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Subject: Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?
From: Stephen Thomas Cole
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Organization: The Old Mac Club
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:03 UTC
References: 1

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From: usenet@stephenthomascole.com (Stephen Thomas Cole)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Subject: Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:03:03 +0000
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In article <1PGcnbuxT45JG8D-nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
<ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> And which hardwares and softwares? Gaming too?

I am still using an old Mac! I am posting this from a Power Mac G4
running OS9. Newsreader is Thoth.

Saw the news about Google Groups dropping Usenet and figured now might
be a good time to get back into newsgroups, and what better way than on
my old Mac. :)

--
Fleet Fellow

Subject: Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?
From: Knezzen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 11:28 UTC
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From: contact@unixfiles.org (Knezzen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Subject: Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?
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In article <221220231403038752%usenet@stephenthomascole.com>,
Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

> In article <1PGcnbuxT45JG8D-nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
> <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>
> > And which hardwares and softwares? Gaming too?
>
> I am still using an old Mac! I am posting this from a Power Mac G4
> running OS9. Newsreader is Thoth.
>
> Saw the news about Google Groups dropping Usenet and figured now might
> be a good time to get back into newsgroups, and what better way than on
> my old Mac. :)

Sure! Writing this on my PowerBook G4 Titanium in Mac OS 9.2.2 using
MT-NewsWatcher as my Usenet client. I am involved in running two
websites dedicated to vintage Macintoshes as well, Macintosh Garden and
System 7 Today.

Usenet will hopefully outlive us all :)

Subject: Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?
From: scole
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Organization: The Old Mac Club
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 17:12 UTC
References: 1 2 3

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From: fleet101k@gmail.com (scole)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Subject: Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:12:12 +0000
Organization: The Old Mac Club
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In article <contact-225020.12284102012024@news.eternal-september.org>,
Knezzen <contact@unixfiles.org> wrote:

> In article <221220231403038752%usenet@stephenthomascole.com>,
> Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <1PGcnbuxT45JG8D-nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
> > <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> >
> > > And which hardwares and softwares? Gaming too?
> >
> > I am still using an old Mac! I am posting this from a Power Mac G4
> > running OS9. Newsreader is Thoth.
> >
> > Saw the news about Google Groups dropping Usenet and figured now might
> > be a good time to get back into newsgroups, and what better way than on
> > my old Mac. :)
>
> Sure! Writing this on my PowerBook G4 Titanium in Mac OS 9.2.2 using
> MT-NewsWatcher as my Usenet client. I am involved in running two
> websites dedicated to vintage Macintoshes as well, Macintosh Garden and
> System 7 Today.

I might start using MT-NW again, Thoth is proving a little unstable and
has caused a few total system crashes... I'm not sure why, haven't
tried to troubleshoot it, but it seems a bit buggy on this machine.
Which is a shame, it's a really impressive newsreader.

I run vintageapplemac.com, although I haven't done a thing with it in
several years now... I pretty much zoned out on vintage Macs during the
pandemic and am now only just getting back into the hobby. I do intend
to start using my site again, have a couple of neat things I've
acquired that need archiving and then sharing...
> Usenet will hopefully outlive us all :)

Absolutely it will, and with Google Groups and the associated spam
abuse now out of the picture, it will hopefully be healthier for it.

--
Fleet Fellow

Subject: Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?
From: James Perih
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:43 UTC
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From: jperih@mac.com (James Perih)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Subject: Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:43:50 -0600
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in article 050120241712125917%fleet101k@gmail.com, scole at
fleet101k@gmail.com wrote on 1/5/24 11:12 AM:

> I run vintageapplemac.com, although I haven't done a thing with it in
> several years now... I pretty much zoned out on vintage Macs during the
> pandemic and am now only just getting back into the hobby. I do intend
> to start using my site again, have a couple of neat things I've
> acquired that need archiving and then sharing...

Could you use an SSL Issuer who is associated with a Certificate Authority
that exists in, and is not expired, on older vintage systems? I found that
Microsoft Azure is one such issuer... there may be others, as well.

