09:14 PM 4/22/2002 -0400, you wrote: >MacMissile, I like :-) > >Few questions? > >1. If I do make a "MacMissile" - what is the smallest 68k logic board? I >don't want the rocket to be too wide (and hopefully this small logic board >will be cheap in case it explodes :-P) I'd think a compact.

Re: High Power Rocketry and Classic Macs?

Hmmm. Well, go for a composite instead of pure liquid fuel - they're commercially available (AeroTech, among others, make them,) and much easier to handle and deal with, while still providing some pretty nice punch. It's solid fuel + liquid oxidizer. Most of the rocket motors are reusable. You

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

At 07:40 PM 4/9/02 -0700, you wrote: >Every time my Mac Classic crashes--I have to REBOOT! I hate rebooting this >machine the speed of an 8088-running Windows 3.0 in real mode! Do any of IIRC, an 8088 couldn't... 80286 minimum, standard mode. >you realize how LONG it takes your compact Macs t

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

At 01:47 PM 4/6/02 -0800, you wrote: > > 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... > >Windows?! I DON'T WANNA RUN *WINDOWS*!!! Ewww. . . > >Now _that's_ s

Re: Kinda OT, VERY absurd concept

At 07:01 PM 4/3/02 -0800, you wrote: >I just got the strangest idea, and if it's plausable, >I shall try, but I wanted to know what the experienced >Macheads thought first: > >Can I build a non-Wintel clone (that runs MacOS, >Linux, Unix, whatever) out of Wintel bits and peices? >I have 3 mobos, b

Re: PC to Mac question

At 03:30 PM 3/28/02 -0800, you wrote: >Hi everybody, > >In the PC world what is the file suffix that is equivalent to <.txt> on the >Mac? Same thing. .txt (plain text.) -- Compact Macs is sponsored by and... PowerON Computer Services REPLACEMEN