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I thought Apple was going to rid all macs of such capabilities? Why did they change their mind.

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On 2 Jul 2003, JWolf6589 wrote:

I thought Apple was going to rid all macs of such capabilities? Why did they change their mind.

they;re not new. the os 9 booting ones are still the old MDD models (ie no airport extreme, no firewire 800 etc...)

Fred

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In <20030702123107.17964.00000013@mb-m03.aol.com> JWolf6589 wrote:

I thought Apple was going to rid all macs of such capabilities? Why
did they change their mind.

It was you. They finally listened. Didn't you hear? The new Power Mac
G5s are all coming with SuperDrives as standard, so they'll be able to
read and write 800KB _and_ 1.4MB floppy disks.

--
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

Apple II - FutureCop:LAPD - iMac Game Wizard http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws/ ________________________________________________________________________
To create a new standard it takes something that's not just a little
bit different. It takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination. And the Macintosh, of all the machines I've ever
seen, is the only one that meets that standard.

Bill Gates
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In article <20030703222942606+1200@news.inv.ihug.co.nz>,
Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz> wrote:

In <20030702123107.17964.00000013@mb-m03.aol.com> JWolf6589 wrote:

I thought Apple was going to rid all macs of such capabilities? Why
did they change their mind.

It was you. They finally listened. Didn't you hear? The new Power Mac
G5s are all coming with SuperDrives as standard, so they'll be able to
read and write 800KB _and_ 1.4MB floppy disks.

That´s not enough, they still need to bring back all legacy ports, so we
can use our ADB keyboards and mice and external 5 1/4" floppy drives
etc. Not to forget SCSI, NuBus slots and other means to connect all the oh-one-simply-cannot-live-without-this-piece-of-hardware. LocalTalk?
Please, we need that too!
;)

.lauri
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l <macuser@nomail.com.invalid> wrote:

That´s not enough, they still need to bring back all legacy ports, so we
can use our ADB keyboards and mice and external 5 1/4" floppy drives
etc. Not to forget SCSI, NuBus slots and other means to connect all the oh-one-simply-cannot-live-without-this-piece-of-hardware. LocalTalk?
Please, we need that too!
;)

And 8-track tape players.

--
Mike Rosenberg

<http://www.macconsult.com>
<http://bogart-tribute.net>
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, l wrote:

In article <20030703222942606+1200@news.inv.ihug.co.nz>,
Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz> wrote:

In <20030702123107.17964.00000013@mb-m03.aol.com> JWolf6589 wrote:

I thought Apple was going to rid all macs of such capabilities? Why
did they change their mind.

It was you. They finally listened. Didn't you hear? The new Power Mac
G5s are all coming with SuperDrives as standard, so they'll be able to
read and write 800KB _and_ 1.4MB floppy disks.

That´s not enough, they still need to bring back all legacy ports, so we
can use our ADB keyboards and mice and external 5 1/4" floppy drives
etc. Not to forget SCSI, NuBus slots and other means to connect all the oh-one-simply-cannot-live-without-this-piece-of-hardware. LocalTalk?
Please, we need that too!
;)

Yeah, Mac OS X sucks, i hope the new powermacs will be able to boot the original System 1.0. Fits on half a 400k floppy, none of the bloat OS X
has.
Fred
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<<
That´s not enough, they still need to bring back all legacy ports, so we
can use our ADB keyboards and mice and external 5 1/4" floppy drives
etc. Not to forget SCSI, NuBus slots and other means to connect all the oh-one-simply-cannot-live-without-this-piece-of-hardware. LocalTalk?
Please, we need that too!
;)

.lauri

Yes some scientists, and Apple II emulator users would like this.
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<< Yeah, Mac OS X sucks, i hope the new powermacs will be able to boot the original System 1.0. Fits on half a 400k floppy, none of the bloat OS X
has.

Fred >>


OSX does not suck, but since you said so it is you who does not like it.
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On 3 Jul 2003, JWolf6589 wrote:

<< Yeah, Mac OS X sucks, i hope the new powermacs will be able to boot the original System 1.0. Fits on half a 400k floppy, none of the bloat OS X
has.

Fred >>

OSX does not suck, but since you said so it is you who does not like it.

ho hum, can anyone say irony? (and no it isn't like brassy but with iron instead of brass)
Fred

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In article <20030703222942606+1200@news.inv.ihug.co.nz>,
Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz> wrote:

In <20030702123107.17964.00000013@mb-m03.aol.com> JWolf6589 wrote:

I thought Apple was going to rid all macs of such capabilities? Why
did they change their mind.

It was you. They finally listened. Didn't you hear? The new Power Mac
G5s are all coming with SuperDrives as standard, so they'll be able to
read and write 800KB _and_ 1.4MB floppy disks.

What! No single sided 400KB disks?

André

--
n.b. there are no monotremes in my email address
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Andre G. Isaak <aisaak@platypus.wellesley.edu> wrote:

What! No single sided 400KB disks?

Yeah, those, too, along with 5 1/4" disks, punch cards, and that awful
tape that got your pants all oily if you put a roll in your pocket.
Even 78 rpm phonograph records.

--
Mike Rosenberg

<http://www.macconsult.com>
<http://bogart-tribute.net>
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