old computer nostalgia *squee*

[firecat]

Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of the Mac Plus.

I found an emulator, Mini vMac, that runs versions of the Mac operating system from 1 to 7-something.

Here is a YouTube video that shows how to download and install it on Windows, Mac, or Linux.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKN2r5iNZNI

This version comes with a couple of games, MacWrite, MacPaint, etc.

Comments

[jae]

Aw, this was fun! :)

-J

[sqbr]

Oh wow, such nostalgia!

[striped]

Ooh! I'll definitely get that! The nostalgia...

[loracs]

I'm feeling old now too. Our first computer was an Apple 2E. I know we had an Mac Plus and an SE - I think that was the name or am I getting confused with some car name? See how old I'm getting, I can't even remember the line of Mac's after that.

Ah the "good old days" when an operating system fit on a a 400k floppy.

[firecat]

SE is correct. And I can't remember the Macs after the SE either -- and I was working at Apple at the time.

[laughingrat]

That is charmingly old-skool!

[grammarwoman]

The really scary thing, I think we still have one of those old Macs in the basement...We should fire it up one of these days.

[firecat]

Maybe your grandkids can sell it at Sotheby's for thousands of dollars someday.

Ooh!

[flarenut]

Now I can start writing in Word 5 again. Soon as I find a floppy drive.

[eggcrack]

Looks like I forgot to thank you for sharing this link! My first computer ever was an old Mac like this and seeing this was nicely nostalgic.

[auntysocial.livejournal.com]

My first computer was a Mac Plus, a Christmas present from Mike. I spent hours creating abstract art with Mac Paint.

[firecat]

Me too! Do you still have the art?

[auntysocial.livejournal.com]

I wonder....maybe if I dig around, I can find some.

[e4q.livejournal.com]

aw.

look at that, now!

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

:) I never had one myself, but I have that installed because someone recommended me a game called "The Fool's Errand," that runs on a classic Mac. I went:

Teletype + Acoustic Coupler
Dumb Terminal + Acoustic Coupler
Weird experimental pre-home-computers
Vic-20
Apple ][
DOS Desktop PCs
Windows Desktop PCs
Solaris-based Laptop PC
BeOS-based Desktop PC
SGI Indy
Mac 7200 w/ Mac OS 8
iBook w/ Mac OS 9
PowerBook w/ Mac OS 9
MacBook Pro w/ Mac OS X

And that's where I'm at now. :)

[firecat]

I went:
DEC-20
Vax something
Mac 128K
Mac Plus
...and I forget the exact models after that, but as far as computers I purchased, they were all Macs.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

Oh, I totally forgot that right before this MacBook Pro, I had a Powermac or a Mac Pro -- I can't remember what they were called at the time. A dual 1GHz G4 tower system, anyway. :)

I actually often find myself thinking that it would be fun to get an ooooooold Mac.

[firecat]

I am kicking myself for having gotten rid of my Mac Plus. I have a Mac SE that Aahz found in a closet at one of his jobs and brought home for me.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

What are the differences between them?

[firecat]

Mac Plus: 1986, 800K floppy drive, external hard drive available, beige
Mac SE: 1987, internal hard drive bay (or 2d floppy drive), SCSI, ADB, expansion slot, gray