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Some options for reading RSS feeds on the classic Mac OS
Continuing my investigations into various types of software to keep using a vintage Mac for modern tasks, after browsers and email clients, it’s time for RSS feeds reading. What are the options? Rather...
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Sebastian goes back to Mac OS 9
I tend to avoid using this blog as a “linked list”, but this story is the perfect example of what I mean when I talk about putting vintage technology to good use. Sebastian Patting, in his guest post...
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Reader email: Performa 6320 and more
I have accumulated a bit of a backlog as regards to personal emails. I launched this weblog with very few expectations since it is obviously addressed to a niche readers’ base. Instead, it turned out...
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Past setups
Recently I’ve been perusing my photo archives trying to put together a series of snaps I took when I still lived alone in my flat near Milan, Italy. I stayed there from 2001 to 2005, and whenever I...
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My new vintage mobile office
Since I acquired my first Newton in 2002 — an MP2000 with keyboard and various cards— and then an MP2100 in 2006, I’ve been looking for a proper case for it when I need to carry it around, take notes,...
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Twit Menulet doesn’t leave older Macs behind
Not too long ago, I was complaining that the majority of Twitter clients was progressively leaving older versions of Mac OS X behind. Also thanks to changes in Twitter’s authorisation methods, most...
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How I tune up my vintage Macs
At first I was tempted to title this post How to tune up your vintage Mac, but that sounded too presumptuous on my part. I believe that people are free to choose the approach they want, so I’ll just...
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Prepping the Lombard: software for basic tasks
These last months I have been neglecting my vintage Mac hardware (with the notable exception of my Newton MessagePads, which I use daily), mostly because my job as a freelance translator kept me quite...
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Why I’m into vintage technology
A long-time reader of this weblog (and other places where I write) has recently emailed me asking a few questions of a more personal nature. That is, more focussed on my relationship with vintage Macs...
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Defending the Power Mac G4 Cube
Periodically, some article pops up talking about the fact that not every product created by Apple has been a success. Guess which Mac invariably receives a mention? The Cube, of course. Apple...
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The Essential Mac
I was looking for some SCSI-related information for an article I’m working on, and I stumbled upon a lovely website dedicated to the classic Mac OS: The Essential Mac. It’s like entering a time...
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Great apps still available for PowerPC Macs
2013 has been an incredibly busy year for me, and regrettably I didn’t spend much time using my oldest Macs and a Mac OS system version older than 8.1. This is the main reason I haven’t updated this...
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Apple will end support for AIM iChat logins on older versions of Mac OS X
The other day, this post by MacRumors caught my eye — Apple to End Support for AIM iChat Logins on Older Versions of OS X Starting June 30: Apple has announced in a recent support note (via ZDNet) that...
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Great apps still available for PowerPC Macs (Part 2)
My previous article, Great apps still available for PowerPC Macs, published at the end of last year, got a lot of attention. I’m always looking for older PPC versions of great Mac applications...
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Great apps still available for PowerPC Macs (Part 3)
The launchers special Here’s another brief addition to the list of useful apps that are still made available for PowerPC Macs by their developers. Since apparently application launchers are all the...
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Actual work on vintage Macs is possible
Stephen Hackett, linking to this article by Andrew Cunningham at Ars Technica, comments: Andrew Cunningham has learned what I did back in 2008: while OS 9 is fun to play with, it’s terrible for getting...
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Prepping the Lombard: software for basic tasks
These last months I have been neglecting my vintage Mac hardware (with the notable exception of my Newton MessagePads, which I use daily), mostly because my job as a freelance translator kept me quite...
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Why I’m into vintage technology
A long-time reader of this weblog (and other places where I write) has recently emailed me asking a few questions of a more personal nature. That is, more focussed on my relationship with vintage Macs...
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Defending the Power Mac G4 Cube
Periodically, some article pops up talking about the fact that not every product created by Apple has been a success. Guess which Mac invariably receives a mention? The Cube, of course. Apple...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential Mac
I was looking for some SCSI-related information for an article I’m working on, and I stumbled upon a lovely website dedicated to the classic Mac OS: The Essential Mac. It’s like entering a time...
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