That looks more like a Ruby G3. I guess it'd be hard to tell though, since they have the same ports and everything, so they're similar aside from the color externally.
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I think you are right. Looked at some pics and the strawberry is a brighter red toward pinkish. