Re: new 68k for Dad

2003-03-25 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On some platforms you'd run a degrader of some sort. Doesn't one exist for the mac? There is one I'm pretty sure, but I can't for the life of me remember what it's called. VMac for Mac. :) Emulates a Mac Plus. http://www.vmac.org May still run too fast

Re: new 68k for Dad

2003-03-25 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On some platforms you'd run a degrader of some sort. Doesn't one exist for the mac? There is one I'm pretty sure, but I can't for the life of me remember what it's called. VMac for Mac. :) Emulates a Mac Plus.

Re: new 68k for Dad

2003-03-25 Thread Todd Russell
While we're cheating, here's another emulator that you could try. Never tried it myself, but remembered seeing it come across the daily updates. Granted, this won't bring true nostalgia, but it's worth a shot if you run into dead ends doing the real way. Peace, Todd -- Vintage Macs is

Best choice for system 6

2003-03-25 Thread Oobknarf
First, thanks for all of the help so far. I especially hadn't thought of the monitor compatibility, I'll have to ponder that. Second, since someone brought up emulation, what has the groups experience been with this subject. I know that several exist (Basilisk, Executor, SoftMac, VMac, etc)

Re: best choice for system 6

2003-03-25 Thread Fletch Brendan Good
Second, since someone brought up emulation, what has the groups experience been with this subject. I know that several exist (Basilisk, Executor, SoftMac, VMac, etc) and I have read some reviews, but...I would still like to know what this group thinks. I mentioned before that the reason I got

LC Road Apple; Was: Re: new 68k for Dad

2003-03-25 Thread Jeff Walther
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 18:46:52 -0500 From: Fletch Brendan Good [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: new 68k for Dad If you need a third choice, I would actually suggest an LC (not an LC II or III), even though LowEndMac declared it a Road Apple. Though it is essentially a repackaging of the Mac II (it

Re: LC Road Apple; Was: Re: new 68k for Dad

2003-03-25 Thread Adam
. Additionally, the Mac II had a maximum RAM of 128 MB. The LC goes up to 10 MB.What's up with that? It's not even a power of 2. Apple must have done something seriously stupid in the ROM and/or the memory map, because that's not the kind of number you're likely to get from a

Re: LC Road Apple; Was: Re: new 68k for Dad

2003-03-25 Thread the pickle
At 03:50 +1000 on 25/03/03, Adam wrote: . Additionally, the Mac II had a maximum RAM of 128 MB. The LC goes up to 10 MB.What's up with that? It's not even a power of 2. Apple must have done something seriously stupid in the ROM and/or the memory map, because that's not the kind of

Re: LC Road Apple; Was: Re: new 68k for Dad

2003-03-25 Thread Adam
Additionally, the Mac II had a maximum RAM of 128 MB. The LC goes up to 10 MB. snip The 10Mb RAM limit was deliberately programmed into the LC's ASICs. Which says to me patch it! There *has* to be a way to patch that ROM in software to get around the limitation. That would rock,

Re: LC Road Apple; Was: Re: new 68k for Dad

2003-03-25 Thread the pickle
At 04:05 +1000 on 25/03/03, Adam wrote: That would rock, but, is the limitation actually programmed into the ROM? Or is it built into the memory controller or some other inaccessable location? No one really knows for sure, but I suspect the ROM. -- the pickle FAQ http://macfaq.org/index.shtml