Until then, I'll use frogfind.com to browse your content.

--
James from Canada

Subject: Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?
From: D Finnigan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Organization: Mac GUI
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 21:06 UTC
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From: dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Subject: Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their
softwares?
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James Perih wrote:
> in article 050120241712125917%fleet101k@gmail.com, scole at
> fleet101k@gmail.com wrote on 1/5/24 11:12 AM:
>
>> I run vintageapplemac.com, although I haven't done a thing with it in
>> several years now... I pretty much zoned out on vintage Macs during the
>> pandemic and am now only just getting back into the hobby. I do intend
>> to start using my site again, have a couple of neat things I've
>> acquired that need archiving and then sharing...
>
> Could you use an SSL Issuer who is associated with a Certificate Authority
> that exists in, and is not expired, on older vintage systems?

Add the root certs on your old machine, if you can. Netscape can do it, for
example.

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From: jperih@mac.com (James Perih)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Subject: Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 23:12:06 -0600
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in article dog_cow-1706216780@macgui.com, D Finnigan at dog_cow@macgui.com
wrote on 1/25/24 3:06 PM:

> James Perih wrote:
>> in article 050120241712125917%fleet101k@gmail.com, scole at
>> fleet101k@gmail.com wrote on 1/5/24 11:12 AM:
>>
>>> I run vintageapplemac.com, although I haven't done a thing with it in
>>> several years now... I pretty much zoned out on vintage Macs during the
>>> pandemic and am now only just getting back into the hobby. I do intend
>>> to start using my site again, have a couple of neat things I've
>>> acquired that need archiving and then sharing...
>>
>> Could you use an SSL Issuer who is associated with a Certificate Authority
>> that exists in, and is not expired, on older vintage systems?
>
> Add the root certs on your old machine, if you can. Netscape can do it, for
> example.
>

I may need some instructions. I found some Keychain Access instructions,
but... I don't see how I'd import that into Mac OS X 10.2 or older (eg,
Classic).

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From: contact@unixfiles.org (Knezzen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Subject: Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 17:06:57 +0100
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In article <050120241712125917%fleet101k@gmail.com>,
scole <fleet101k@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <contact-225020.12284102012024@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Knezzen <contact@unixfiles.org> wrote:
>
> > In article <221220231403038752%usenet@stephenthomascole.com>,
> > Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <1PGcnbuxT45JG8D-nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
> > > <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> > >
> > > > And which hardwares and softwares? Gaming too?
> > >
> > > I am still using an old Mac! I am posting this from a Power Mac G4
> > > running OS9. Newsreader is Thoth.
> > >
> > > Saw the news about Google Groups dropping Usenet and figured now might
> > > be a good time to get back into newsgroups, and what better way than on
> > > my old Mac. :)
> >
> > Sure! Writing this on my PowerBook G4 Titanium in Mac OS 9.2.2 using
> > MT-NewsWatcher as my Usenet client. I am involved in running two
> > websites dedicated to vintage Macintoshes as well, Macintosh Garden and
> > System 7 Today.
>
> I might start using MT-NW again, Thoth is proving a little unstable and
> has caused a few total system crashes... I'm not sure why, haven't
> tried to troubleshoot it, but it seems a bit buggy on this machine.
> Which is a shame, it's a really impressive newsreader.
>
> I run vintageapplemac.com, although I haven't done a thing with it in
> several years now... I pretty much zoned out on vintage Macs during the
> pandemic and am now only just getting back into the hobby. I do intend
> to start using my site again, have a couple of neat things I've
> acquired that need archiving and then sharing...
>
> > Usenet will hopefully outlive us all :)
>
> Absolutely it will, and with Google Groups and the associated spam
> abuse now out of the picture, it will hopefully be healthier for it.

Well, welcome back to this wonderful hobby, then! Join us at System 7
Today for some nice System 7 centric discussions, btw :)

Subject	Author
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Stephen Thomas Cole
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Knezzen
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	scole
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	James Perih
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	D Finnigan
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	James Perih
Re: Who still here uses their very old Macs and their softwares?	Knezzen