classiccmp-digest V1 #408

From: Larry Anderson <foxnhare_at_jps.net>
Date: Wed Oct 25 22:21:22 2000

> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:46:09 -0700
> From: "David C. Jenner" <djenner_at_halcyon.com>
> Subject: Re: Classic Macs
>
> I guess maybe you didn't follow the Web links.

My god! I thoought I was a fanatic with my Commodore computers! I
figure the next thing is to get I-Mac or Cube guts into one of those... (=))

Hmm. I wonder what one could do with an original PET... nah... but If
I had a C65 motherboard... nah.
 
> These guys have upgraded the Color Classic to Power
> Mac G3 CPUs and lots of bells and whistles.

Hey, Sam! Hot Rodded Classics? Best speed, or best flame paint job? ;>

> If you have access to the New York Times, see the
> Thursday, August 24, 2000 national edition page D8
> for an article entitled: "A Long-Discontinued
> Macintosh Still Thrills Collectors to the Core."
>
> Not quite classic by this mailing list standards,
> but, as I said, truly CLASSIC.
>
> Dave
>
> P.S. You probably want to volunteer to "retire" those
> Color Classics from work into your collection.

Bought with government funds, removing those from inventory takes a bit
of work... :/

> Larry Anderson wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:01:37 -0700
> > > From: "David C. Jenner" <djenner_at_halcyon.com>
> > > Subject: Re: old MAC's
> > >
> > > Some of these aren't truly "classic" yet (<10 years),
> > > but it's looking like the Color Classic is really a
> > > CLASSIC. If you want to really get carried away with
> > > older Macs, see about the Color Classic at
> > > http://home.hkstar.com/~patrickn/colorclassic/
> > >
> > > Dave
> >
> > We have a couple Color Classics at work a max of 10 megs RAM and 16mghz
> > speed makes it mighty slow (even with the MicroMac Accelerators)...
> >

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