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Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?

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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 17:06:57 +0100
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by: Knezzen - Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:06 UTC

In article <050120241712125917%fleet101k@gmail.com>,
scole <fleet101k@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <contact-225020.12284102012024@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Knezzen <contact@unixfiles.org> wrote:
>
> > In article <221220231403038752%usenet@stephenthomascole.com>,
> > Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <1PGcnbuxT45JG8D-nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
> > > <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> > >
> > > > And which hardwares and softwares? Gaming too?
> > >
> > > I am still using an old Mac! I am posting this from a Power Mac G4
> > > running OS9. Newsreader is Thoth.
> > >
> > > Saw the news about Google Groups dropping Usenet and figured now might
> > > be a good time to get back into newsgroups, and what better way than on
> > > my old Mac. :)
> >
> > Sure! Writing this on my PowerBook G4 Titanium in Mac OS 9.2.2 using
> > MT-NewsWatcher as my Usenet client. I am involved in running two
> > websites dedicated to vintage Macintoshes as well, Macintosh Garden and
> > System 7 Today.
>
> I might start using MT-NW again, Thoth is proving a little unstable and
> has caused a few total system crashes... I'm not sure why, haven't
> tried to troubleshoot it, but it seems a bit buggy on this machine.
> Which is a shame, it's a really impressive newsreader.
>
> I run vintageapplemac.com, although I haven't done a thing with it in
> several years now... I pretty much zoned out on vintage Macs during the
> pandemic and am now only just getting back into the hobby. I do intend
> to start using my site again, have a couple of neat things I've
> acquired that need archiving and then sharing...
>
> > Usenet will hopefully outlive us all :)
>
> Absolutely it will, and with Google Groups and the associated spam
> abuse now out of the picture, it will hopefully be healthier for it.

Well, welcome back to this wonderful hobby, then! Join us at System 7
Today for some nice System 7 centric discussions, btw :)

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computers / comp.sys.mac.vintage / Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?

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Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Ant
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	philo
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Oregonian Haruspex
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Ant
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Oregonian Haruspex
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	OldbieOne
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	CrimsonRE
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Ant
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	OldbieOne
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Liz Tuddenham
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Ant
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	OldbieOne
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Sebastian P.
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Christopher Smith
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Knezzen
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Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Denodster
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	André G. Isaak
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Denodster
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Stephen Thomas Cole
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Knezzen
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	scole
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	James Perih
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	D Finnigan
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	James Perih
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Knezzen