Vintage mac forum?

[maclova]

I have actually really gotten into vintage mac collecting and with it come many questions. It actually is really interesting and fun as you get to see what hardware and software was like back in the days and lots of the software and hardware was very unique, particularly because of the hardware limitations in those days which resulted in software not having the bloat of todays software making the software IMO very easy to use as it just did its exact purpose and nothing more. In addition there is a big audience of vintage mac collectors like me and thus adding a forum for vintage mac support would over time bring in more unique members. I for one would think it'd be a nice addition, then we could have one central place for great help with todays and yesterays technology all in one great forum. What do you guys think? :)

[maclova]

anyone? :(

[NovaScotian]

As the owner of an operating SE/30, PM 7100/66, Beige G3, PB 3400c (but HD is very noisy), B&W G3 and dual-core G5, I love fiddling with them when I have time and the inclination.

Because I have an internal and external (SCSI-based) ethernet card for the SE/30, for example, which is running OS 7.5.5, I turned it into a router using the classic version of Sustainable Software's IPNetRouter and tested it extensively as a lan within lan. Slow, but steady. Because I have ancient versions of Word on some of them, I have used them occasionally to open a very old file. I can add the SE/30 to my lan if I connect it to my router through a dumb 10base-T hub. I actively used the 7100/66 (OS 9.2.2, I think) as an IPNetRouter (http://www.sustworks.com/) router for quite a while before purchasing a Linksys. Everymac.com (http://www.everymac.com/) is a help with old machines. I also used Ryan Rempel's XPostFacto (http://www.opendarwin.org/projects/XPostFacto/) to get the Beige G3 running OS X

My current (but way in the background project) is to get 10.2 running on the Beige, 10.3 on the B&W, and 10.4 running on the G5 for testing AppleScripts.

[maclova]

why use a 10mbps hub to hook your vintage mac up to your regular routered network? at least with my linksys, it supports both 100mbps and 10mbps connections so my se/30 works fine with it and my other computers...I take it your router is not 10mbps backwards compatible for some reason (which is surprising to me as I haven't seen much of anything network hardware wise that isn't 10/100)?

[Craig R. Arko]

Um, this forum is for site feedback, guys.

[NovaScotian]

Um, this forum is for site feedback, guys.
May I suggest moving it to the Coat Room? I'll answer there if it appears there.

[maclova]

Well...I wanted feedback on whether making such a forum as I suggested would be welcomed by other here but have not gotten any such feedback except for some interesting tidbits posted by NovaScotian which I wanted to followup on...perhaps some people could take a few seconds to say whether or not they approve of my idea? :confused:

[Jay Carr]

Well, being a history major, I think I'm going to have to say that I like the idea :). I kind of thought that the "Classic" area already filled this gap...

[maclova]

I took it as a place for help with the classic OS, not necesarily help with classic/vintage mac hardware type issues as well...but maybe it does provide help with that?

[Ulisesta]

This is a good collection of vintage Mac.
http://www.mismac.tk