Re: AUGD: QUESTION : Ending an Era OS/9
Re: AUGD: QUESTION : Ending an Era OS/9
- Subject: Re: AUGD: QUESTION : Ending an Era OS/9
- From: "Chris Hart, MyMacTech.com" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:46:50 -0400
- Thread-topic: AUGD: QUESTION : Ending an Era OS/9
I know your situation and the decision you face.
For the longest time I was saving, saving, saving. Then the burden of
accumulated mac stuff became unbearable. And as I looked on ebay for the
value of some of the items that I thought might be novel enough to spark
commerce, I was disappointed at how little I was likely to get. I decided
none of it was worth my time and effort to sell online. So I slowly got
rid of it all.
Like you, I was holding onto some particular old Macs, so that I could
also access old media when I was approached for that. (And there was a
period in the early 2000's where I did quite a bit of that kind of work
for clients.) But recently I realized that it's been probably 4 years
since anyone brought me any old media to recover data from and that was my
sign to stop holding onto this stuff. So in fact I got rid of the last of
my old Mac hardware, peripherals and software earlier this year. The
hardware I brought to my local electronics recycling events that happen
throughout the year (sponsored by my state and area towns).
It was heartbreaking to see the thousands of dollars that I was throwing
out! (Based on what was actually paid for the stuff back in the day.)
The pile of SCSI cables that I dumped were probably close to $500 in
original value! Technological progress is wonderful and it sucks at the
same time. :-P
In the end, I think it's best to let go of everything that you can stand
to. Because, as a society, I think we engage in too much saving of
"stuff" (even bordering on hoarding in some cases). This is obviously a
very personal decision, but I felt much better about having less "stuff"
in my life, once I disposed of all that old hardware.
Chris Hart
President, Connecticut Macintosh Connection
Central Connecticut's User Group Devoted To Apple Technology
http://www.ctmac.org
On 10/3/12 9:35 AM, "Dennis Wurster" <email@hidden> wrote:
>People who like to keep their 9" macs alive often need an 'in-betweener'
>mac that can download software from the web, and write it to floppy
>disks. *Especially* if it can write to 720k (low density) floppies. Beige
>macs were nice because they had ethernet built-in. That made them easy to
>connect to a modern network.
>
>I'll admit that IDE drives are becoming harder to find (The local Best
>Buy only has one line of them in stock anymore).
>
>I'm still a big fan of the SE/30, but getting software for it is becoming
>harder, as people are throwing out their old floppy stash.
>
>I'm getting ready to show off my Mac Plus this weekend at BarCamp. I just
>need an imagewriter and a copy of Print Shop to make some banners on
>fan-feed paper. The college kids will have their minds blown.
>
>--Dennis
>
>
>On Oct 3, 2012, at 8:33 AM, email@hidden wrote:
>
>> Greetings ...
>>
>> Can anyone think of a good reason to keep the LAST
>> two remaining OS 9.5 beige Macs operating ???
>>
>> The last two reasons we kept these machines running was
>> * reading floppies and SCSII media, Zips and SyQuest
>> * unlocking iTunes music using SoundJam.
>>
>> Society has evolved way beyond locked music, so there's
>> no longer a reason to keep SoundJam running to unlock
>> iTunes music -- and the 'clients' files on the media
>> have been either been modernized, or the clients are
>> out of business, retired or dead.
>>
>> I've sent close to 2,000 diskettes and 37 SyQuest carts
>> to recycling, or the land fill. (Actually many were
>> used for target shooting!)
>>
>> As we try to clean out this facility to sell, I'm
>> running across so many relics of a by-gone computer
>> world. What to keep and what to toss is a dilemma.
>> What do you do with 40 years of accumulated stuff???
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Fred
>>
>> Some of you may remember my pick-up load of Macs
>> at the loading dock
>>
>>
>>http://www.graphic-design.com/60-seconds/2007_images/mac_good-bye_800.jpg
>>
>> http://www.graphic-design.com/60-seconds/good-bye-old-mac
>>
>>
>> PS: If you know of any entity that may need these
>> machines for a good use, let me know.
>> One is a G3 with USB/Firewire card.
>>
>>
>>
>> Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher
>>
>> * User Group Info Manager ...... <http://www.uugnn.com>
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