MacWorld Expo, July 7-10, 1998 NYC, Session #50 The Mac FishBowl Series

MacWorld Expo, NYC, July 9, 1998
Goodies Track
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Saving Your Mac from Obsolescence or 101 Things to do with a Dead Mac
Code Named: The Mac Fishbowl Series

Session Moderator:
Paul Kent, Founder of Mactivity, Inc.

Session Participants:

Bill Fox, Editor In Cheif - Publisher, MacsOnly
Jack Miller, President, Info X Czar
WilliamLH, MacGuru, InfoMasters, Inc.
I will be linking the other speakers presentations as soon as I have the web addresses.

A few Cool Uses for a completely dead (not repairable) Mac:
Mail / NewsPaper Box
Planter
Cactus Garden
Sand Sculpture
Lamp
Ben's MacQuarium
PLEASE NOTE: If you are going to mess with the CRT (Monitor) make sure you release the presure from the tube and discharge any electrical build-up BEFORE doing anything to it, instructions for this procedure can be found on the web.

Buying old parts online: Being safe!
1) If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. Be aware, just as in the real world there are scams online, if an offer sounds to good to be true, it is probably not a safe buy.
2) Use a safe purchase service such as i-Escrow, Inc., TradeMaker LLC & TradeSafe or simalar service, there are several of these services available now. These services allow you to buy and sell products online from classified ad website as safely as possible and they protect both the buyer and seller, but they do charge a fee for the service.

Get HotLine below:
HotLine Software
http://www.hotlinesw.com/

HotLine Servers with Old Apple/Mac software:

- * Skeet's 68k Mac-zone * -

FATBITS

Heart of the Desert (Backup)#1

| •=--- Pong |

• The CLASSIC Adventures! •

Machelp.dyn.ml.org

Internet sites:

68K Macintosh Emulators
http://www.uruk.org/emu/mac.html

AUSOM Macintosh - Software
http://www.ausom.net.au/mac/software.html

Classic Mac Games
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/7275/game.html

Classic Macs WWW Archive
http://www.zws.com/classicmacs/
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FTP Directory of /Apple_Support_Area/Manuals/mac_os/
ftp://ftp.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Manuals/mac_os/

FTP Directory of /pub/info-mac
ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac/

Get Yer Software Heah!
http://www.uwm.edu/~thig/software.html

Jag's Classic Mac Shareware
http://www.eden.com/~arena/jagshouse/classic.html

jagubox FTP Archive A/UX
http://jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov/mac/

Jeffrey D. Bipes
http://www.mtn.org/~jbipes/

Obsolete Computer Museum
http://www.ncsc.dni.us/fun/user/tcc/cmuseum/cmuseum.htm

Oceania Macintosh Archive
http://oma.mac.net.au/

Robbie's Links - Good links for Mac and other stuff.
http://fox.nstn.ca/~kingdon/Robbie/Links.html

The Shareware Stockpile(TM)-Mac 68K
http://www.stockpile.com/mac68k/index.htm

The Internet Classic Mac Users Home Page
http://www2.prestel.co.uk/macman/classicmac/home.html

UMich Mac Archive Official Home
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sdamask/umich-mirrors/

utexas mac archive
http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/mac/main.html

Low End Mac
http://www.mactimes.com/lowend/

Yahoo Mac Page
http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Platforms/Macintosh/

These are just a FEW of the many excellent web sites that can provide help info, they are not all Old Apple/Mac specific:

• MacFixIt
http://www.macfixit.com/
Hands down the single most helpful info source for Mac problems. Searchable. Also has great links. Ted is a super guy, and a committed Mac-o-phile.

• The Complete Conflict Compendium
http://www.mac-conflicts.com/
Keeps track of software conflicts.

• EveryMac
http://www.everymac.com/
A complete guide of every Macintosh and MacOS-Compatible in the world, with detailed technical, configuration, and pricing information.

• MacNow Magazine
http://www.macnow.com/
Get your Mac Now! Macintosh specific E-Zine, reviews, comentary, breaking news...

• InfoMasters, Inc.
http://www.infomasters.com/
Mac tech support, database development, good computer consultants.

• The Mac Resource Page
http://www.macresource.com/
Great site, daily news on everything Mac. Bug reports, updates, etc...

• MacInTouch
http://www.macintouch.com/
Ric Ford's page. Daily updated latest info - One of the best!

• Mac Central
http://www.maccentral.com/
Excellent repository of Mac info. Updated several times a day.

• Mac Update
http://www.macupdate.com/
The lastest updates for shareware and commercial software - with links to vendors and updaters.

• Version Tracker
http://www.versiontracker.com/
Another good software update page.

