This was the first computer I've ever owned. I think it was late 90s - my uncle gave this bad boy to little me so I could learn how computers worked, and my family couldn't afford newer machines back then. And now I'm in my 30s typing this on a brand new Macbook Air. Technology have come so far.
When PoP came out on the Mac, it took our department by storm. Everybody was playing it. One girl totally hosed her system because it told her she didn't have enough memory to run the color version, so she began pulling EVERYTHING out of the System Folder. The OS had to be completely reloaded from scratch.
I remember this playing on an IBM XT with Hercules graphics. It was as slow as this, but with lower resolution. As a PC user, I've always intrigued by these oldschool Macs and their graphical OS.
Prince of Persia was a genius production by a single programmer, Jordan Mechner. Brøderbund was the distributor. Jordan Mechner has recently released a book about his journey making this game, and how he was able to have such limited machines produce such terrific gameplay. Highly recommended. I also recommend learning to play it, it's got teriffic surprises as you progress through the levels!
I knew about him from Kareteka, played on an Apple IIe in high school. Even on a monochrome monitor, it was amazing compared to side-scrollers of the time
Even if the game was pretty simple the cinematic style started new era of graphics in games. Next step was Another World and then Flashback that were obviously inspired by Prince of Persia, but added more adventure elements into gameplay, soundtrack and cut scenes. Mechners work was almost too ambitious and took few years of his life, because the limitations of the machines at the time.
Excellent presentation, as always. I'm not as big a fan of the original B&W display Macs as I am of the later color ones, but I do have a soft spot for the Classic, as I believe it was the first Macintosh I ever saw in person and used. My 6th grade teacher had one in his room that students could use. This was in 2005. It had a hard drive and ran System 6. I remember the audio being extremely quiet, even at max volume - probably failing caps. Something interesting I've noticed regarding the Simple Beep sound. Whereas the other sounds remain the same across various generations of Macs, the Simple Beep seems to have evolved over time. On the 68000 Macs it was basically an abbreviated startup chime, then in the later 68k Macs it became a lower-pitched beep, then on the Power Macs it gained it's piano-like quality. I guess whereas the other sounds were actual sound clips included in the system software, Simple Beep was stored/generated in ROM?
I always wanted one of these. I think the ability to boot into an internal ROM with System 6 is really cool. Especially if the hard drives dies or something, you can still use it.
@@themacintoshmuseum Maybe they were just experimenting but it was not entire used or talked about. It was not until 10 or 20 years later when these machines start dying of failure and that was when that option became the most important.
Nice video Jason. I hope you are still managing this video after 9 years. LOL. I just bought the classic at a garage sale for $20 and bought a keyboard off eBay for $30. I just love the way this computer looks. So retro. My goal is to get it up and running. I saw later in the video you booted it up via the ROM. So my question is how did you start up the computer at the beginning of the video? Thanks
Black and white picture is kinda painful, but for most productivity apps it's not a problem. My whole childhood was about Amiga that was a better machine, but I'm exploring the universe of old computers and 68k Macs had some nice features that made them interesting.
Hi I have this but everything is in another language by default. I've figured out how to type in English but is there a way to change the actual settings to English Please? Thanks
I used to play jigsaw under games file as well as this other game with revolving barriers and a ball, anyone know what I'm talking about by any chance?
As a kid I found one outside an inner city goodwill. Some kid took the mouse and keyboard. I would often start it up. It was technically my first computer. Even though I couldn't use it.
This was the first computer I've ever owned. I think it was late 90s - my uncle gave this bad boy to little me so I could learn how computers worked, and my family couldn't afford newer machines back then. And now I'm in my 30s typing this on a brand new Macbook Air. Technology have come so far.
When PoP came out on the Mac, it took our department by storm. Everybody was playing it. One girl totally hosed her system because it told her she didn't have enough memory to run the color version, so she began pulling EVERYTHING out of the System Folder. The OS had to be completely reloaded from scratch.
I remember this playing on an IBM XT with Hercules graphics. It was as slow as this, but with lower resolution.
As a PC user, I've always intrigued by these oldschool Macs and their graphical OS.
