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My Mac SE/30 Part I: Acquisition

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In 2020 I decided to get into restoring classic macs. I started by acquiring a Power Macintosh 8600/200 and transforming it into a powerful crossover machine – a tool to help transfer files to and from older macs and my modern computers. You can read the story of that restoration beginning here: Adventures in Macintosh…

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Adventures in Macintosh restoration Part IX: Captain, She Needs More RAM!

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In Part VIII, I added USB to my Power Macintosh 8600/200 and got the final system setup installed and running. Now it’s time to address my final planned upgrade for this machine, adding some more RAM. Video RAM was easy The first thing I upgraded was the machine’s video RAM. The default configuration is only…

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Adventures in Macintosh restoration Part VIII: Fresh Setup

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In Part VII, I experimented with a variety of Mac OS system software combinations on my Power Macintosh 8600/200. Now it’s time to finish up the experiments and get this machine up and running. One more way to transfer files The most important job a of a bridge machine is to be able to transfer…

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Adventures in Macintosh restoration Part VII: System Experiments

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In Part VI, I was able to install Mac OS 8.1 on my Power Macintosh 8600/200 using a SCSI2SD as the machine’s hard drive, and I was even able to get online. Now it’s time to play around with that setup. The original plan The plan for this machine has always been as a bridge…

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Adventures in Macintosh restoration Part VI: Booting up and jacking in

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In Part V, I was able to boot my Power Macintosh 8600/200 from a burned system CD. Now it’s time to get a system installed. Hard drive options At this point, I can boot the Mac OS 8.1 system CD, but I don’t have a hard drive to install it to. The first, most obvious…

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