"6)Seagate Barracuda ST15150W 4Gb (partition into 2 x 2Gb) hard drive."
I was surprised at this remark. Do I interpret that a 4GB drive with two 2GB partitions will work on a standard Mac IIci? Mel --- John Niven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 20, 2004, at 9:46 AM, Mel wrote: > > > These exchanges as if they were risen up from the > > 'dead' reminds me of Rishard III? (Shakepseare): > "For > > want of a nail, �������, a kingdom was lost." > Except > > in this case, for publication of a nail (my > request), > > a network supposedly dead, is found to be alive. > > I joined this list so long ago that I had forgotten > that I had :-) > > In my case, I always liked Macs but due to work was > forced to use a PC. > > Then I found a Classic II plus Stylewriter II for > $20 in a yard sale - > and thought I'd see what I had missed. This was > about 5 years ago. I > was so impressed with that system - considering its > age :-). I then > started re-capturing what I had missed by purchasing > all the Macs I > could find in charity shop and yard sales. I'd fix > them up and expand > them out, each getting faster and faster. > > Then I finally bought a G4 PowerBook (12" 867MHz > running OSX). This > made me re-think about my collection of older Macs, > and I came to > realize that I must separate hobby from work. > > I decided I wanted to focus on OS 6, and should try > to restrict my Mac > collection to machines that are capable of running > that. This way old > Macs still feel as fast as modern ones. > > My recipe for a fast OS 6 machine is: > > 1)Mac IIci > 2)DayStar Power Cache 50Mhz 68030 + FPU in the PDS > slot. > 3)8Meg Ram > 4)Apple AAUI ethernet nubus card, with Apple dongle > (I like to watch > the leds flash ;-)) > 5)FWB JackHammer SCSI NuBus card with a 68 pin > (wide) ribbon cable. > 6)Seagate Barracuda ST15150W 4Gb (partition into 2 x > 2Gb) hard drive. > 7)Radius PrecisionColor 8-Xj NuBus Video card > > So mostly, email is the thing to do (unless this is > your only computer > :-). > > Things I'd like (that still are compatible with OS > 6): > > 1)MACTCP that works with DHCP servers. > 2)An email program that will handle HTML (I prefer > plain text - but the > rest of the world does not) > > "Number 6 is alive! Input! Need input!" > > John > > > -- > System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > 123Inkjets.com > <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > System 6 Heaven > <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> > > System6 info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com > > -- System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> System 6 Heaven <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> System6 info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
