Topic: Mac OS9 Lives Mac Mini Giveaway ! (Read 27248 times)

DieHard · « **on:** January 22, 2020, 09:25:28 AM »

Thanks again Matt (OldIowaMac), you are very generous with your donation, I hope we can find a few people that are excited and will enjoy a mac Mini with OS9 !

*** UPDATE ***

OK First Mac Mini available ! with Power Supply COMPLETE ! All you pay is shipping from USA CA 92544

To Enter, submit a small post here why you want it, the member with the most "likes" on thier post gets it, deadline May 15th

FdB · « **Reply #1 on:** January 22, 2020, 09:36:26 AM »

Can we vote for more than one option?

(That answer would be NO.)

Thanks Mat!

Daniel · « **Reply #2 on:** January 22, 2020, 08:17:46 PM »

There's currently a 50-50 split (of the 2 votes total) between the 2 options I like the most.

I'm glad I already have a mini and will not be writing a 8-page essay on this no matter what option wins.

FdB · « **Reply #3 on:** January 22, 2020, 08:51:11 PM »

Maybe we should all write 8 page essays and submit them
so DieHard would have something to do.

(Or Mat?)

"No good deed goes unpunished" you know?

But seriously, quite nice of both of them.

(Essays could be fun.) "What I Did On My Summer Vacation"

Bolkonskij · « **Reply #4 on:** February 06, 2020, 12:27:30 PM »

How about giving it to the person coding a 9.3.4 update for Classilla?

Uh? No one?

Ok ... ;-)

DieHard · « **Reply #5 on:** February 07, 2020, 09:43:22 AM »

Quote from: Bolkonskij on February 06, 2020, 12:27:30 PM

How about giving it to the person coding a 9.3.4 update for Classilla?

Uh? No one?

Ok ... ;-)

Sounds good to me

That person gets one... PM required

DieHard · « **Reply #6 on:** February 26, 2020, 09:41:28 AM »

Bump...

I better get moving on this, I am staring at a stack on the shelf and cannot find my damn paint scrapper !

They look so pretty, a note to self... don't be a hoarder... get them done and say goodbye to each one

It's so hard to let your children go...sigh

torvan · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2020, 11:04:02 PM »

I am all for the lottery idea. But personally, I have never won a single lottery item in any form--not state ones, not fan page ones, not a single one in my 51 years of life.

teroyk · « **Reply #8 on:** April 09, 2020, 06:24:02 AM »

Code Competion!!

Like 8-bit MSX guys does: https://www.msxdev.org/
But not only games, just anything programs, even demos.
I have been impressed how that kind of competitions push the limits of hardware.

hageir · « **Reply #9 on:** April 09, 2020, 06:05:05 PM »

Cool. Count me out, I have way too many Macs LOL
But I bet someone would really appreciate it, it is very cool.

Thanks Matt!

torvan · « **Reply #10 on:** April 10, 2020, 05:59:57 PM »

So the winner is?. . . . . . .

Bolkonskij · « **Reply #11 on:** April 11, 2020, 01:20:25 AM »

I can see I'm not the only one checking this thread regularly. :-D

Trying out OS9 on a Mac Mini would be very nice indeed ...

DieHard · « **Reply #12 on:** April 22, 2020, 04:59:59 PM »

OK First Mac Mini available ! with Power Supply COMPLETE ! All you pay is shipping from USA CA 92544

To Enter, submit a small post here why you want it, the member with the most "likes" on there post gets it, deadline May 15th

P.O. · « **Reply #13 on:** April 22, 2020, 05:53:20 PM »

PLEASE not me!
I got way too many Apple computers.

1 "RBI" computer, Apple II clone. With dual 5.5" diskette drives, etc.
1 Apple II Ci

1 Macintosh 512, with dual 3.25" diskette drives.
1 Macintosh Plus, with original 20 or 40M hard disk.

1 Mac LC 475
1 Mac Quadra 700 (with vintage Digidesign system)
1 Mac II Si
1 Mac 6100 60 (beige "pizza box")
1 Powerbook 170 (not working)
2 Powermacs 7100 66 (one "AV)

Of course also a plethora of SCSI cabling, hard disks, CD drives, graphic tablets, modems, ethernet switches & routers, etc, etc, etc...

3 Powerbooks 1400
2 Powerbooks G3 "Kanga"
3 more "modern" G3 Powerbooks, including a "Pismo" that I currently use to make music
1 beige G3 Powermac minitower (my current "graphic arts" station)
1 Performa 6200 200
1 beige Powermac 8500 300

2 various "modern" (blue-gray) G3 powermacs. Many more with dead power supplys.
2 G4 Powermacs (MDD)
1 G4 eMac that was my daily driver until the PSU became flaky. Replaced by:
1 G4 Imac "iLamp"

5 various models of G4 Powerbooks (one dead).

2 G4 Mac Minis
1 G5 iMac
1 Intel Mac Mini

That's not counting a somewhat equal number of PC laptops, servers, desktops, and the Timex-Sinclairs, Commodores, Ataris.

DieHard · « **Reply #14 on:** April 22, 2020, 05:55:06 PM »

Looks Like you have one like already... shipping address ? You're in the lead! lol

P.O. · « **Reply #15 on:** April 22, 2020, 06:09:04 PM »

I have TWO already!

DJO · « **Reply #16 on:** April 22, 2020, 06:51:40 PM »

Hey to all from Christchurch, New Zealand!

Ok, here goes... I am hoping that it does not sound like l am playing the sympathy card, absolutely not my intention!

I am a disabled guy in a wheelchair after a climbing accident some years ago. Apple Macs saved me, Before the change in lifestyle, l played many instruments, wrote a lot of music & played in a few bands. Things looked pretty bleak.

Then l got a Mac Plus, l found a way to use it without needing hands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DefqulBLoGE

Suddenly l could make music again. It pulled me out of a dark place. Time, hardware and software has moved ahead big time as you all know. And making music is so much easier for me now.

Turns out that older machines with OS 9 and older versions of software like Pro Tools etc are better for music making than the latest ones. Things like lower latency, software that runs smooth as silk. A confirmation that Classic Macs are proven, tried and tested, rock-solid.

Why many of us are here.

I have many older song files from my early days, that have been gathering "digital dust" as l have moved on to the more advanced abilities of newer machines & software.

So why would l want or need a Mac running OS 9?

It would be wonderful to have a dedicated Mac running OS 9 to allow me to easily resurrect my songs from the early days.

Yes, the wonderful emulation software that Mac OS 9 Live has given us here is a way to achieve this. So, l merely put this forward for others to judge.

Cheers,
David

nanopico · « **Reply #17 on:** April 22, 2020, 07:02:44 PM »

Here's why I should get it.
Because I said so? Does that count? Or because I actually think it should go to Torvan?

Syntho · « **Reply #18 on:** April 22, 2020, 08:07:09 PM »

I only use OS8.6 and below so I'm good over here

MacGuy · « **Reply #19 on:** April 22, 2020, 10:11:22 PM »

Is there a screen shot of what this Mac Mini looks like as well as some details such as RAM and Storage size of the disk and speed of that disk ?

Excuse me for the dumb questions but I've only had desk top computers .

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