appletalk.com.au — Usually we're all about faster cpu's, more ram and cutting edge machines but there are people out there who'll try anything to push the boundaries back the other way. "The victi^WMac used for this little project is a Centris 650, with 68MB RAM, a 25MHz 68040 and 4GB drive".
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Closed AccountOct 6, 2006
Good to see the original Author's remarks, thanks for the update Dana
jmlumpkinOct 6, 2006
That is NeXtStep - the precursor to OS X. The currend Mac OS is is based on this...not Classic.
mikesolOct 6, 2006
This is bitchin' rad by virtue of its being absolutely useless. I fully support this endeavour.
blakespotOct 6, 2006
EmmEff,Indeed, that is NEXTSTEP v3.3. OS X is modelled after NEXTSTEP, or OPENSTEP (which is an evolution of NEXTSTEP) more specifically. The initial developer release of Apple's Rhapsody was little more than a port of OPENSTEP to the Mac's PowerPC platform, with a Finder interface. Rhapsody became Mac OS X. Whereas NEXTSTEP / OPENSTEP are built on Mach and BSD, OS X is built on Mach and FreeBSD. More info here: <a class="user" href="http://www.objectfarm.org/Activities/Publications/TheMerger/index.html">http://www.objectfarm.org/Activities/Publications/TheMerger/index.html</a>
dancepartyOct 6, 2006
damn it I love this stuff. My first Mac was a Quadra 605. oh do I miss it. if any of you have one to sell me, please email me at jerryfarina@gmail.com. Hey Dana, I love your gallery of old Macs. I love that you guys are so into this...
rasterbatorOct 6, 2006
Three words: Get A Life.
nofxjunkeeOct 6, 2006
From the little Q&A at the end:"So what's next?Resurrecting my Mac II (68020 with FPU) in order to get an even slower machine booting OSX. I expect to have this done by the time longhorn ships."Any progress? Longhorn's going to ship within a year...
maram500Oct 7, 2006
This article is obviously old. Might I point out at the end the author refers to "Longhorn", the codename used by Microsoft for Windows Vista. It's great to see such ancient tech used for someithng (even if it is ridiculous useless), though. Now if only someone could get an Atari 2600 to emulate an Xbox 360 game...or even a Nintendo 64 game... Wishful thinking.
rupammartDec 22, 2007
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