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wgoodf
Scotland
Web Page
Blog |
PowerBook
540c, Apple //c, PET 8032, Olivetti M15, Mac SE
Still trying
to get a working C/PM system on the Olivetti. Thinking
about a musical
duet between the PET and the //c - And if it arrives and
works i may use the ZX81 in this too.
The 540c may be used to stick things
all together for the purpose of showing the finished 'goods'
to the
world.
The SE, erm... not sure just now. |
Luddite
Canada
Web Page
Blog |
1.
Learn how to control the Drumulator drum
machine via the Apple IIc built-in serial
port.
2. Create new voices for Michael Mahon's
RT.Synth (Apple II).
3. Record a demo song using the above. |
Jeremiah
Stoddard
United States
Web
Page |
1. Write a handful of simple games in Applesoft.
2. Learn 6502 Assembly language.
3. Write a research proposal in AppleWorks.
I will be using an Apple IIe, an Apple
IIc, and an Apple ImageWriter II printer
to accomplish these goals. |
Nahuel
Marisi
UK
Blog |
The
main objective will be to use vintage
technology only for everyday work. This will have
two parts: one will be to set up a Mac Plus as web
server/ file server to replace
my current Linux web server. People will
be able to access the Mac Plus from the outside world
to see that it is a functioning internet
server. The other part will involve in
using an SE/30 for everyday
tasks such as calendar,email,
wordprocessing, gaming,etc. Finally,
if there's time I´ll
write a small program in ASM probably
for the Apple II or BBC Master. |
MacTV
United States
Blog |
1.
Create a media center computer with a Power Macintosh
6100. You’ve
heard of the 6100av and 6100dos – I will endeavor to create
the 6100mc.
2. Serial for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
Put together a Power Computing Mac clone with a large number of
serial ports using hardware/software based switch boxes, internal
cards, and an external adapter.
3. Learn about serial connectivity and
transferring files from Apple ][s to vintage
Macs to PDAs and so on. |
Conceited
Jerk
Canada
Web Page
Blog |
I'll
be using my modestly upgraded Amiga 2000 in a mostly creative capacity, although I may also go for an
endurance run as well,
with a couple of extra challenges thrown
in for good measure. |
MacMan
Scotland
Web Page
Blog |
The
main objective will be maintaining and
tweaking my newly installed LC475 web
server, which will be hosting my blog during January.
The site is still being added to, so
I will be writing some more pages about
BBC Micro computers and possibly creating a larger
downloads section. The pages and blog
will be written using my reliable workhorse
- a Quadra 700. I'll also dig out some old
tape games for my BBC Model B and have
a good bit of retro gaming fun! Some
short reviews of the games will be posted in my blog
and perhaps even screenshots. Additionally
I'm going to try and find a good use
for my SE/30 as it has been sitting unused for
quite a while. |
John
Lindley (mookie)
England
Web Page
Blog |
I
intend to ressurect one of my Acorns to serve
as an automated model train controller.
It'll most likely be using an A3000 with a
USER port fitted (as on the old BBC B,
which I would use if I still had one).
If I can find the old book with plans for a direct
controller I'll do it that way. Otherwise
I may end up using a PIC to do the interfacing. |
Oliver
Germany
Web Page
Blog |
hmmm...
I think I will work on my Apple //gs again and realize a transfer
between Mac and Apple II world.
Also I like to get my WOZ Core CL 9 remote
control in working order.
I wonder if I can use it in 2008 to replace
my remote controls.
And the Mac SE/30 in the corner likes to
get an internal CD drive,
lets do it :-) |
erinlea80
United States
Web Page
Blog |
I
will be using a PowerBook Pismo running
OS9 as my only workstation,
a g3 webserver running OS9 and a Quadra
950 running 7.5 as a hotline /
bbs / file server. As someone who still
appreciates MacOS but uses OSX
exclusively now, I want to see if I can
still work and be productive
in an older OS. This will also set the
stage for the summer challenge
with older 68k hardware and applications.
