I spent an afternoon playing around with what Low End Mac calls one of Apple’s worst-ever Macintosh models.
Tag: system 7
Playing custom sounds from your compact Mac
As evidenced by my latest adventures with the monaural Califone AV80 cassette player, low quality sound doesn’t bother me.
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Tidbits: Classic Memory Upgrade + SoftPC Update
After six months of trying to upgrade the memory in the Classic, I was finally successful.
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DOScember: SoftPC on a Macintosh?
Many vintage computer enthusiasts are celebrating DOScember – using the time to play around with DOS and run some games. Back in March 2019, I demonstrated DOSBox, a DOS emulator that runs on modern machines. But I had a random idea: what if I could get DOS emulation working on one of the vintage Macintosh computers?
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System 7 on the 1991 Macintosh Classic
This year, Apple surprised us with two giant leaps forward for the Mac: the introduction of their own M1 silicon, and the introduction of macOS 11 “Big Sur.”
But let’s take a leap back in time nearly 30 years and look at System 7.
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Introducing: 1991 Macintosh Classic
After about 6-7 years of waiting, it finally happened.
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Basilisk II: Classic Mac Emulator
Want to run yesterday’s Macintosh software on your modern Mac or PC?
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