Re: Ram doubler Re: David Pogue's Thanksgiving Wisdom on Vintage Tech

2010-11-30 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- On Tue, 11/30/10, John Carmonne wrote: > From: John Carmonne > Subject: Re: Ram doubler Re: David Pogue's Thanksgiving Wisdom on Vintage Tech > > On Nov 30, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Todd Brayer wrote: > > > Doesn't RAMdoubler demolish performance? It certainly > did with my LCII. > I remember

Re: Ram doubler Re: David Pogue's Thanksgiving Wisdom on Vintage Tech

2010-11-30 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- On Tue, 11/30/10, Todd Brayer wrote: From: Todd Brayer Subject: Re: Ram doubler Re: David Pogue's Thanksgiving Wisdom on Vintage Tech To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 7:02 PM Doesn't RAMdoubler demolish performance? It certainly did with my LCII. -- Not if

Re: Ram doubler Re: David Pogue's Thanksgiving Wisdom on Vintage Tech

2010-11-30 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 30, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Todd Brayer wrote: Doesn't RAMdoubler demolish performance? It certainly did with my LCII. Todd Brayer toddbra...@gmail.com I remember RD and DD both disasters as far as I'm concerned. I still have it on one of my Quadra's and have to make sure to boot with

Re: Ram doubler Re: David Pogue's Thanksgiving Wisdom on Vintage Tech

2010-11-30 Thread Todd Brayer
Doesn't RAMdoubler demolish performance? It certainly did with my LCII. Todd Brayer toddbra...@gmail.com On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > --- On Tue, 11/30/10, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > > > Okay back on topic, with my IIsi I recently tried to use > > RamDoubler > > (remem

Ram doubler Re: David Pogue's Thanksgiving Wisdom on Vintage Tech

2010-11-30 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- On Tue, 11/30/10, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > Okay back on topic, with my IIsi I recently tried to use > RamDoubler > (remember that old software?) and see what would happen to > the current 65MB > (remember the IIsi has 1MB builtin RAM).  Well it > booted up fine, but as > suspected it crashed oft

FS: Powerbook 1400CS

2010-11-30 Thread iainnitro
Greetings: I have a working Powerbook 1400cs that I am trying to find a home for. It needs a PRAM (backup) battery and naturally the battery is gone that is with it. I have tested it, but would NOT be including the power brick... as it goes with another of my vintage apple laptops. It currently

Re: Starmax 4000

2010-11-30 Thread glen
> >From: Britt Dodd >To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com >Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 12:57:12 PM >Subject: Re: Starmax 4000 > >Both used IDE hard drives, which I am very much a fan of vs SCSI ones. > >I love my 6100, but something happened to its parts and I cant seem to locate >them. > -- Wh

Re: Wallstreet G3 CD for IIci and LCII

2010-11-30 Thread Scott Holder
On 11/30/2010 2:23 PM, Joshua Juran wrote: On Nov 26, 2010, at 8:28 AM, Britt Dodd wrote: Well the solution I proposed is only one solution. You may or may not be able to use localtalk. Localtalk is a low-speed (albeit speedy in its day) communication protocol running at 230kbit/sec. Etherne

Re: Wallstreet G3 CD for IIci and LCII

2010-11-30 Thread Britt Dodd
Yeah I omitted the points that weren't applicable for the op's situation On Nov 30, 2010 2:23 PM, "Joshua Juran" wrote: > On Nov 26, 2010, at 8:28 AM, Britt Dodd wrote: > >> Well the solution I proposed is only one solution. You may or may >> not be able to use localtalk. Localtalk is a low-speed

Re: Wallstreet G3 CD for IIci and LCII

2010-11-30 Thread Joshua Juran
On Nov 26, 2010, at 8:28 AM, Britt Dodd wrote: Well the solution I proposed is only one solution. You may or may not be able to use localtalk. Localtalk is a low-speed (albeit speedy in its day) communication protocol running at 230kbit/sec. Ethernet, at 10Mbps, is over 40 times faster. Yo

Re: Starmax 4000

2010-11-30 Thread Britt Dodd
Both used IDE hard drives, which I am very much a fan of vs SCSI ones. I love my 6100, but something happened to its parts and I cant seem to locate them. -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagem

Re: Starmax 4000

2010-11-30 Thread Scott Holder
On 11/30/2010 10:28 AM, Britt Dodd wrote: Does anybody have one of these machines? I really liked it because I could use a standard keyboard and mouse (and use a KVM switch to switch it between my PC and MAC) and it was pretty quick. I've also been looking for a 5400/200 for quite some time. I

Starmax 4000

2010-11-30 Thread Britt Dodd
Does anybody have one of these machines? I really liked it because I could use a standard keyboard and mouse (and use a KVM switch to switch it between my PC and MAC) and it was pretty quick. I've also been looking for a 5400/200 for quite some time. I loved mine, but it got stolen. Know where I

Re: Seeking a Part for my 8600/200

2010-11-30 Thread Chuck Bush
On 11/29/10 6:42 PM, "John Needham" wrote: > I really would like the 200 mhz board that came with the 8600. If I do not > find it sometime soon, then I will drop you a line. Keep in mind some 7300's shipped with 200 mhz. You might check on the swap list and see if anyone has one they are not us

Re: David Pogue's Thanksgiving Wisdom on Vintage Tech

2010-11-30 Thread Arnel Tuazon
On 29/11/10 9:10 PM, "tortoise" wrote: > Despite my agreement with David, I can't get over thinking that the > Nokia N900 is both an iPhone killer and a Kindle killer and maybe even > a netbook killer. > Really? Did you check out their specs? The iPhone and Droid phones have faster processors