Macintosh Portable
Announced in September 1989, The Mac Portable was Apple's first
attempt at a more easily portable Macintosh. It had a bay for a 3.5"
half-height drive, and could support up to two Super Drives. Reaction
to the Portable was poor.
It was clunky, slow, had no expansion capabilities, and its active
matrix screen (later backlit) made it incrediblyexpensive.
It sold for $6,500..
Got a Portable? Join the System
6 email digest.
HyperCard
Stacks
Mac Portable Specs
Upgrades
Memory - d/l HyperCard stacks on how to
install memory. Color
Black
and white
You'll need HyperCard or HC
Player to view the stacks
Download my Get
Your Compact Mac On the Web Tutorial
for info on memory and system upgrades.
Accelerators
Ram Guide
for Macs
EN/SC - converts SCSI port to
ethernet.
Internet
9600 modem throughput (faster with loss of data).
Start here for
internet info on a Mac Plus
Get Your
Compact Mac On the Web - everything
you need.
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).
A
Mac Plus web server
Tips
For Browsing On Older Macs
Info
About Browsers On Older Macs
Surf
the web through another Mac - Mac
Plus or up
ZTerm
HOW-TO. Connect to Unix hosts or
Macs and PC's with this terminal emulation program.
Tips
on using Eudora on older Macs
Sue Korlan's Internet FAQ -
tips and tricks on getting online and staying online
Disc
image of system 6.0.8 with Eudora
1.3.1 - use email while booted off a
floppy
Software
Start here for info on software
for the Portable
Classic
Mac icons
Software that will work on 68000 Macs
Desktop
Manager. Ever switch between System
6.0x and 7.x on a Mac Plus and hate it whe it rebuilds the desktop?
Takes 5 min on my 520 meg drive. This will eliminate rebuilding the
desktop.
Sim
020 let's your 68000 Mac (Plus, SE,
Classic, PB 100, Portable) run 68020 applications.
Formatting
third party (non Apple) drives on a
Portable.
Init/CDEV
is an extensions manager for System 6 Macs.
WindowShade
- Gives you the popular window shade effect that came with 7.5 but it
works under 6.x and up.
Screen shot
of Ram Charger at work - 17 apps on
a Plus at once.
Uses
Word Processing
Web server
Email
HyperCard programming for kids
Learn How To Type
Play old games
Learn
Unix
Play network games
Paint programs for kids
Animation creation with HyperCard, Director, VideoWorks (last two are
out of print)
Clock
Datase, mailing list, recipes with Filemaker 1-3, HyperCard
Other
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.
Networking
a Mac Portable to a Linux Box -
includes details on how to instlal Linux on an SE/30.
Networking
A Portable to an iMac While Booted Off A
Floppy
Home
Automation Links (Mac Plus or
up)
Networking
a Mac Portable and USB Macs.
Scanning
With A Classic Mac - tips and
suggestions.
Turning your dead Plus into a MacQuarium.
Links
Usenet
comp.sources.mac : Software
for the Mac
comp.sys.mac.advocacy :
Macintosh family compared to the others
comp.sys.mac.announce :
Important notices for Mac users
comp.sys.mac.apps : Discussion
of Macintosh applications
comp.sys.mac.comm : Discussion
of Macintosh communications
comp.sys.mac.digest : Mac info
& uses
comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
: General Mac hardware topics
comp.sys.mac.misc : General
discussion about Mac
comp.sys.mac.programmer.help
: Help with Mac programming
comp.sys.mac.programmer.info
: FAQ
comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc
: Other issues of Macintosh programming
comp.sys.mac.system :
Discussion of Macintosh software system
Web
CMQ - Groupes d'usagers Apple (french)
Everything for the Mac
Nerd World MACINTOSH COMPUTERS
FTP Servers
University of British Columbia
Osaka University
ftp.luth.se (Sweden)
Sunsite
Arizona Macintosh Users Group
National Center for Supercomputer Applications
Washington University
Stanford University
ezinfo.ethz.ch (Switzerland)
University of Texas Mac archive
Technion (Israel)
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Apple_history.com.
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