I’ve been itching to dig my old IIfx out (how I lusted after those when they were brand new) - this just may inspire me. I have an SE/30 I need to fix the analog board on (probably just needs some capacitors) a passel of SEs and my original Plus. And a brand new 5 pack of PhoneNet adapters - I need to get the gang out for an old fashioned LAN session of Nettek. I dunno why classic macs have been on my mind of late - was cruising eBay looking for a decent used IIci but there wasn’t much that wasn’t grossly overpriced. The cost of nostalgia...
Wow, we have the same old gear lol. My IIfx died sadly. It fired up a few years ago for a few minutes then, nothing. I was very sad. My also have an SE/30 but the internal HD is dead but it works with floppies and also an external floppy drive. I do have a working Power Macintosh G3 that runs both MacOS 9 and OS X. I sit here with a MBP, Mac Pro and a 27" 5K iMac and it seems like yesterday all those old machines were 'the lates and greatest.' Not to mention I can recall all too clearly my Apple ][e 64, my Lisa and my Apple ///.
It is quite interesting how refreshingly honest and usable OS 8 looks today in a world of opaque interfaces where everyone knows you have to swipe three times left and stand on your head.
Nice. Love it. Now I can install old QuarkXpress because I have old files that I can't open or convert in Adobe InDesign. Update: Can't install Quark due to installer not working properly.
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Update: Can't install Quark due to installer not working properly.
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