New printers for Classic Mac's.

2009-06-08 Thread tendim
Just thought I would share.. I've managed to get my Mac Plus back up and running, and connected to the internet with an Asante EN/SC SCSI Ethernet adapter. I wondered if it was possible to print to my current printer, and it is! The printer in question is a Samsung SCX-4828FN, which has built i

6.0.5 or 6.0.8 for a Mac Plus?

2009-06-09 Thread tendim
I've got a Mac Plus with 4MB of RAM, and an external floppy. I'm currently using an HD with it, but would like to see if I can get it up and running with only floppies. So far, I've managed to get it up and running, with Internet access with: - System 6.0.8 minimum install - Asante EN/SC Driver

Re: 6.0.5 or 6.0.8 for a Mac Plus?

2009-06-10 Thread tendim
Thanks everyone for the suggestions so far. A question though: If my ideal system folder is, say, 900kb and my floppy only holds 800kb, how do I get all of the System folder files to the RAMDisk? Do I have to do a "two stage" load? I.e.: - Load up as much as I can the first time (including find

Re: 6.0.5 or 6.0.8 for a Mac Plus?

2009-06-11 Thread tendim
On Jun 10, 11:41 am, Cyrus Griffin wrote: > I would highly suggest an external SCSI drive... A lot of hard drives >   > from that era were made for the Plus to sit on top of, with the same   > footprint. Oh, I have an HD already, like you said, which sits perfectly under the plus.. But HDs ar

Re: Printer for IIsi

2009-07-23 Thread tendim
On Jul 22, 3:05 pm, Ivan Drucker wrote: > Right. You'd need an ethernet-attached printer on your LAN. The trick would > be to find one which supports AppleTalk networking, and I don't know if any > currently produced models do. I posted something to this group recently; I purchased a Samsung S

Which to keep: Macintosh Classic or Macintosh Plus?

2009-08-09 Thread tendim
Of the two, which would anybody recommend to keep? In favour of the Plus: - Really historic piece with regards to collecting - 4MB of RAM In favour of the Classic (2MB RAM): - Standard ADB (easier to get peripherals?) - Build in HD - 1.4MB floppy I know that I can transfer the RAM from the Plus