[Swordmaker]

How to plug a 1986 Mac Plus into a 2015 Internet, sort of . . . Geek figures out how to do what was never possible — PING!

Vintage Apple Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[Dallas59]

"Would ya look at that..."

[Steely Tom]

8 MHz CPU, 4 MB RAM, 50 MB hard drive, and 512 x 384 pixel black-and-white screen. My current desktop PC is on the order of 200,000 times faster...

Your current desktop PC runs at 1.6 THz?

Where can I get one?

[Dr. Sivana]

I would have tried DataViz’s MacLink-PC for the Zip drive connectivity trick.

I did successfully hook up a Mac IIx (68030, 9 MB RAM, 16 Mhz), via external modem through an ISP to run Netscape back in 1998).

I don’t know if AOL supports its old 68000 version of the AOL browser. Also, Localtalk Bridge might provide true Ethernet capability with lower-overhead.

In my experience, it was possible to get 28K or better using LocalTalk or garden variety serial modems, so he might have done better with a USR Courier 56K and a dialup line. (maybe the modem deals with some of the processor overhead).

[fireman15]

I love this type of project. Unfortunately, our house was burglarized a couple of months ago and the thieves took a bunch of my vintage computer gear. I am sure that it got chucked in the garbage when they figured out it wasn’t modern equipment. They took an old Timex Sinclair 1000 and supporting peripherals, an old Atari 800 Computer with floppy disk drives and dozens and dozens of old discs and programs.

My TI99/4a computer along with its external expansion box will be missed. Also taken was a TRS-80 computer from Radio Shack along with peripherals. The largest volume of stuff missing was my collection of Commodore 64 items and software. Some of this gear actually goes for good money on eBay these days. I was hoping to play with some of this stuff again one day. Unfortunately, I do not have good documentation for my insurance company and they have not been very supportive.

[Alas Babylon!]

Here's my Baby from back in the day:

Let's get her on the Internet!

[NYer]

As requested, Sunken CIV, here is a ping to the published article. I loved this mac. It was so cutting edge for that time. One of its features was Mac Draw. My daughter and I would create ‘masterpieces’ and record accompanying stories. Like all Apple products, it was fun and easy to use.

[martin_fierro]

Browsing the web on Apple II using Contiki

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

I can remember dialing into CompuServe on my C-64 through a 1200 baud modem. After waiting for what seemed like hours, there was nothing much to look at - sure was cool, though.