Subj : Re: Macs
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Jan 08 2024 09:40:19

  Re: Re: Macs
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Mon Jan 08 2024 06:32 am

 Ni>> I recently bought a used G4 Mac Mini.  I'm planning to put OS 9 on it (I
 Ni>> know it's not supported, but I've heard there are ways to do it). Though
 Ni>> honestly, aside from trying to find a couple of retro Mac games, I'm not
 Ni>> sure what I'll use it for.

 PF> You could probably find a ton of old software for it - ClarisWorks, old MS
 PF> Office, older browsers, Eudora for email...

 PF> I don't know about old browsers, but apparently there's a proxy out there
 PF> that brokers web traffic between old browsers and let them work with
 PF> modern sites.

I've heard about that.
I was initially thinking of buying a 90s beige Mac G3 (such as an 8500 or 9500), but then I had the thought of the G4 Mac Mini - The Mac Mini is small enough to fit on the same computer desk I'm using, and also modern enough that it has a DVI video output (which I can easily plug into an HDMI monitor), and it has USB and ethernet built-in as well.

Nightfox
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