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Software / Re: MPEGDEC is amazing!
April 08, 2021, 22:27 |
Seems like another program to try out on my 520c when my usb floppy drive arrives. I've been learning more about the powerbook 500 series and it is amazing how many things Apple did first with it |
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Operating System / Re: System 7 - the future ?
April 05, 2021, 03:29 |
snes1423. As another 16 year old in this forum I would look at it from another point of view. It is normal for most people to see old computers as trash, or useless, because for most day-to-day uses a regular person is far better off using something newer. That doesn't make them inferior, it is just that they have other interests. As someone who owns both a windows gaming pc and got a powerbook520c and an iMac G3 for basically free thanks to sheer luck, and tinkers with them regularly, I don't see any of the two as "superior" or anything. It is just that I'm interested in both of them. Most of my friends could not care less about old macs, but in the same way I'm not interested in some of their hobbies. |
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New Member Welcome / Re: Greetings everyone from Chile!
April 05, 2021, 02:40 |
I'm probably going to reinstall the whole system from scratch, since I don't know italian and kinda understood the os thanks to knowing spanish. First of all I'm gonna make sure there is nothing of value in the drive from the previous owner. I think I'm going for 7.5.5 since I don't really see the benefits on 7.6 for a 68k mac. From what I understand, the best path taking in account I would be rewriting the same 3 floppies (so I want to use the least possible) would be: -Install System 7.5 with MacTCP and Netscape 3.0 via floppy disk -Download from this website the 7.5.3 update and install it -Dowload the 7.5.5 update and install it, then delete MacTCP and install OpenTransport |
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New Member Welcome / Re: Greetings everyone from Chile!
April 05, 2021, 01:56 |
I think Basilik II isn't needed. Ideally I will be able to use the usb floppy drive from my Mac OS 9 iMac G3, but if it doesn't work, a user in reddit linked me to a program that converts diskcopy 4.2 files to dsk, and dsk files can be written with the dd utility in Windows and then used in a mac without extra steps (I think). If that doesnt work I can also try one of the HFS formatting tools for windows I've found |
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New Member Welcome / Re: Greetings everyone from Chile!
April 05, 2021, 00:51 |
It has basic 7.5. From what I understand MacTCP was an optional installation, and it seems previous owner did not bother installing it. The only options on the network control panel are LocalTalk and EtherTalk |
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New Member Welcome / Re: Greetings everyone from Chile!
April 05, 2021, 00:18 |
Yeah I've checked and it only has the battery. I got myself an AAUI to ethernet cable for 5 dollars so TCP/IP software is the only thing missing |
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New Member Welcome / Re: Greetings everyone from Chile!
April 04, 2021, 23:42 |
Hi cballero. Yeah, the powerbook is working correctly. It has 12mb of ram, so it was the top configuration that apple sold you new, and has a 240mb hdd. A bit crippled compared to other system 7 computers but at least it's not the 4mb/120mb model. Sadly it has no MacTCP/is in italian/has a dead battery, but 2 of those problems can be easily fixed with a floppy drive and my 3 diskettes. I'm still going to try and get it online, mainly to get files. I've seen macintosh.garden is advancing well. |
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New Member Welcome / Greetings everyone from Chile!
April 04, 2021, 21:17 |
Just created my account after finding out about this site and lurking for a bit. I currently have no usable system 7 device, but an external usb floppy drive for my modern computer I'm going to buy and some updating should get my Powerbook 520c up and running. Amazing to see how many things can still be done with these computers |
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