Jag's House Update Archives for the Year 2000
Jag's House Update Archives for the Year 2000
12/2/00
How to install Mac OS X Public Beta on a non G3 Mac.
12/7/00
Web browser matrix for 68k Macs.
12/8/00
Why
use System 6?
Tips
on salvaging old computers..
cool.
Another
System 6 web page.
II
in a Mac - Apple II emulator for 68k
Macs. Works great.
Mount
Image - mount disk images under
system 6
JC
Remote - remote file access under
system 6.
12/10/00
Mac BBS
information
A
transparent Mac Portable
12/11/00
A Mac Plus with
internal hard drive - not
recommended!
Want to use a Griffen Tech PC to Mac Video adaptor? Here
are the settings.
12/12/00
Goodwill Computerworks' computer museum gets a right up in the local alternative newsweekly.
12/18/00
12/20/00
Using
Kaleidescope on B&W Macs.
Another page on
using shareware and free software to beef up your old
OS.
Is your computer
male or female?
MILLIONS of
Lisa Links
12/22/00
DeskPicture - alllows you to have desktop pics under system 6 and 7.
12/23/00
11/1/00
Added Classic Mac Info Page
11/9/00
Surfing the web on Classic Macs through other computers (proxying)
11/11/00
11/14/00
System 6 extensions and control panels
11/16/00
Added more software:
11/17/00
quick and dirty Mac spec sheet
11/18/00
using PC monitors on Mac IIsi , IIci
11/21/00
All about the early Mac OS by Andy Mesa
11/24/00
Added more programming links for 68k Macs.
List of apps that will run on older Macs
11/25/00
Networking 2 Macs with a Printer
cable
Quick file
sharing setup guide
11/28/00
More old Mac software,
drivers, etc...
How To Use FreePPP and System 7.1
How To Open A Classic Mac
Adam Engst's Internet Startup Kit is free
online
More info on networking
Macs.
Download
a tutorial on netowrking (HTML
format)
AppleTalk
ZOnes tutorial
11/29/00
Remember Dark Castle? Versdion
3 is due out next year.
Although it won't work on 68k Macs, rumour has it that the original
versions will be included on the CD.
11/30/00
Apple's Larry Tesler shows off a Lisa and rare Newtons on TV.
11/31/00
What's the oldest program that will work on OS X?
10/4/00
vMac, a Mac Plus emulator for Macs and PeeCee's has been updatred and now includes full sound.
Freeware C+++ compilers
MacLynx is a text only browser that works on PPC and 68k Macs.
Added the Classic II page.
Added Macintosh page.
10/9/00
10/13/00
Worldshare free internet is no longer free - $9.95 a month minimum. I'm still looking for other free net providers for 68k Macs with no proprietary software or banners.
10/14/00
10/17/00
Interesting article on upgrading Color Classics
How to turbocharge your Color Classic
10/24/00
Minimum requirements for Mac OS 7.1 - 7.6 including all about system enablers.
10/26/00
Added Color Classic page
10/31/00
Which OS is best for your Mac?
9/9/00
Put a PeeCee into an SE case?????
9/10/00
9/13/00
How to run Mac OS X public beta on a 68k Mac
9/19/00
Putting a cdrom drive into an SE/30 - not recommended, but interesting none the less...
8/6/00
Internet access with just an email account? Sure!
8/7/00
How to remove magic marker ink from classic Macs.
Great SE/30 repair page.
8/14/00
How to download mac files on a PeeCee. (PDF)
8/21/00
Backup options for older Macs.
Transfering files between older Macs and newer Macs.
8/23/00
8/26/00
Pyro is a great screen saver for older Macs
8/29/00
Mas OS system enablers and the systems they go with.
Color Classic Pages:
8/31/00
Running 8.1 on an 030 Mac. Although I don't know WHY you'd want to do this with 040 Macs running as low as $10 on eBay, it can be done.
7/2/00
Updated the How To Load Linux On An SE/30 page.
7/7/00
7/11/00
7/12/00
Repairing an SE/30 - great tutorial with lots of pics.
7/13/00
Neon translucent Color
Classic II
Updated my Mac
collection page.
7/15/00
Added Creepy
Castle - very cool animated black
and white game that reminds me of Dark Castle
7/17/00
ABCNews.com
interviews Jag about the lure of
older Macs.