• MacHome's Macintosh Tech Support
http://www.machome.com/techsupport.html
"Leave a question, get an answer" site. Good, but it tends to be cryptic, super short answers. Worth a shot.

• No Wonder Computer Support
http://www.nowonder.com/
Mac/PC/Unix/etc... Free technical support IRC online help. You leave an email, get answer. Not Mac centered, but helpful.

• Mac Tech
http://www.mactech.com/
Searchable news and programming info, and lots more.

ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/mac/

http://macplus.schoolvision.com/
• Mac Plus web server

http://members.aol.com/maccrypt/index.html
• Old software and OSs

http://www.gamesdomain.com/tigger/sw-oldmac.html
• Old Mac software

http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n22139
• How to get Mac OSs

http://www.uwm.edu/~thig/plus.html
• Antique Mac pages

http://www.walli.uwasa.fi/~mhaveri/mac-internet-faq.txt
http://www.walli.uwasa.fi/~mhaveri/68000.txt
• 68k mac FAQ

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/7275/home.html
• Classic Mac User Group

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/7228/mac.html
• Another Classic Mac web site

http://www.bford.demon.co.uk/mac/portablefaq.txt
• Mac Portable FAQish

http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/sabell/pb100.html
• PowerBook 100 info

http://home.att.net/~carnut/
• The PowerBook Blue Book

http://home.att.net/~carnut/hc/
• The HyperCard Gamers Group

http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/sabell/duo.html
• Duo FAQ

http://www.southcom.com.au/~desieh/index.htm
• Lisa stuff

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/1493/
• 128K Mac users group

http://www.edprint.demon.co.uk/se/index.html
• Mac SE stuff

http://www.athenet.net/~gyounk
• Mac 512 site

http://www.uwm.edu/~thig/hd20.sit.hqx
• HD20 init

http://www.soltec.net/~cbsc/512k/mac512k.html
• Mac 512 site

http://macplus.mia.net/
• Mac Plus site

http://members.tripod.com/~mammola/
• Mac Plus site

http://members.macconnect.com/users/s/shobaffum/MacIIci/iici.spml
• Mac IIci stuff

http://member.nifty.ne.jp/Kan-chan/index.html
• Color Classic Power Up Web Page

http://macplus.schoolvision.com/
• Mac Plus web server

http://www.macintoshos.com/index.html
• General Mac site; has info on old kit

http://w3.ime.net/~deceiver/phoenixmacrepair.html#top
• Fixing Macs

http://www.lirmm.fr/~gutkneco/maclynx/
• MacLynx

http://lynx.browser.org/
• Lynx stuff

http://members.aol.com/towad/
• Systems 6.0.8->6.0.8L and Colour Classic stuff?

http://weber.u.washington.edu/~manos/network/index.html
• Mac networking guide

ftp://ftp.apple.com/dts/mac/sys.soft/
• Systems 5.0 - 7.0.1

ftp://ftp.apple.com/dts/mac/sys.soft.intl/
• Non US Sys 7.0.1

http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/macintosh/
• MacTCP

ftp://ftp.apple.com/devworld/Development_Kits/MacTCP.sit.hqx
• MacTCP Direct Download

http://www.academ.com/info/macintosh
• Dead batteries on old Macs

http://hjem.get2net.dk/classic-mac/
• Excellent links; MacVeteran page (in Danish)

http://product.info.apple.com/productinfo/datasheets/dt/dtarchive.html
• Apple's graveyard; info on obsolete Macs

http://shareware.unc.edu/shareware/home/ftp/pub/mac/
• Vintage Mac software

http://home1.gte.net/mcorphan/system6.html
• System 6 page

http://weber.u.washington.edu/~manos/network/sitemap.html
• Networking Macs of all ages and PCs

http://www.goodnet.com/~tim/
• Network software for old Macs

http://cafe.ambrosiasw.com/netgames/yesteryear.html
• Some old Mac network games

http://users.ipa.net/~lilbill/babymacs/index.html
• 'Baby Mac' 68000 Mac site

http://home.att.net/~carnut/collect/
• The Macintosh Collector

• Do not forget Newsgroups, especially the Comp.sys.mac.* groups and listservs such as the Classic Mac List!

Special thanks to:
InfoMasters, Inc.
http://www.infomasters.com/

Firestorm Films Corp.
http://www.maxminn.com/firestorm/index.html
Firestorms' HotLine Servers are listed on the below trackers:
tracked.dyn.ml.org
hltracker.com
power.mac.net.au
ttherock.ml.org
mactracked.dyn.ml.org

MacTechs, Intl.
http://www.mactechsinc.com/
Mr. Craig Urban allowed us to use their popular Mac Classic Business Card Drop Box for display during the session.

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