Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting?

Re:Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting? by albertkoz on Thursday July 22, 2021 @09:53PM (#27926416)

Thanks! I acquired my first vintage Mac couple months ago (two Macintosh Classic) and I was very surprised with the machines. I think I need to look more into what was possible. Thank you for the ideas, I will definitely look into getting another early Mac computer.

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Re:Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting? by drewzero1 on Friday July 23, 2021 @03:43PM (#27934817)

The Macintosh Classic is my favorite compact Mac, even if the SE/30 was technically miles ahead. The Classic looks the best (in my '90s-biased opinion) and is the only one that has a working operating system in ROM, which I think is pretty cool. I traded a Mac SE (FD800) for mine and haven't looked back.

I also really enjoy the LC line, especially the pizza box form factor. They have similar styling to the Classic but have a color monitor, and still don't take up much space. There was also an Apple][-on-a-card that could plug into an LC's expansion port and allow it to run Apple ][ software... I haven't tracked one of those down yet, but I see them come up occasionally.

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Re:Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting? by smackeyacky on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:02AM (#27927696)

Maybe look for a macintosh ii, big desktop case and some were able to run a unix variant. Otherwise the SE30 was the ducks nuts of the classic macs.

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