What if we both went to Linux? We both agreed to the operating systems we were running when we stopped using these computers on a daily basis...
I have another LaCie external hard drive I could install Linux on B&D give this a try though... Very interesting. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2013, at 7:46 PM, David Iwanicki <[email protected]> wrote: > If he goes Linux, the 486 will have the advantage... > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 5, 2013, at 20:45, Robert Hesson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> He might be. He is a system engineer for Microsoft. (And a Mac user at >> home, I might add!) >> >> We might have to stipulate to allowing Internet browsing on our iPads. >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 5, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Scott Holder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ah, NT 3.51. That'll complicate things a bit, since about all it has easily >>> is Netscape 4 and the 16 bit version of IE5. Although if you're clever >>> enough, it is possible to run Firefox 2.x on it. But hopefully he won't >>> figure that out :) >>> >>> I think my 840AV was my favorite Mac just for the sake of its uniqueness >>> and interestingness. Right now it's waiting for me to find time for >>> recapping. It's having sound and SCSI problems. I'll get around to it >>> someday. >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> On 1/5/2013 8:13 PM, Robert Hesson wrote: >>>> Good ideas Scott, I will give them a try. >>>> >>>> I thought I might be over a barrel, but his 486 is a 33mhz DX running NT >>>> 3.51 I don't think he could even install windows 98. >>>> >>>> Also, we agreed we would have to run the same versions of software for our >>>> common tasks... So that means office 4.2.1 (word 6, excel 5 I believe and >>>> PowerPoint 4... Which I am sure neither of us will use) >>>> >>>> I also have Microsoft project, so does he. Were both using Eudora for >>>> email. >>>> >>>> We both have a crap load of games, but we are not counting those. >>>> >>>> I wanted to use my Quadra 840av, but that machine is so stacked compared >>>> to his, we settled on the quadra 700. I have a power mac 8500 as well, but >>>> with a 500 MHz g3 board, that's not even close to fair. >>>> >>>> For whatever reason, I keep going back to the quadra 700. Maybe I'm >>>> sentimental... It was my first Mac. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> ----- >>> You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs >>> group. >>> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our >>> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >>> >>> Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ >> >> -- >> ----- >> You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our >> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >> >> Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
