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  • New Powermacs can boot OS 9?

    From jwolf6589@jwolf6589@aol.comnospam (JWolf6589) to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 16:31:07
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

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

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  • From Frederick Cheung@fglc2@srcf.DUH.ucam.org to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 20:02:54
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    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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  • From Roger Johnstone@rojaws@es.co.nz to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 10:29:43
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    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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  • From macuser@macuser@nomail.com.invalid to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 13:43:20
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    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.

    Thatīs 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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  • From mike@mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid (Mike Rosenberg) to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 09:20:49
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

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

    Thatīs 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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  • From Frederick Cheung@fglc2@srcf.DUH.ucam.org to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 15:30:35
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    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.

    Thatīs 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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  • From jwolf6589@jwolf6589@aol.comnospam (JWolf6589) to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 21:28:35
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    <<
    Thatīs 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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  • From jwolf6589@jwolf6589@aol.comnospam (JWolf6589) to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 21:29:36
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    << 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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  • From Frederick Cheung@fglc2@srcf.DUH.ucam.org to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 23:02:54
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    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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  • From Andre G. Isaak@aisaak@platypus.wellesley.edu to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, July 06, 2003 18:25:02
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    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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  • From mike@mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid (Mike Rosenberg) to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, July 06, 2003 14:43:24
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    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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