Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

>From: Louis Labrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2? >Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:22:22 -0500 > >I have approx. 13gb in my archive but I really need to do a little >sorting and would like to make a list of what I have. >Is there a progra

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For those of us who have the original audio tapes included with the first macs, it may be worthwhile to back those up as well. I have one of the Mac plus ones, and when i'm home i will import it and make an MP4 out of it. These kinds of things should be saved as well. John On Mar 24, 2004, at

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

I have approx. 13gb in my archive but I really need to do a little sorting and would like to make a list of what I have. Is there a program I can use to help me with this achieving and listing. I would contribute as well. Louis On Mar 24, 2004, at 11:08 AM, Hal wrote: I'd contribute as well. I

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

I'd contribute as well. I have an original copy of Apple's "Through the Looking Glass" game and some other fun stuff. I just need to get my old Macs up and running to sort through it. -Hal On Mar 23, 2004, at 10:16 PM, John-Robert La Porta wrote: Very good idea. I would be willing to contribut

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

What does that mean, please, Byron? Susan Swindon, Wiltshire England On Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at 11:33 pm, Compact Macs wrote: Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:02:30 -0500 From: "Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2? Mes

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

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Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

Very good idea. I would be willing to contribute for sure. i have a decent sized collection of INITs, DAs etc. John On Mar 23, 2004, at 9:27 PM, Matt Jordan wrote: It would be a very interesting software list if we somehow make a list of program names and versions entered somewhere by all of

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

> It would be a very interesting software list if we somehow make a list > of program names and versions entered somewhere by all of us. > > Not that the list would mean anything more than the knowledge of the > programs exitstance and its use maybe. Considering my recent efforts to archive all o

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

I stand corrected - as described, such a list would be of great value to many and a threat to no one. - Original Message - From: "Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:02 PM

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 04:49:24PM -0800, Jennifer Worgan wrote: > The danger arises, as in gun registration, - anyone from government to > ill-meaning people who get a hold of the list can missuse it for witch hunts > and the like, knowing who has what. There is almost always a traitor who > mana

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2¢

And if your in the US contact me off list. Louis If anyone in the UK wants an interesting CD, just ask. (This comment has, of course, no connection with the foregoing text. As if!) Stuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End Mac

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

2004 4:48 PM Subject: Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2? > Stuart Bell wrote: > > > > > On 23 Mar 2004, at 22:21, Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill wrote: > > > >> It is quite possible that Apple does not have functional or accessible > >> copies of a lot of

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

Stuart Bell wrote: On 23 Mar 2004, at 22:21, Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill wrote: It is quite possible that Apple does not have functional or accessible copies of a lot of their software. But we do! S! ;-) It would be a very interesting software list if we somehow make a list of program na

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:55:06PM +, Stuart Bell wrote: > PS My archive of pre-System 6 only runs to 5.5Mb - remember, systems > were minute in those days. Tapes were much smaller back then too. Much larger than 5.5 MB, to be sure, but they would have had other stuff to backup too (such as

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

On 23 Mar 2004, at 22:21, Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill wrote: It is quite possible that Apple does not have functional or accessible copies of a lot of their software. PS My archive of pre-System 6 only runs to 5.5Mb - remember, systems were minute in those days. That's 13 floppies' worth of data -

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

On 23 Mar 2004, at 22:21, Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill wrote: It is quite possible that Apple does not have functional or accessible copies of a lot of their software. But we do! S! ;-) Stuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by . Support Low End Mac

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2?

On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 04:34:28PM -0500, John-Robert La Porta wrote: > I'm sure after all their hard work back then they would have had them > backed up on tape, or even possible stored on CDs of the time for > archiving. While they would have maintained an archive, it is not necessarily intact.

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2¢

On Mar 23, 2004, at 4:22 PM, Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill wrote: On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 02:19:33PM -0500, Eric Rasmussen wrote: This is true. The availability of System 6 in multiple manifestations means that Apple can say that they support (in the sense that they still provide system software) Ma

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2¢

At any rate, we should be happy with what Apple has given us. Very few companies are this generous. This is true. The availability of System 6 in multiple manifestations means that Apple can say that they support (in the sense that they still provide system software) Macintosh hardware back to

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2¢

On 23 Mar 2004, at 16:10, Phil Hosie wrote: Hi all and Eric, Funny enough, I have been thinking about the same thing of late. To Stuart, and to all the very knowledgeable Mac compacters out there, why oh, why... is it so hard to get these earlier systems FREELY available?? For goodness

Re: Early systems from Apple: my 2¢

On 23/3/04 11:19 PM, "Eric Rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now if only Apple would provide the last release that supported both > the 128K and 512K, System 3.2 with Finder 5.1 (June 1986) ... > > Eric > Hi all and Eric, Funny enough, I have been thinking about the same thing of late.

Early systems from Apple: my 2¢

My understanding of the System 6 offerings at the Apple site (the following is based on the assumption that somebody at Apple did actually think abo