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wasssup1990
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A Land Down Under
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Posted - Feb 16 2008 :  08:21:12 AM  Show Profile  Visit wasssup1990's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I have 5 old Macintoshes. What can I do with them? I don't have the operating system on disk but the Power Macintosh 6200/75 has an operating system already on it. There must be something I can do with them. Any ideas?

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Aaron Cake
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Posted - Feb 18 2008 :  09:41:47 AM  Show Profile  Visit Aaron Cake's Homepage  Send Aaron Cake an ICQ Message  Send Aaron Cake a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Will It Blend?

Put modern PC components into the cases.
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cirvin
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Posted - Feb 18 2008 :  2:23:15 PM  Show Profile  Send cirvin an AOL message  Reply with Quote
Could get some server software for them and have them act as file servers, or you can put linux on them and use them as desktop machines.
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wasssup1990
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Posted - Feb 19 2008 :  12:09:30 AM  Show Profile  Visit wasssup1990's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Will It Blend?

Haha, you've seen those videos too.

quote:
Could get some server software for them and have them act as file servers, or you can put linux on them and use them as desktop machines.

Sounds interesting, but I'm not a linux guy. Umm, do you happen to have the MAC Os on hand? I don't have it, and I had trouble creating FDs with my win machine. I found all of these computers on the street and I want to make use of them.

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Aaron Cake
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Posted - Feb 23 2008 :  10:19:08 AM  Show Profile  Visit Aaron Cake's Homepage  Send Aaron Cake an ICQ Message  Send Aaron Cake a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Yellow Dog linux runs on older Macs. I've never tried it myself.
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pearltorto
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Posted - Feb 23 2008 :  5:07:40 PM  Show Profile  Click to see pearltorto's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
BURN THEM!!!
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cirvin
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Posted - Feb 23 2008 :  7:59:33 PM  Show Profile  Send cirvin an AOL message  Reply with Quote
I have an OS8 cd, and no idea how to use it.

Linux would be my choice, it would be at least a good learning experience.
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wasssup1990
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Posted - Feb 24 2008 :  02:44:28 AM  Show Profile  Visit wasssup1990's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Ok then, I'll try linux. It's about time I learned linux anyway. I'm a little busy on my bot, but i'll eventually get around to it.
Are there anymore ideas?

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Kahn
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Posted - Feb 24 2008 :  11:34:11 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Depending on how old they are, you might be able to ust one with your robot??? like have the mac broadcasting commands to the robot, the robot brodcasting sensor data back, the mac interprets and sends new orders.

or you could do what a friend of mine is trying, using a computer and some kind of sonar or radar system to......do radar things.

I don't know.

KAHN

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wasssup1990
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Posted - Feb 25 2008 :  01:35:21 AM  Show Profile  Visit wasssup1990's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Some great ideas, there. Although when the robot balances eventually, I will create a handheld remote control from scratch which will send commands to the robot and may even have a matrix display to provide some feedback to me from the robot. The robot could be very usefull for a resume.

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Kahn
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Posted - Feb 25 2008 :  11:13:27 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
how does it balance, two gyroscopes and a differential?

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wasssup1990
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Posted - Feb 25 2008 :  4:21:39 PM  Show Profile  Visit wasssup1990's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Two accelerometers are used and a gyro all in one module just to find the tilt angle. The motors are driven to keep the robot upright.

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wasssup1990
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Posted - Mar 20 2008 :  07:46:18 AM  Show Profile  Visit wasssup1990's Homepage  Reply with Quote

WOW! Take a look at this.

Very thin.



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Aaron Cake
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Posted - Mar 22 2008 :  10:31:40 AM  Show Profile  Visit Aaron Cake's Homepage  Send Aaron Cake an ICQ Message  Send Aaron Cake a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Yeah, but they have the typical Apple quality problems.

The first batch overheated like crazy. A BIOS update apparently fixes the problem.

It's totally sealed so you can't replace the HD, upgrade the memory or even swap the battery. There's also no wired EtherNet port. Not sure about a SD card or PCMCIA card though.

I wonder how durable that ultra thin screen is going to be in the long run? The new Toshiba Satellite Pro line has very thin screens and I've already replaced two.
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wasssup1990
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Posted - Mar 23 2008 :  01:32:57 AM  Show Profile  Visit wasssup1990's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Yes it's definitely not suitable for everyone.

A few months ago I was reading one of those computer mags and is saw another thin laptop that wasn't a Mac but the description mentioned that a single battery charge could last up to 12 hours. I can't wait for laptop batteries and laptop power efficiency to improve to the point where I can not charge it for at least a week. I believe that will happen in the next 5 to 10 years. Sooner I hope.


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Aaron Cake
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Posted - Mar 31 2008 :  09:40:13 AM  Show Profile  Visit Aaron Cake's Homepage  Send Aaron Cake an ICQ Message  Send Aaron Cake a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Funny thing is that I've had a machine like that for over 10 years. My 660LX palmtop will go for a week without charging if used an hour or two a day.
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