Looks as if my old Mac Performa 200 has finally died; there are only a few bars showing up on the screen and then nothing else happens, not even the “Sad Mac” icon. Most probably the motherboard ? The hard drive is still running fine. This is terrible.
And this is all Steve Jobs’s fault of course. Why can’t he built things that last longer than 20 years? I think he’s doing this on purpose. Tsk.
Anyway – I used to design books for Cambridge University Press on this machine. Language guides with loads of illustrations and complicated typography. And Mathematics books with many formulas. All done with Quark, version 3. And somehow it just worked.
I wonder if Apple still services those old machines? I’d really like to have it up and running again for some sort of sentimental reasons.
My old Performa 200
Try to find another defectiv unit
to merge the good parts
Groan! I’m not Hasso Sigbjörnson, I’m just a user!
But anyway, thanks for the tip.
Mein Beleid.
Irgendein gewiefter, hingebungvoller Bastler sollte sich eigentlich finden lassen. Ersatzteile für das Mäuse-Kino allerdings – das könnte engpässlich werden.
Ha: Mein regulär verrenteter „Studenten-Mac” (SE 10) zeigt auch nur noch einen ca. 4 px breiten lotrechten schwarzen Streifen. Sacht der Sohn: Kannste verjessen, Chef! Der muss es wissen.
Ja – ich fürchte, ich muß mich damit abfinden, daß die Kiste einfach kaputt ist.
http://tiny.cc/2k8on
Sachma wieviele Kisten brummeln denn bei dir vor sich hin? Wie hoch ist denn deine Stromrechnung? Der Atari ist whrscheinlich auch noch im Einsatz, falls Du mal was mit Calamus gestalten willst.
Ha! Der alte Atari, das wär’s noch. Aber Calamus gibt es ja wieder für den Mac:
http://www.icalamus.net/
Hilfi! Wer will DAS denn?
Keine Ahnung. Ich nicht.
Ralf… For fucks sake, of course it broke down after TWENTY years… It’s a toy. Get a real computer… An IBM Mainframe, or a Cray Supercomputer… Apple only wants to sell you music and apps to fertilize your donkey on Farmville. GodJobs is the devil. Beware… Only believe what you read on AdScam. Have a pint for me on Saturday… I’m have a fucking barrel. Happy New Year/George
A Cray! I’d love to have a Cray!
Happy New Year, George!
I’m afraid you’d have to put your day rate up a bit! I used to work with an Art Director who used a Mac Classic as a door stop. But he was from Brazil. Probably a drug adict. I’m sticking to alcohol.
Cheers/George
Oh, and what’s with this code shit, all your comments are in fucking German. For all I know they’re all about what a wanker I am.
Double cheers/George
No, only a few are in German. And since the VAT here in UK is going up to 20%, I’ve raised my rates already.
Damn Tory Government. It’s all their fault!
You don’t want a Cray, Ralf. All it’s good for is number-crunching. You want a machine that can do proper graphics…like an SGI Onyx3000 with InfiniteReality4 Graphics. I’ve got a couple lying around at work that I can ship you. They’re about the size of a refrigerator.
…and vertical bars in the display output almost always indicate a bad graphics chip, so it’s very likely the motherboard.
Oh yes, please do! I’ve always wanted a computer in fridge size! Also, it looks much better standing in front of such a machine and pressing some buttons than hacking away on a keyboard.
I thought it’s the motherboard. Damn.
And a happy new year to you!
Here’s another option:
http://www.mrbalihai.com/goof/images1/hotrod_onyx.jpg
…und einen guten Rutsch!
… drool …