7/20/00
Freewwweb is no more - I knew it wouldn't last much longer with no stupid banners and proprietary software. Juno bought them out which means no more bannerless free internet for the Mac (PeeCee only!)
7/21/00
Added some of my computer generated art and weird
stuff.
Worldshare has
free internet for 68k Macs - Mac Plus or up. No banners, no
proprietary software to download. (Requires minimum $10 donation to
the charity of your choice, also requires filling out 1 survey a
month. Not available in all cities). to the rescue.
7/22/00
Apps that will run in 68000 Macs
7/24/00
The original
Macintosh white paper written by Jef Raskin in 1980. The is the
original germination idea of the Macintosh.
The Making of the
Macintosh by Stanford University - the whole story with pictures
and input from the original Mac team.
Updated the Mac Plus, SE and Classic pages:
The
Famous Mac Plus
SE
Classic
SE/30
7/28/00
Ever heard of the Apple Paladin? Neither had I. It's a PowerBook/Fax machine that never saw the light of day.
6/6/00
US
Robotics Dip Switch Settings For
Macs
MacTalker
- lets your Mac read text (even the Plus under System 6)
6/9/00
More software
for older Macs
and
more...
6/11/00
6/11/00
Good sites for Mac beginners
6/14/00
Yet
more shareware
and
more - games
6/16/00
Sharing a web connection on older Macs (IP sharing) Thanks to Simon Kornblith
6/17/00
Download Mac Minix (it's now free!) and run it on your Plus or up, System 6 or up. No need to reformat your hard drive.
6/21/00
WindowShade - Gives you the popular window shade effect that came with 7.5 but it works under 6.x and up.
6/22/00
This has almost nothing to do with Macs, but I agree with almost
every
word. Generally I think Courtney Love is a media hungry, smart
mouthed bitch, but now I see that she's got some brains too. You go
girl!
Ram Guide for
Macs
6/23/00
Great article on running an ENTIRE
ISP on a PowerBook 170 and SE/30.
Installing
Mac OS 7.5.3
6/28/00
Surf
the web through another Mac - Mac
Plus or up
I set up two Macs: (Plus
and Color
Classic) as web servers at the same
time.
NOTE: these servers are only up when I am online, typically 8 pm
to 2 am CST.
5/1/00
Fixing a hard drive - a humorous little tutorial on how to OPEN a hard drive! Yes, I said *OPEN*. This of course can seriously damage the drive just by opening the air tight case. Any tiny peice of dust can render the drive unusable. Definately NOT recommended except in the most dire emergency.
5/3/00
Opera - another new browser for 68k and PPC Macs
5/5/00
Upgrading
7.1 -add Apple's Drag and Drop features to System 7.1
Thread
Manager - Give 7.1 another 7.5 feature
CyberDog
and OpenDoc
- although disontinued and no longer supported by Apple, it's another
alternative to bloatware browsers.
Maximum hard
drive size for Mac OS 6, 7.x
Adding a 1.4 mb
floppy to a Mac II
Mac II Easter
Eggs - cool hidden tricks
New Poll -
vote for your fave use of a classic Mac
5/7/00
Mac Emulators - run Mac OS on PeeCee's
5/8/00
WebThing - another 68k/PPC web browser is coming.
5/11/00
5/14/00
Get
Your System 6 Mac on the web
5/16/00
Old CD Rom Drivers 1.1mb
Mac
Envy - profiles the hardware and
software on your system. Runs under system 6 and 7x.
5/20/00
The Classic Mac Driver Museum Forum - find a long lost driver
5/22/00
ZTerm
HOW-TO. Connect to Unix hosts or
Macs adn PC's with this terminal emulation program.
5/24/00
Desktop Manager allows Apple CD ROM drive to work on an older Mac.
5/25/00
Sounds you can use for HyperCard stacks and other uses.
5/27/00
Get
OS 6.08 here.
Sign the Abandonware
Petition to persuade the software companies
to give away older apps for older Macs.
MacToolbox
has some interesting stuff on older Macs...
4/26/00
Screensavers for very old Macs
4/23/00
Apple's video chart - what monitors work with what Macs.
4/21/00
Apple's Support Page for older products
4/19/00
WannaBe
1.0 - free text only browser.
Upgrade
your Color Classic to a G3
Tips
on using Eudora on older Macs
4/11/00
4/10/00
Pawgo is a good stepping off point for users of black and white Macs. Most of these links were designed for Palm Pilots and otehr hand held devices.
