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Bolkonskij
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on: August 26, 2021, 18:01
Thought we could need such a thread as well here on the forums. So, share your activities with others! Today I was compiling a list of school stuff that my oldest daughter (soon to be a 1st grader) will need. It's crazy how much stuff school wants you to buy these days. I figured that was something my 8600 with 7.6.1 was very well up to. So I started up WriteNow 4 and made a nice list with a table. WriteNow 4 had an easy and cool table feature, very neat for the time it came out. Printed it a little later via postscript on my modern printer and went to the local store to hand them the list. Gonna grab the stuff tomorrow. What did you do on System 7? |
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Last Edit: August 27, 2021, 08:45 by Bolkonskij
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68040
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512 MB  Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #1 on: April 05, 2022, 22:34
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I am still shuffling 1.1 GB across the network on my Samba Share via Dave on my MacOS 8.1 system. Update: Forget Synchronize! Pro 68k for anything above a few hundred MB. It has too few options and at least under Basilisk-II crashes regularly when shuffling around big data. In this ballpark PowerMerge is king!
Last Edit: April 10, 2022, 11:33 by 68040
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mac-cellar
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128 MB Posts: 176 Gotta love System 7
Reply #2 on: April 06, 2022, 04:30
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I made a HyperCard flash card stack for my daughter. Love HyperCard for stuff like that.
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zChris
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16 MB Posts: 20 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #3 on: April 06, 2022, 14:44
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Im waiting for knezzen to send over one 5500 so i can start fiddling with it. Im organizer for and oldschool event each year and my plan is to have 5500 as a platform to use there  Cant wait!Meanwhile i play some Escape Velocity on my other mac Would be nice to have Escape Velocity as a MMO btw x)
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #4 on: April 06, 2022, 17:38
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Very nice! So this is where his 5500 will be going to :-) don't forget to grab the right 5500 wallpaper to show off the 5500 properly on the event! Escape Velocity is awesome. I mean, still today it holds so much value. I think it was the first game I ever played that got me this open world feeling of being just part of a living universe vs. the center of it. A true System 7 gaming must-have! Yesterday tried to get Jabbernaut 68k going on my IIci together with Knezzen but we had no success. Hung out at the Captain's Quarter BBS a bit too. Today was playing a round of Shanghai II with my 2nd daughter - she's a real Shanghai afficionado and plays very well at the age of 4! Best part is when we start the game and she imitates the starting melody ;-)
Last Edit: April 06, 2022, 17:40 by Bolkonskij
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Europa
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64 MB Posts: 109 she/her
Reply #5 on: April 06, 2022, 22:08
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I have yet to do anything today, but hopefully I can get some writing done on my PowerBook 1400
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68040
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512 MB Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #6 on: April 17, 2022, 23:32
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I dug up a wirking copy of Synchronize! Pro 4.2.4 (last for 68k), but it was in the wrong language. So I resorcered it back to English and am testing it right now.
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #7 on: April 18, 2022, 09:57
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Very nice! If properly done the "Mac way", it's so easy to localize a software as compared to other OSes where you need the original source. I always loved the flexibility the data fork / resource fork concept brought us. I wish someone would translate all those Japanese games on the Garden into English that way ... I just did work on some Quicktime movies this morning. Now looking into upgrading my IIci's RAM. It's still at 20 MB and once you browse the web on the old lady and give Netscape some room to breath, maybe opening BBedit on the side, you get that dreaded "Not enough memory" message :-)
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cballero
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1024 MB Posts: 1176 System 7, today and forever
Reply #8 on: April 18, 2022, 20:03
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I love surfing at least a few Classic-friendly websites each week (and dogging-out a few juicy old bones using Archive.org  I also indulge in playing some of my favorite Classic games.. somehow, Seahaven Towers is my preferred solo card game I also fire up a few apps and I'm always tinkering with my GUI to see if I can eek out a few more fancy embellishments 
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68040
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512 MB Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #9 on: April 29, 2022, 21:44
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Installed Astronomica today on my 8.1 machine and I think its gorgeous. And I installed Astound which is truly … astounding. 🤩
Last Edit: April 29, 2022, 22:23 by 68040
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #10 on: April 30, 2022, 11:10
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Ah, Astronomica is something I've always wanted to try out myself but never got around. How do you like it so far? I'm right now typing away on a new article for System 7 Today and testing various e-mail clients on System 7
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Knezzen
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Administrator 512 MB Posts: 608 Village idiot
Reply #11 on: April 30, 2022, 20:45
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Played some Prince of Persia on my SE/30! Really nice
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Europa
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64 MB Posts: 109 she/her
Reply #12 on: May 01, 2022, 03:15
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I finished the short stories I was writing on my PowerBook 1400. I am definitely short of my initial goal of 15k words, but I figure 10k is a nice amount to have written given how busy I've been this month.
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mac-cellar
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128 MB Posts: 176 Gotta love System 7
Reply #13 on: May 01, 2022, 03:33
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Wolfenstein 3D…
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68040
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512 MB Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #14 on: May 02, 2022, 22:31
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@Bolkonskij - I'll be spending the night soon, with a hot cup 'o tea by my side, the open sky above me and Astronomica in front of me.
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