Prince of Persia was a genius production by a single programmer, Jordan Mechner. Brøderbund was the distributor. Jordan Mechner has recently released a book about his journey making this game, and how he was able to have such limited machines produce such terrific gameplay. Highly recommended. I also recommend learning to play it, it's got teriffic surprises as you progress through the levels!
I knew about him from Kareteka, played on an Apple IIe in high school. Even on a monochrome monitor, it was amazing compared to side-scrollers of the time
Even if the game was pretty simple the cinematic style started new era of graphics in games. Next step was Another World and then Flashback that were obviously inspired by Prince of Persia, but added more adventure elements into gameplay, soundtrack and cut scenes. Mechners work was almost too ambitious and took few years of his life, because the limitations of the machines at the time.
Excellent presentation, as always. I'm not as big a fan of the original B&W display Macs as I am of the later color ones, but I do have a soft spot for the Classic, as I believe it was the first Macintosh I ever saw in person and used. My 6th grade teacher had one in his room that students could use. This was in 2005. It had a hard drive and ran System 6. I remember the audio being extremely quiet, even at max volume - probably failing caps.
Something interesting I've noticed regarding the Simple Beep sound. Whereas the other sounds remain the same across various generations of Macs, the Simple Beep seems to have evolved over time. On the 68000 Macs it was basically an abbreviated startup chime, then in the later 68k Macs it became a lower-pitched beep, then on the Power Macs it gained it's piano-like quality. I guess whereas the other sounds were actual sound clips included in the system software, Simple Beep was stored/generated in ROM?
***** I believe that on all Macs, the startup chime was in the ROM (it had to be!), but any other sounds were stored in the System folder.
in 2005?!
Yes, in 2005. And 2006. Possibly later still, but I didn't have access to the room after 6th grade.
These are terrific videos, Jason.
Addison Harlequin Thank you - I will be making many more in the future!
Thank you so much for the review. 👍👍👍😀
I always wanted one of these. I think the ability to boot into an internal ROM with System 6 is really cool. Especially if the hard drives dies or something, you can still use it.
ZackaryVS That feature certainly is cool - I am unsure as to why Apple didn't include this on other models!
@@themacintoshmuseum Maybe they were just experimenting but it was not entire used or talked about. It was not until 10 or 20 years later when these machines start dying of failure and that was when that option became the most important.
I had a Mac performa 575 and I bought a 32mb ram card and installed it successfully when I was in 3rd grade. it supports more than 4mb
Nice video Jason. I hope you are still managing this video after 9 years. LOL. I just bought the classic at a garage sale for $20 and bought a keyboard off eBay for $30. I just love the way this computer looks. So retro. My goal is to get it up and running. I saw later in the video you booted it up via the ROM. So my question is how did you start up the computer at the beginning of the video? Thanks
Black and white picture is kinda painful, but for most productivity apps it's not a problem. My whole childhood was about Amiga that was a better machine, but I'm exploring the universe of old computers and 68k Macs had some nice features that made them interesting.
I have one but the battery exploded sadly. Still runs but it’s only a matter of time before the traces are eaten away😭
I hope you removed that battery and cleaned the board!
i need this so i can play doom
Hi I have this but everything is in another language by default. I've figured out how to type in English but is there a way to change the actual settings to English Please? Thanks
Great
I used to play jigsaw under games file as well as this other game with revolving barriers and a ball, anyone know what I'm talking about by any chance?
its my dream to own one of these ahh
Same
As a kid I found one outside an inner city goodwill. Some kid took the mouse and keyboard. I would often start it up. It was technically my first computer. Even though I couldn't use it.
I have one and it’s amazing. Bought it from an old school for $30
What boot disc do I need for one of these?
does that mean the keyboards of gamers (mechanical keyboard) are like macintosh classic's keybord??
No, the keyboard shown in the video is a rubber dome keyboard, it does not have individual mechanical switches like “gamer” keyboards have.
How to copy files (word) from this computer to new mac or windows?
Can you boot up apple 2gs software into it?
People with such low specs pc:- Can it run gta 5? 🤣
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0:37 startup which tbh is rlly lame
Imean A BEEP???
brick mouse and gay apple xd
"XO" was the codename for the MaClassic