OT: paging MAC expert(s) --- What's a Performa?

From: Ian Koller <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue Nov 20 04:29:16 2001

gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca wrote:
> What's the use of a Mac of that vintage (ie, old and slow but not
> classic)? I have a Centris 660av that I use for testing web pages on
> older macintosh versions of Netscape and MSIE. Of course, finding a 68k
> version of MSIE is something of a challenge.

  Macs saw a lot of lab use. There were some special interfaces
and software ( LabVIEW ) for them. They can be used to control
experiments and equipment. So if you have NuBus interface cards,
an old mac is just what is needed.




gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca wrote:
>
> On 17-Nov-2001 Richard Erlacher wrote:
> > I've downloaded TattleTech, but where, now, do I find the Stuffit
> > Expander?
>
> You're best bet is to buy a Mac Addict or other magazine that has a CD-ROM
> (you do have a CD drive?). Older Macs don't "boot-strap" very well. Yes,
> you can get a SEA (self-extracting archive) of Stuffit, but it won't do
> you much good. Mac OS has 2 forks per file. One for data, the other
> for code. When you download a file or when you copy a file from a PC
> formated disk everything goes into the data fork. Doing something
> equivalent to "chmod +x file.sea" is impossible on Mac OS without an
> external program, like say Stuffit. *sigh* If you are lucky, you'll have
> a recent version of Mac OS which includes Stuffit.
>
> I find this to be one of the most incredible "features" of Mac OS. Apart
> from that, as long as you have a real computer nearby, using a Mac isn't
> that bad.
>
> What's the use of a Mac of that vintage (ie, old and slow but not
> classic)? I have a Centris 660av that I use for testing web pages on
> older macintosh versions of Netscape and MSIE. Of course, finding a 68k
> version of MSIE is something of a challenge.
>
> -Philip
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