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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2025 on: January 29, 2008, 04:11:01 PM »
Wow, Gary that's a nice Mac. How old is it?

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2026 on: January 29, 2008, 04:25:49 PM »
Wow, Gary that's a nice Mac. How old is it?

According to the date on the system it is 10 years old, made in 1997.

Billy, how would I determine how much RAM it has?

BTW, the MAc and the HD cost me jsut 9.99 each.  :lol:

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2027 on: January 29, 2008, 04:26:34 PM »
How much u paid for the computer?

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2028 on: January 29, 2008, 04:27:09 PM »
The computer and the HD each cost 9.99 ( yes, that's dollars and cents  :lol: )

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2029 on: January 29, 2008, 04:27:36 PM »
The computer and the HD each cost 9.99 ( yes, that's dollars and cents  :lol: )
really?! :faint:

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2030 on: January 29, 2008, 04:27:59 PM »
Yep, grand total of $20 for the pair.  :sunglasses:

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2031 on: January 29, 2008, 04:28:08 PM »
Nice buy, Gary. How much RAM does it have? If you have enough, you could probably get OS 9.x running.  :sunglasses:
Yes you can indeed install an OS as new as 9.1 in there. You'll need 32 MB of memory and 40 MB of virtual memory to run it (the computer can hold up to 128 MB).

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2032 on: January 29, 2008, 04:28:15 PM »
Does it have internet access?

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2033 on: January 29, 2008, 04:29:08 PM »
Well Vic it has the right hardware. I just need to find out if Verizon is usable on a Mac.

Mike or Billy, how do you find out how much RAM a Mac has?

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2034 on: January 29, 2008, 04:29:46 PM »
Billy, how would I determine how much RAM it has?
Go to the Apple menu and click "About This Computer", and it'll tell you. :yes:

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2035 on: January 29, 2008, 04:30:29 PM »
Not sure if I like that feature. It makes that area rather cluttered.
The area's already pretty cluttered, adding this box wont change it :P Take a look at mine or Gary's box, he's got The Big Cheese (where I have, the moldy cheese) and then theres the Stars, Posts and I don't think the Online box is adding to any clutter.

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2036 on: January 29, 2008, 04:32:32 PM »
Maybe if you got rid of the custom member title than it'll be less cluttered?

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2037 on: January 29, 2008, 04:34:39 PM »
Maybe if you got rid of the custom member title than it'll be less cluttered?
Nah, I like being the moldy cheese :P

BTW, Gary, nice buy! Oddly enough about 3 years ago at a thrift store I bought an old mac "Pizza Box" LC serise Mac, mine came with a monitor, mouse, and keyboard. OS pre-loaded  :sunglasses: :P

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2038 on: January 29, 2008, 04:35:33 PM »
Maybe if you got rid of the custom member title than it'll be less cluttered?
Nah, I like being the moldy cheese :P
I like being a certified postaholic too! :(

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #2039 on: January 29, 2008, 04:42:29 PM »
Alright, the Mac has 96MB of built in memory and 97MB virtual memory. That means I can upgrade the OS right? Which brings me to my next question: Can Mac cd-rom drives read discs burned on a PC?

Additionally, the Mac has the following software:

Adobe Pagemaker 6.5
Aldus Pagemaker 5.0
Gunshy 1.3
Imageviewer 2.0
Adobe Photoshop 4.01
Microsoft Office98