[Coco] Re: Mac mini
farna at att.net
farna at att.net
Sat Jan 22 23:04:15 EST 2005
Well, there are some mini ITX with an integrated processor by VIA. I think the VIA C3 is P3 compatible. Check this site: http://www.mini-itx.com/hardware/intro.asp. The boards from the site store run up to $250. That's with no case, memory, drives, keyboard, or monitor, but all I/O is built in including ethernet. Boards start at $125 or so for slower versions. There's a P4 board for $178, but that's with a Socket 478 -- no precessor. Take a look at the "projects" link though. There's a mini ITX mounted in a Commodore 1541 disk drive case, a Sega Genesis case, and a Mac SE case (worlds fastest "Mac SE"). The most interesting project is 12 800MHz ITX boards running Free BSD as parallel processors.
Message: 5
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:42:54 -0600
From: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
Subject: [Coco] Mac mini
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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As some of you may know, Apple released (officially) their new $499 Mac
mini today. Firewire, USB, VGA, hard drive, wireless/bluetooth
support, etc. in a TINY 2.9lb package. It's the closest thing to a
modern CoCo I've seen -- just tiny. Plug up your existing keyboard,
mouse (USB, else with an adpater) and monitor and go. A $500
Unix-based machine with a slick GUI. Elegant.
The $500 PCs have always been ugly to me -- huge boxes, ugly plastic,
etc. usually taking up more space than a CoCo setup!
I saw one in person today -- very impressive little machine. (I have a
20" iMac G5 at home, and a 2003 series PowerBook I am using right now.)
I just love the form factor.
Does anyone know of any other tiny and cheap machines (i.e. in the
price range of a CoCo with disk drive -- $500) out there?
--
-- Allen ( www.disneyfans.com / www.atthefaire.com )
--
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:00:41 -0800
> From: "Neil Morrison" <neilsmorr at hotpop.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Looking for old software
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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> No, I'm getting the blanks too. Maybe HTML getting stripped?
>
> N
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Ostrom" <smostrom at mn.rr.com>
>
>
> > Why is it that everything that this person sends to the list comes
> > through as a blank e-mail? Is it my Netscape filters, my firewall or my
> > virus software? Does everyone else but me see the text that was
> > supposed to be there?
> >
> > Just an idle question.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:14:41 -0500
> From: "James C. Hrubik, Sr." <jimhrubik at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Looking for old software
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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> I've noticed the same thing now for over a week. Just a blank post
> from "Glen VanDenBiggelaar" <glenvdb at hotmail.com> . The original list
> is
>
> When they come in as "glenvdb" <glenvdb at hotmail.com>, they are visible.
>
> Someone else commented that they had several other blanks from hotmail.
>
> On Saturday, January 22, 2005, at 03:53 PM, Steve Ostrom wrote:
>
> > Why is it that everything that this person sends to the list comes
> > through as a blank e-mail? Is it my Netscape filters, my firewall or
> > my virus software? Does everyone else but me see the text that was
> > supposed to be there?
> >
> > Just an idle question.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > -- Steve --
> >
> >
> >
> > Glen VanDenBiggelaar wrote:
> >
> >>
> >
> >
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> From the sayings of Grampa Jim, Copyright 2003.
> Unauthorized use of my stuff may cause senility.
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>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:49:50 -0600
> From: Steve Ostrom <smostrom at mn.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Looking for old software
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Message-ID: <41F2CA7E.8090907 at mn.rr.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Dennis, are you there? Any knowledge of what's happening here? Are you
> stripping the HTML? That's fine with me. I do get plenty of HTML
> e-mail messages from other sources, but the list should remain clear of
> these.
>
> -- Steve --
>
>
> James C. Hrubik, Sr. wrote:
>
> > I've noticed the same thing now for over a week. Just a blank post
> > from "Glen VanDenBiggelaar" <glenvdb at hotmail.com> . The original list is
> >
> > When they come in as "glenvdb" <glenvdb at hotmail.com>, they are visible.
> >
> > Someone else commented that they had several other blanks from hotmail.
