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« Last post by Jubadub on Today at 01:08:14 AM »I'm personally pleased with things so far, and I really am glad to see the return of the condensed "recent threads" feature back when viewing other threads.
I'm not worried in the least here, because @Knezzen is leading this, and because everyone here has given and is still giving their invaluable input, which helps us steer our ship where we want it to be. Our boat will keep rocking about as we set it to the correct direction, but I'm sure we will reach our destination, because the boat is rocking and not getting dragged away on still water, and because our sailors are awesome and each contributes to it differently.
I believe the few missed features that are still missing that some of us care for will in due time be back, precisely because of this. And I will once again emphasize, I'm really enjoying the forum's newfound responsiveness, and that all our old links, threads and posts are all intact.
I particularly like @FdB/@FBz/@aBc's post, it resonates with me a lot, but again I'm not concerned because I know @Knezzen will keep on doing a generally good job, because he listens to our feedback. So if there is ever a change we are not content with, we will speak up, and @Knezzen will hear and do it because he's awesome. Nearly everyone here is awesome.
I believe that would be the Macintosh Garden. And, to some capacity, the "MacRumors PPC" subforum: they started "adopting" people, hardware and software that were being "abandoned" with regards to "early Intel" stuff, since the mods and admins of the main MacRumors forum do not seem to care for them enough for them to have their own subsection. And also because OS X Tiger, Leopard and even partially Snow Leopard are both PPC and Intel-related, like System 7 and Mac OS 8(.1) on 68k and PPC.
I like Mac OS 9 Lives for the fact it is Mac-OS-9-centric. I think your idea is great, but already seems to be well-covered out there (although admittedly audio hardware support may be low in my examples above). The OS 9 focus here gives us more OS 9 input/output specifically. Everything is OS-9-themed. It just wouldn't have been the same if this was "anything old Apple"-themed like TinkerDifferent, Mac Garden or even the ill-fated ThinkClassic that didn't focus on a single system.
Maybe in a few years we will also see "System 6 Paradise" forums and "Lisa & Macintosh XL Sailors" forums somewhere. Something a bit more specific than the 68kmla forums. Although more than these, I wish there was a "MacPPC schematics" forum... so we could print our own PCBs for i.e. brand-new MDD motherboards and daughtercards...
I'm not worried in the least here, because @Knezzen is leading this, and because everyone here has given and is still giving their invaluable input, which helps us steer our ship where we want it to be. Our boat will keep rocking about as we set it to the correct direction, but I'm sure we will reach our destination, because the boat is rocking and not getting dragged away on still water, and because our sailors are awesome and each contributes to it differently.
I believe the few missed features that are still missing that some of us care for will in due time be back, precisely because of this. And I will once again emphasize, I'm really enjoying the forum's newfound responsiveness, and that all our old links, threads and posts are all intact.
I particularly like @FdB/@FBz/@aBc's post, it resonates with me a lot, but again I'm not concerned because I know @Knezzen will keep on doing a generally good job, because he listens to our feedback. So if there is ever a change we are not content with, we will speak up, and @Knezzen will hear and do it because he's awesome. Nearly everyone here is awesome.
One big resource for Gamers, Artists, Musicians, Video enthusiasts called "Applegraveyard.com" or some other catchy name !
Always evolving, always changing, as Apple casts old hardware / software in the garbage bin (or graveyard cause it's dead), the site picks it up. Old ProTools on Intel (like PT10 HD) no problem, resources here... Mac OS 9... resources here... old scanner working on Tiger... resources here... etc
One Mega-Site that basically picks up all the pieces as an invaluable resource of Mac hardware help guides, driver software, configuration tips, OS specific help and resources spanning all the "stuff' that seems to vaporize as all the little sites disappear.
I believe that would be the Macintosh Garden. And, to some capacity, the "MacRumors PPC" subforum: they started "adopting" people, hardware and software that were being "abandoned" with regards to "early Intel" stuff, since the mods and admins of the main MacRumors forum do not seem to care for them enough for them to have their own subsection. And also because OS X Tiger, Leopard and even partially Snow Leopard are both PPC and Intel-related, like System 7 and Mac OS 8(.1) on 68k and PPC.
I like Mac OS 9 Lives for the fact it is Mac-OS-9-centric. I think your idea is great, but already seems to be well-covered out there (although admittedly audio hardware support may be low in my examples above). The OS 9 focus here gives us more OS 9 input/output specifically. Everything is OS-9-themed. It just wouldn't have been the same if this was "anything old Apple"-themed like TinkerDifferent, Mac Garden or even the ill-fated ThinkClassic that didn't focus on a single system.
Maybe in a few years we will also see "System 6 Paradise" forums and "Lisa & Macintosh XL Sailors" forums somewhere. Something a bit more specific than the 68kmla forums. Although more than these, I wish there was a "MacPPC schematics" forum... so we could print our own PCBs for i.e. brand-new MDD motherboards and daughtercards...