There's actually quite a bit of software you can run on those old machines. A lot of it isn't particularly useful, but it is actually pretty amazing what you can do. For example, my physics teacher in high school still runs old IIsis for various scientific graphing software. He has a serial interface for connecting a geiger counter, and the software measures how many clicks the counter registers. I saw some friends of mine using this old IIsi to measure the radioactivity of orange Fiestaware, and they figured out which kind of radiation it consisted of by how far away they had to be before it started registering lots of clicks. They did the same with a smoke detector.
Another old program you can run is Voyager 1.x. I still have a copy that my parents bought me to run on my SE/30 when I was a kid. I'm planning to install it on my PowerBook 520c (once it arrives of course). A fun astronomy program, even though it's a bit dated.
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bolo is also a old game...
this is what you were talking about...
It is also a resturant, cluster program and some guys homepage. Google knows too much.
GOD I love these guys...
Alternatively, you could write your own ROM and turn the LC into some sort of appliance, but that's on the geekier side of dork.
of course they also make really good paperwieghts !
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/
The lowest end web server I have seen so far was a Mac Plus...
Or download the RC-72 distributed net client to contribut to the macnn team8)
And:
*Claris E-mailer or Eudora light.
*ClarisWorks 4 or AppleWorks 5
*KidPix
*Various old games. Sokoban. Bachman and other games from there. Solitaire till Dawn.
*System 7.5.3. And System 7.5.5 updater.
Will have to advise him off the link - maybe we have a new contender!
As for the LC's - cherish them. Not historic but still an important step.
Another old program you can run is Voyager 1.x. I still have a copy that my parents bought me to run on my SE/30 when I was a kid. I'm planning to install it on my PowerBook 520c (once it arrives of course). A fun astronomy program, even though it's a bit dated.