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Flickr Find: Apple IIc unboxing

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Feb 4th, 2008


Like geeks everywhere, here at TUAW we like unboxing pics. But unboxing shots from an original Apple IIc? Now that's Apple fan candy! This Apple IIc was recently purchased on eBay and had never been opened before. The lucky buyer posted this Flickr set of the ritual. I particularly love the old rainbow Apple stickers!

[via Digg]

Tags: Apple IIc, Apple-II, AppleIic, unboxing

Filed under: Hacks, Odds and ends, Internet Tools, Mac mini, Retro Mac

Apple IIc as a serial terminal to a Mac Mini

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Jul 25th, 2007

Hot on the heels of the Apple IIe-into-a-Linux-terminal tutorial we posted the other day, here's another mix of retro and modern-- Byte Cellar has hooked up an old Apple IIc (or //c if you spin that way) to work as a terminal to a Mac Mini. It's pretty neat-- sounds like they frankensteined the IIc's serial port to a USB connection, put ModemMGR on the IIc (which is three whole floppies), and now are using the old "luggable" as an IRC client, which is a perfect use for it, and, as Blake says, makes it feel "great to twiddle the //c's keys in a meaningful way every workday."

There's also a photo gallery of the whole setup, which shows the spliced cable, as well as the whole setup in all its glory (yeah the XP box mars it a bit, but no one's perfect). Very cool. Makes me wish I still had one of those old clunky Apple IIs, if only to run IRC as it's mean to be run-- with nothing but green text on a black screen.

[via Digg]

Tags: appleIIc, bytecellar, hack, irc, linux, macmini, modemMGR, retro, terminal

Filed under: Hardware, Apple

Rig of the Day: Apple //c

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Apr 7th, 2006



TUAW reader and Flickr user superpixel* has posted this great shot of an Apple//c, complete with one of those tiny, green-on-black monitors. I used to have one of these displays, but not the computer to go with it.

"Apple 2c" posted by superpixel.

For the month of April, the theme for our Rig of the Day will be "Vintage Macs" in honor of Apple's anniversary. If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool. Let's see your vintage Macs (Apples and Newtons, too)! We'll select an image every day to highlight.

*The so-called "superpixel" is actually TUAW's own Victor Agreda, Jr.

Tags: apple, apple iic, AppleIic, rig of the day, RigOfTheDay

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