May 22 in Low End Mac History
May 21 - May 23
Highlights
- Bob
Metcalfe of Xerox PARC writes a memo outlining how to connect
personal computers to a shared printer. The memo puts forth the basic
properties of ethernet, including the name.
1973
- Bob
Metcalfe of Xerox PARC writes a memo outlining how to connect
personal computers to a shared printer. The memo puts forth the basic
properties of ethernet, including the name.
1998
- Is Apple really back?,
Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "With only one competitor and most of the
Power Computing and Motorola clones out of the distribution chain,
Apple is finally able to increase its own market share."
2000
- Cheap Power Macs: The $500 G3 and $750
G4, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. You can do it with
refurbished Power Macs.
- Not raising the dead, Manuel
Mejia Jr, Mac Daniel. Sometimes it doesn't make economic sense to
revive a dead Mac, but even in death their parts can save others.
- Save $49,000?, Stephen Van Esch,
Mac Scope. Last week Apple dropped WebObjects from $50,000 to $699. Was
it that overpriced to begin with?
2001
- Copyright or copy wrong?, Dan
Knight, Mac Musings. Copyright, MP3s, Napster, DVS, DeCSS, RIAA, MPAA,
and who controls the digital future.
- The New Math, The Lite Side. The
real difference between Mac OS X and Microsoft's .NET
initiative.
- The OS X curmudgeon grumbles again,
Charles Moore. We're giving up a lot of flexibility and ease-of-use
with OS X.
- Click different with FinderPop,
Jonathan Ploudre, Classic Mac Wares. FinderPop provides powerful
control over contextual menus.
2002
2003
- Preparing a beige G3 for SimCity
4, DVD screen shots in OS X, Road Apples, and more, Dan Knight,
Low End Mac Mailbag. Also Internet Sharing on OS X, x200s in
school, flashing video cards, and more on OS X, SCSI, and beige
G3s.
2006
- Best OS for older Macs, why OS 9
remains a player, Camino browser fast, DVD-RAM support for Macs,
and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also MaxiMice
as a potential replacement for Scrollability, Links an alternative
to WannaBe, putting a 300 MHz CPU in a slower WallStreet, Word
2004's Word 5.1 option, and more on Pismo modems and Tiger.
- The good, the bad, and the ugly of
upgrading your Mac, Matthew Jay, Macs to the Max. If your Mac
is no longer powerful enough for your current needs, an upgrade
might be a real alternative to buying a newer Mac.
- MacBook runs hot, SheepShaver
feedback, replacing Home Page, and another PowerBook 1400 fan,
Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Field reports indicate the new
MacBook runs hot, SheepShaver emulator works decently on Intel
Macs, more WYSIWYG HTML editor thoughts, and a new PowerBook 1400
user writes in.
2007
- The truth about CRTs and shock
danger, Tom Lee, Online Tech Journal. You've been warned that
CRT voltage can injure and even kill. The truth is that this danger
is overstated - and takes attention away from a greater
danger.
- Andy Ihnatko on Macs, writing,
innovation, and the Macquarium, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to
Macintosh. "And as any writer will tell you, most of the work you
do is preparing the soil, so to speak, so that when you sit down to
write, Good Things Will Happen."
- 3 CPU upgrades for Mirror Drive
Door G4 Power Macs, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. If your Mirror
Drive Door Power Mac isn't fast enough, here are three CPU upgrade
option to get you to 1.33, 1.6, and 1.8 GHz.
- Code doesn't rust, Core Image and
G4 Macs, and a fallback plan for losing G3 support, Dan Knight,
Low End Mac Mailbag. Old versions of the Mac OS are just fine, Core
Image requirements, alternatives to Apple's discontinued AirPort
Card, G4 Mac mini GPU doesn't support Core Image, and more.
2008
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