> >
> > On Saturday, January 22, 2005, at 03:53 PM, Steve Ostrom wrote:
> >
> >> Why is it that everything that this person sends to the list comes
> >> through as a blank e-mail? Is it my Netscape filters, my firewall or
> >> my virus software? Does everyone else but me see the text that was
> >> supposed to be there?
> >>
> >> Just an idle question.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >> -- Steve --
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Glen VanDenBiggelaar wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
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> > "I have an excuse : all of my ancestors were teenagers..."
> > From the sayings of Grampa Jim, Copyright 2003.
> > Unauthorized use of my stuff may cause senility.
> >
> >
>
>
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:02:09 +0100
> From: "Jan Vanden Bossche" <jan80 at scarlet.be>
> Subject: [Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Floppy drives on E-bay
> To: <ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com>
> Message-ID: <00d401c500d3$349a6400$a854fea9 at ketje>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
>
> Hallo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "glenvdb" <glenvdb at hotmail.com>
>
> > Wow almost all of the floppy drives for the CoCo are over a
> > hundred dollars US now! Too rich for my blood (HEE HEE).
>
> That is ridiculous. These drives are 100% standard units, with their own
> power supply.
>
> The only thing really important is the disk-controller. And you have to know
> how to hook up te other drives, of course. But that's easy to find out.
>
> > This guy is stockpiling them, or trying to corner the market.
>
> Or he's a genius and he knows something we don't, or he's a fool. I don't
> think that these systems will ever be as valuable as e.g. and Altair 8800 or
> an Apple I.
>
> > -Glen
>
> Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus
> Jan-80
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:42:54 -0600
> From: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
> Subject: [Coco] Mac mini
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Message-ID: <F4596C62-6CC6-11D9-9743-000A95983AB4 at pobox.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>
> As some of you may know, Apple released (officially) their new $499 Mac
> mini today. Firewire, USB, VGA, hard drive, wireless/bluetooth
> support, etc. in a TINY 2.9lb package. It's the closest thing to a
> modern CoCo I've seen -- just tiny. Plug up your existing keyboard,
> mouse (USB, else with an adpater) and monitor and go. A $500
> Unix-based machine with a slick GUI. Elegant.
>
> The $500 PCs have always been ugly to me -- huge boxes, ugly plastic,
> etc. usually taking up more space than a CoCo setup!
>
> I saw one in person today -- very impressive little machine. (I have a
> 20" iMac G5 at home, and a 2003 series PowerBook I am using right now.)
> I just love the form factor.
>
> Does anyone know of any other tiny and cheap machines (i.e. in the
> price range of a CoCo with disk drive -- $500) out there?
> --
> -- Allen ( www.disneyfans.com / www.atthefaire.com )
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:08:03 -0600
> From: Steve Ostrom <smostrom at mn.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Floppy drives on E-bay
> To: ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, CoCoList for Color Computer
> Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Message-ID: <41F2DCD3.5030308 at mn.rr.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>
>
>
> Jan Vanden Bossche wrote:
>
> >Hallo
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "glenvdb" <glenvdb at hotmail.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >>Wow almost all of the floppy drives for the CoCo are over a
> >>hundred dollars US now! Too rich for my blood (HEE HEE).
> >>
> >>
> >
> >That is ridiculous. These drives are 100% standard units, with their own
> >power supply.
> >
> >
>
> I understand that 360KB floppy drives are very scarce now. If anyone
> knows of a supply of new or used units, I would really like to know
> about it. I've done a lot of searching with Google and have found some
> supplies, but the cost is over $100 in most cases. I'm not surprised
> that these Coco FD's are going for high bids. The last time I talked to
> Mark M. about floppy drives, his supply was almost exhausted. Hopefully
> an inexpensive supply will resurface. I still use my floppy drive quite
> a bit. I have two Cloud-9 hard drive systems on my two Coco setups, but
> I still need the floppy drives to transfer my Coco disks to the hard
> drive. I'm also still buying Coco software on eBay, items which I don't
> own and want for my collection. These still need to be backed up the HD.
