thanks the posts guys. Darren I would be glad to try the sytem 7 disktools disk. See if I can't get that to work. and as for it being useless. In a productivity sense.... maybe. But I am not setting it up to do stuff with. I am setting it up because i like learning the history of things we use today. And booting system 6 will show where a lot of the stuff that makes a macintosh a macintosh came from.
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:37:04 -0500, Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 12:47:58PM +0100, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > The IIci is obsolete. It's not worth anything. You should not have had > > to pay anything to get one, nor should you have to pay anything to get > > replacement parts for it. > > With words like that, it's no wonder why these machines don't have > the self-esteem to continue on in life. ;-) > > Seriously, these machines are worth what you're willing to pay for > them. And even if you do pay twenty bucks for a "worthless" box, > they can offer more than that in entertainment value -- nevermind > utility. There are very few reasons why I don't use a 68030 or a > 68040 for all of my work and pleasure needs. I can live with a > shell account and a text-only email client. I do so to this day. > I can live with a text-only web browser. I have done so for years. > ClarisWorks is fine for most of my productivity needs. When it > isn't I use OzTeX, which gladly chugs along under System 6. > Actually, OzTeX, System 6, and a Macintosh IIfx probably saved my > neck. It gave me a distraction free writing environment when I > was finishing my final year of undergraduate studies. That is > worth *more* than a few bucks if you ask me. > > Okay, so you can get a lot of this stuff for free. I picked a IIfx > (I have two now!) out of the trash a few weeks back. It is a very > nice machine. All it needed was RAM, a bigger hard drive, and a > better video card. Most of that stuff can be retrieved for next > to nothing, if not nothing at all. Similarly, I have snagged > equipment which is "worth" hundreds of dollars for meer tens of > dollars. But there is a snag: you can do so, but that doesn't mean > that you will do so *when* you want the stuff. You must be willing > to wait for the right thing to come along, and you must have the > ability to store interesting hardware when it does come along (in > case you want it in the future). Patience is great if you've been > around for a while. You have the resources behind you, after all. > It isn't so great if you're just starting out and don't have the > resources. > > Anyhow, that's my take. > > Happy computing at the speed of a snail's thought. :) > > Byron. > > -- > 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/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > -- Cheers, Jeffrey Bergier After You Read Take a Visit to My Site: http://jeffburg.pocketrubbish.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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
