Useful ideas for Mac SE?

ScottW

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Okay... my wife's brother gave her (well me) back her Mac SE that she used to have. Apparently it was just collecting dust. I got it and stuck it in a closet. Well, after shooting through memories using my Apple II+, I saw the SE and I was like... does it even work? Sure enough, I plugged it in and it booted up. Need to go outside and dig out a mouse & keyboard for it to get specifics on it.

I have seen web pages for getting the thing on the internet, but in all honesty... what can I do with it... seriously?!
 
ScottW said:
Okay... my wife's brother gave her (well me) back her Mac SE that she used to have. Apparently it was just collecting dust. I got it and stuck it in a closet. Well, after shooting through memories using my Apple II+, I saw the SE and I was like... does it even work? Sure enough, I plugged it in and it booted up. Need to go outside and dig out a mouse & keyboard for it to get specifics on it.

I have seen web pages for getting the thing on the internet, but in all honesty... what can I do with it... seriously?!
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Here's an idea....

The 68K Macintosh Web Server Directory

This is a site that some people over at jagshouse.com and I decided to put together. Mine is the second one from the top (Quadra 650). All are either running MacHTTP 2.6 or some other web server, and some form of FTP software if any. Operating systems vary from System 6.x.x to 8.1. Why not put that little box to good use and join the directory?? :)

You can also use it as a nice little music production station for MIDI composition. Check eBay for Master Tracks Pro or other software sequencers from Opcode and the like, as well as a nice MIDI interface for your serial port (I own a MIDIman mini-man MIDI interface...again, check out eBay.).

And lastly, if something goes wrong with it where it becomes irreparable, then there's always the Macquarium :D

Links to some sites:
 
Don't convert it into a fishtank if it's working though....

If you don't want it, donate it to a computer museum or.....give it to me!! ;)
 
Ah, but it can still be put back together to work, even after the fish tank conversion. Through some cool neon in there, a kick a$$ fish or two, and you have one stylish fish tank!
If you get tired of the tank, simply remove the mods, insert original hardware, and boom you got your mac back. And a stylish Mac at that!
 
Be an easy conversion, I would think. Go buy one of those little portable TV's from walmart or something and throw it in the mac (after some assembly, or should I say disassembly).
 
nixgeek said:
Here's an idea....

The 68K Macintosh Web Server Directory
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I love seeing stuff like this!

This is what the first site listed (http://aurejac.dyndns.org/) is hosting:
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BTW, I did not make this a link because I did not want to take responsibility for you all pounding that poor little SE to death.
 
Yeah, I thought that was quite impressive with that old Mac Plus. Everytime I see it up, I'm amazed. :)

This proves that the Mac is indeed a tried and true platform. The only time my site goes down is when I have to reboot for something and I forget to launch MacHTTP (Yeah, I could drop it in Startup Items, but that's just making me do more work, isn't it?? ;)). Other than that, it's pretty much up.

I should set up an old 386 I have somewhere with Linux and see how that holds up. Probably not as well... :D
 
nixgeek said:
I should set up an old 386 I have somewhere with Linux and see how that holds up. Probably not as well... :D
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Isn't an SE closer to the 80-86/80-88 era before 286's/386's came into being?

I wonder how many 80-86's are still functioning vs. the number of SE's still being used.
 
TommyWillB said:
Isn't an SE closer to the 80-86/80-88 era before 286's/386's came into being?

I wonder how many 80-86's are still functioning vs. the number of SE's still being used.
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That is true, but even Linux won't run on anything less than a 386 since it's for 32 bit processors (at least with the well known distros). I think the 286 made its debut during this time and was quite out of reach for normal consumers. I'm sure there's a Linux distro out there for thos older PCs, but what's the point?

Then again, I could ask the same question about the 386... ::ha:: :D
 
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