"Market" for old macs?

[Zane H. Healy]

At 7:08 PM -0600 11/29/05, Jim Leonard wrote:
>At work I have an SE30, LC, IIci, and a 603 variety mac just... 
>lying around. Are these things as common as dirt, or should I snag 
>them?
>
>I ask because I'm reminded of the "x86 dead zone" -- a zone where a 
>machine isn't old enough to be compatible with older software, but 
>isn't new enough to be useful (a Pentium 133 falls into this 
>category -- can't run old stuff, can't run new stuff, so toss it in 
>the garbage).

With the proper software, older Mac's are far more useful than any 
older PC (though a Pentium 133 starts falling into the potentially 
useful range).

Of the ones you mention, the SE30 is the one that I'd consider most 
worth saving.  Find a suitable OS, a copy of MS Word 5.1, and some 
terminal software, and you've got a nice "Terminal" and Word 
Processing platform.

		Zane


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