4/6/00
Quick
File Sharing Setup Guide
More
apps and utilities for system 6
AOL
Mac archive - lots of cools stuff -
get it while you can, I have a feeling this old stuff won't be up
much longer.
4/5/00
Games that will run under System 6
4/4/00
Secret
About Box - more prototypes and
behind the scenes Apple stuff.
The
Apple Collection - most of these
prototypes are bogus but interesting none the less.
More
System 6 utilities.
System
6 INITS and Cdevs
4/3/00
Sue Korlan's Internet FAQ - tips
and tricks on getting online and staying online
How To Turn System 6 Into System 7
With freeware
4/2/00
The
Mothership - Lisa and clasic Mac
stuff
Byte
Magazine Cover of the 128 Mac.
3/30/00
Jag's Classic Mac
Polls
View the results of the Favorite
Classic Mac Poll
3/29/00
Mac OS Emulators for Linux:
http://www.ibrium.se/linux/mac_on_linux.html
http://www.ix.de/ix/artikel/E/9611064/artikel.shtml
http://MaceHQ.cjb.net/
http://www.vmac.org/
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/BAMain.html
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html
What's
In the System Folder? - a brief
tutorial for newbies.
Interesting
comparison of Mac OS 1 and Mac OS
7.
Mac
System software history form 1.0 to
8.6. Pretty interesting...
3/28/00
Low
End Mac's Email Lists
Anybody
read Japanese?
3/21/00
Adobe Acrobat Reader 1.0 for System 6 Macs.
3/19/00
Networking
your Mac to a Linux box with anull
modem cable.
Timhiggins.com
has some great info on sharing internet connections and networking of
all kinds.
3/17/00
Very
old mac related ads from the mid
80's.
Paper
models of many early Macs - make
your own...comes under the heading 'for people with way too much time
on their hands'.
3/17/00
INIT/Cdev - an
extensions manager for system 6
3/16/00
Jag's House Anonymous FTP - all the software on my entire site on one nice page
3/15/00
Interesting info on a Linux proxy server and an iMac.
3/14/00
Sites for text browsers and slow Macs
3/8/00
Using
an Epson 740 printer on an 030 Mac
(It's not supposed to work)
Classic
Computer Rescue Squad - no buyers
for your old stuff? These guys will take them!
3/7/00
Apple web site no longer accessible via MacTCP - you must use Open Transport (!!!^&*((*^!%!*&)
3/6/00
hfsutils allows PeeCee's to read Mac 1.4 meg floppies (NOT 800k) Download apps on a PeeCee and read them on a Mac.
3/4/00
Set your Mac's clock automatically via the web under system 6 and 7.
3/3/00
ConfigPPP
vs. FreePPP
What's
Wrong With Older Macs? - opinion
3/2/00
Donating
Mac Pluses and SE's to schools and
libraries
Using
older versions of Netscape on your
Mac.
3/1/00
PPP Guide - set up Mac PPP TCP quick and easy.
2/29/00
Mac
Communications FAQ Part 1
Mac
Communications FAQ Part 2
Mac
Communications FAQ Part 3
Using
a classic Mac as a file server
Info
on Apple's version of Unix -
A/UX
MacWindows.com
- great site for integrating Macs and PeeCees.
A
Mac Plus web server. Who needs
Unix??
Usenet
Macintosh FAQ's - everything under
the sun. I use these quite often.
MachTen
is a Unix distribution that runs NATIVELY (no need for an extra drive
partition) on 68k and PPC Macs. I'm running it on my iMac and Centris
660AV. Includes AfterStep, a NextStep GUI clone.
Attempting to learn Debian Linux on a Mac SE/30 ? Here's
the book for you.
2/28/00
Added system
6 only page
HTML Pro - great
little WYSIWYG HTML authorware that works on a 020 or up.
Sticky Click - gives you
sticky menus under System 7
Inter
News is a news reader that runs
under System 6.
FREE
Internet Mailserver from Qualcomm,
makers of Eudora. - '020 or better, MacTCP OR Open
Transport. Connecting
Large Monitors To Older Macs
What
You Can Do With An SE
Connecting
LocalTalk Macs to an ethernet
network
Startup
disk for the HD20 SCSI hard drive -
use this if you are setting up the drive for the first time.
DART - Converts disk
images for older Macs - you'll need this to open up the software
below.