>
> >The only thing really important is the disk-controller. And you have to know
> >how to hook up te other drives, of course. But that's easy to find out.
> >
> >
> >
> >>This guy is stockpiling them, or trying to corner the market.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Or he's a genius and he knows something we don't, or he's a fool. I don't
> >think that these systems will ever be as valuable as e.g. and Altair 8800 or
> >an Apple I.
> >
> >
> >
> >>-Glen
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus
> >Jan-80
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Brought to you by the 6809, the 6803 and their cousins!
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> ><*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ColorComputer/
> >
> ><*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> > ColorComputer-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com
> >
> ><*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
> > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:16:55 -0500
> From: "John E. Malmberg" <wb8tyw at qsl.net>
> Subject: [Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Looking for old software
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Message-ID: <csumt8$hjl$1 at sea.gmane.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 22 January 2005 13:50, Glen VanDenBiggelaar wrote:
> >
> >><html>
> >
> > Gaarrck, please don't use html on this list Glen. Few, if any of us,
> > set our emailers to display html because its quite a huge security
> > hole when enabled.
>
> A large number of Glen's posts on the gmane forum are showing up with
> only a signature and no body at all.
>
> I also have mozilla set to only show the plain text portion of a
> message, so when this happens, I use the view source, and I am still
> showing any message body.
>
> If there is only HTML content, it is being stripped before it shows up
> on the gmane.comp.hardware.tandy.coco newsgroup.
>
> And while I am seeing new HTML based exploits discovered every week, for
> mail/news clients most of them are foiled by preventing the mail/news
> client from executing scripts (now the default), preventing the
> automatic opening of external pictures, and preventing the automatic
> opening of any attachments.
>
> -John
> wb8tyw(at)qsl.net
> Personal Opinion Only
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:22:32 -0800
> From: "Neil Morrison" <neilsmorr at hotpop.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Floppy drives on E-bay
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Message-ID: <053801c500d9$b6ba67e0$37ae74ce at bc.hsia.telus.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Ostrom" <smostrom at mn.rr.com>
>
> > I understand that 360KB floppy drives are very scarce now. If anyone
> > knows of a supply of new or used units, I would really like to know
> > about it. I've done a lot of searching with Google and have found some
> > supplies, but the cost is over $100 in most cases.
>
> Yes. If we could find a way to jig the IBM PC style 1.44 Mb drives it might
> be best to use those and use a single 360K drive as drive 2 or 3. I'd also
> like to use the 1.44 Mb floppies as the 720K are herder to find. I do see
> them on eBay however.
>
> Neil
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:56:25 -0800
> From: "Jim Cox" <jimcox at miba51.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Mac mini
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Message-ID: <web-130186291 at treehouse.forest.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed"
>
> Allen:
>
> These are as good looking as the Mini, but they're pretty
> small:
>
> http://sys.us.shuttle.com/
>
> Jim
>
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:42:54 -0600
> Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
> > As some of you may know, Apple released (officially)
> >their new $499 Mac mini today. Firewire, USB, VGA, hard
> >drive, wireless/bluetooth support, etc. in a TINY 2.9lb
> >package. It's the closest thing to a modern CoCo I've
> >seen -- just tiny. Plug up your existing keyboard, mouse
> >(USB, else with an adpater) and monitor and go. A $500
> >Unix-based machine with a slick GUI. Elegant.
> >
> > The $500 PCs have always been ugly to me -- huge boxes,
> >ugly plastic, etc. usually taking up more space than a
> >CoCo setup!
> >
> > I saw one in person today -- very impressive little
> >machine. (I have a 20" iMac G5 at home, and a 2003
> >series PowerBook I am using right now.) I just love the
> >form factor.
> >
> > Does anyone know of any other tiny and cheap machines
> >(i.e. in the price range of a CoCo with disk drive --
> >$500) out there?
> > --
> > -- Allen ( www.disneyfans.com / www.atthefaire.com )
> >
> > This mailbox 100% spam free (really!) Try a free
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