May 22 in Low End Mac History

May 21 - May 23

1973

• Bob Metcalfe of Xerox PARC writes a memo outlining how to connect the personal computers to a shared printer. The memo puts forth the basic properties of ethernet, including the name.

1998

• Is Apple really back?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "With only one competitor and most of the Power Computing and Motorola clones out of the distribution chain, Apple is finally able to increase its own market share."

2000

• Cheap Power Macs: The $500 G3 and $750 G4, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. You can do it with refurbished Power Macs.
• Not raising the dead, Manuel Mejia Jr, Mac Daniel. Sometimes it doesn't make economic sense to revive a dead Mac, but even in death their parts can save others.
• Save $49,000?, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. Last week Apple dropped WebObjects from $50,000 to $699. Was it that overpriced to begin with?

2001

• Copyright or copy wrong?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Copyright, MP3s, Napster, DVS, DeCSS, RIAA, MPAA, and who controls the digital future.
• The New Math, The Lite Side. The real difference between Mac OS X and Microsoft's .NET initiative.
• The OS X curmudgeon grumbles again, Charles Moore. We're giving up a lot of flexibility and ease-of-use with OS X.
• Click different with FinderPop, Jonathan Ploudre, Classic Mac Wares. FinderPop provides powerful control over contextual menus.

2002

• How OS X is growing the Mac user base, Kevin Webb, The Mac Webb. Mac users are discovering the power of the command line. Unix users are discovering the joy of Apple's GUI.
• Xserve and the Apple Network Servers, Andrew W. Hill, Aquatic Mac. Apple's Network Servers flopped, but Xserve has a lot more potential for success.
• The future of Low End Mac, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. As ad income plummets, the future of Low End Mac is in your hands.

2003

• Preparing a beige G3 for SimCity 4, DVD screen shots in OS X, Road Apples, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also Internet Sharing on OS X, x200s in school, flashing video cards, and more on OS X, SCSI, and beige G3s.

2006

• Best OS for older Macs, why OS 9 remains a player, Camino browser fast, DVD-RAM support for Macs, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also MaxiMice as a potential replacement for Scrollability, Links an alternative to WannaBe, putting a 300 MHz CPU in a slower WallStreet, Word 2004's Word 5.1 option, and more on Pismo modems and Tiger.
• The good, the bad, and the ugly of upgrading your Mac, Matthew Jay, Macs to the Max. If your Mac is no longer powerful enough for your current needs, an upgrade might be a real alternative to buying a newer Mac.
• MacBook runs hot, SheepShaver feedback, replacing Home Page, and another PowerBook 1400 fan, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Field reports indicate the new MacBook runs hot, SheepShaver emulator works decently on Intel Macs, more WYSIWYG HTML editor thoughts, and a new PowerBook 1400 user writes in.

2007

• The truth about CRTs and shock danger, Tom Lee, Online Tech Journal. You've been warned that CRT voltage can injure and even kill. The truth is that this danger is overstated - and takes attention away from a greater danger.
• Andy Ihnatko on Macs, writing, innovation, and the Macquarium, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. "And as any writer will tell you, most of the work you do is preparing the soil, so to speak, so that when you sit down to write, Good Things Will Happen."
• 3 CPU upgrades for Mirror Drive Door G4 Power Macs, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. If your Mirror Drive Door Power Mac isn't fast enough, here are three CPU upgrade option to get you to 1.33, 1.6, and 1.8 GHz.
• Code doesn't rust, Core Image and G4 Macs, and a fallback plan for losing G3 support, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Old versions of the Mac OS are just fine, Core Image requirements, alternatives to Apple's discontinued AirPort Card, G4 Mac mini GPU doesn't support Core Image, and more.

2008

• The Mac 512K and Microsoft Word changed my life, TR Kelley, My First Mac. For a writer with a manual Royal typewriter, Word on the Macintosh truly was a life-changing experience.
• 3 reasons to run virtualized Linux, Keith Winston, Linux to Mac. Reasons to run Linux under virtualization include duplicating your development environment, X11 programs that don't work well in OS X, and exploring different GUI concepts.
• Microsoft Word for Mac version history, Dan Knight, Mac Software Guide. A historical overview of Microsoft Word for Mac.

May 21 - May 23

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