People say classic and MacOS
is dead?? No way! |
Equant
United States
Web Page
Blog |
Unsure
at this time. |
Frank/Franklinstein
United States / Japan
Web Page
Blog |
Try
to use exclusively "obsolete" systems. My main portable
computer will be my PowerBook 540c running
System 7.5.5, and I will also be re-celling three of the batteries
for it (as long
as the new cells get here in time). I'll
do my best to provide all updates from my 540c. For desktops,
I shall use either my
Performa 5420 (System 7.6), or my Power
Macintosh 7600/200 (OS 8.6). I'll have a Pentium II-based Dell
Latitude 7000 running
Windows 98 SE for the peecee side, with
Firefox for web pages that won't render properly under IE 5 or
iCab on my old Macs.
For loading pictures from my six-year-old
digital camera, I'll have to use my PowerBook 2400c with its USB
card, as I don't have any of my QuickTakes with me, though I may
be able to source an old floppy-based Sony Mavica. I may also shoot
video for the battery recell process and any projects that might
also benefit from live action, and will attempt to source Final
Cut Pro or iMovie (if possible) for my B&W G3 (OS 9) to edit
the video. |
Mycroft
United States
Web Page
Blog |
Mars is presently in retrograde, but remains
in a good position for viewing throughout the month of January
from my location. My
plan is to make observations of Mars
each night, weather permitting, and to post a daily update each
night from my PowerBook 170.
My update will include an image depicting
the position of Mars in relation to Earth each day using Orrery
1.2 and converted to a jpg image using JPEGView 3.3.1. I will sketch
my observations of the planet using MacPaint 1.0 and make my notes
in TeachText 1.2. This update will be created daily on the PowerBook
170.
The PowerBook 170 will go online each day
for four hours, running MacHTTP, to make these observations available.
The dial-up dynamic URL will be posted on the Blog URL above. At
the conclusion of each day, the daily update will be posted to
the blog from the 170 using Eudora 1.3.1.
My telescope is a small Cstar Stratus refractor,
with which I should just be able to discern the disk of the planet.
I may attempt some photographs using a 35 mm Fuji Discovery 500
zoom camera, which is approximately of the same era as the 170. |
Gearhead_Shem_Tov
Australia |
As
a long-term project, I'm designing
a barebones "museum piece" computer I call the 2N2/256 BSCP, a bit-serial
machine along the lines of an LGP-30,
Bendix G-15, or Packard Bell PB-250.
To keep costs down and keep it interesting, I want
to use only components that would have
available to mere mortals in the mid
sixties (no ICs except those few commonly available
to hobbyists ca. 1965). I'm limiting
my madness to discrete transistors,
specifically the 2N2222. I'm further limiting the number
of transistors semi-arbitrarily to 256.
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Greg
Goodwin
(AKA Doctor Clu)
United States
BBS
Blog |
The
goal, since I just joined a local Amiga group,
is to get an Amiga computer up and running
and on the BBS's and so forth. Also plan
on getting my trusty Atari 800 up and
running during this time also and playing in the Atariage.com
high score contests.
Special Note:
Retro Challenge 2005 Endurance
Winner! (With an Atari 800) |
Gnomecoder
United States
Web Page
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My
challenge is to write and actually finish
writing a fully featured game for Macintosh
System 6. I will be using my Macintosh
Classic II (System 6.0.8L, 4-10MB RAM,
40MB HD etc.) and Microsoft QuickBASIC
1.0. I might also try networking the Classic with my iMac, but
we'll see. |
Slor
United States
Blog |
I
have three projects I'm working on in
parallel now, and they just happen to fit the theme and timing
of the RetroChallenge.
My goals include getting three classic
systems completely up and working: 1. A bare DEC 3000, 2. A bare
Amiga 3000, and 3.
A bare Spectre GCR emulating Macintosh
on an Atari TT030. I intend to Get the basic operating
system installed on each machine,
get them all networked to whatever degree
possible, and establish some form of communication among all
of them (this is the open-ended
portion of the effort :)). |
mmphosis
Other
Web Page
Blog |
Make
a HELLO WORLD program for the Apple-1.
I am running Isaac, an Apple-1 emulator.
Isaac is running on Mac OS X 10.1.5 (Puma).
The hardware is a dual-USB iBook G3. |
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