Apple Tape backup
utility for the Apple 40 meg tape backup drive.
Tape
backup tips for classic Macs.
Tips
on using a classic Mac for a file
server.
Troubleshooting
Mac networks - great info.
Basic
Mac Troubleshooting techniques
2/27/00
The Lisa Emulator Project -
still in the development stages, but very very cool indeed.
2/22/00
Super
Studio Session - Free MIDI software
- Mac Plus or up.
2/21/00
Internet
under System 6 - everything you need
plus a tutorial.
M/IX
- turn your PowerMac into an X
server. Thought you may be interested in this if you are running
Linux on a 68k or PPC Mac. You can telnet into the Linux PC or Mac
and have another terminal window on your PPC Mac by running this
program. Sound confusing? See their FAQ. Very cool!
Musashi
- multiple accounts, Apple Scriptable, lots of other features
(shareware fee $30)
Claris
Emailer 1.1 - free, but no longer in
production or supported. Needs System 7, 68020.
Tucows
- a great site for Mac software (Windoze, Unix, Linux and any other
OS ever made too)
TurboGopher
- ftp client that works under System
6
PopMail
II - system 6 (1 meg minimum) or
System 7 (2 megs minimum)
Lots
of cool Control Panels and Extensions for people with
disabilities (I am not disabled and
I use a lot of them) System 6 and 7.
2/20/00
My domain is finally up - jagshouse.com,
spread the word!
2/11/00
Waaay cool info on how the Lisa
GUI compares to OS X.
2/10/00
Every
Mac Browser known to man -
DIY
Mac Repairs - some great fixit links
here.
The
Unofficial PowerPro 601 Homepage -
Dedicated to the DayStar card that brought PPC to the Quadra
line.
The
Unofficial Turbo 601 site - Homage
to another DayStar card - the one that brought a blazing 601
processor to the II's (ci, si, vi & vx). Check the blow-by-blow
of getting Mac OS 8.5 up & running on an upgraded '040.
2/9/00
Matti
Haveri's FAQ's - 68000 FAQ, Internet
FAQ for older Macs, more
2/7/00
How
to run Lynx, a text only web browser
on a black and white Mac.
2/6/00
Adam
Engst's Internet Start Kit is now
online (yes the whole thing). A
little outdated but well worth it.
Star
Gate - helps speed up the transfer
of files between Macs and PeeCee's with a null modem cable.
2/3/00
Great
modem help web site - included init
strings, tips, software, drivers, and more.
2/2/00
Everymac.com has some verry interesting stuff on rare clones and strange hardware hacks.
1/31/00
1/27/00
Mac
Portqble FAQ - the first Apple
laptop
PowerBook
100 info
PowerBook
BlueBook
PowerBook
Duo FAQ
Mac
Networking Guide
Networking
Macs
Network
Software for older Macs
1/26/00
SheepShaver
lets you run MacOS under Linux.
MacOnLinux
is another MacOS 'emulator', but not really... check it out.
BeOS
- cool OS from former Apple
employees
MKLinux
mailing list - PowerMacs
More
MKLinux lists
Linux
mailing list for 68k Macs - Mac II,
SE/30, etc.. very cool
More
68k Mac Linux mailing lists
Linux
PPC mailing list- for Linux on
PowerMacs
MAX
is Low End Macs Linux email digest - free.
1/18/00
16th
Anniversary mac coming? I think this
is a hoax. Interesting reading tho.
1/17/00
Mac 512 has
their own domain.
Ram
Charger review and screen shot. RC
optimizes your memory so you can run more apps. Works on the Plus all
the way up to G4 running 8.6.
1/15/00
The
Save HyperCard Campaign gives us
hope...
1/14/00
Simple
Unix cheat sheet for Linux on
Macs.
1/12/00
Ready, Set
Go! is still alive and well. Early
80's Mac 512k desktop publishing program lives on, OS 9
compatible.
1/11/00
Low
End Mac's MacInSchool site has some
interesting reading regarding... Macs in schools.
Make your own bronze
SE/30.
1/10/00
Using
a PeeCee to download Mac system
software.
1/9/00
Using
Apple's new iTools on a 68k Mac.
Apple says you need OS 9 or above.
1/4/00
Upgrading
A DOS Card With A Faster Chip
Installing
a DOS card into a 68k Mac (not
supported by Apple)
1/1/00
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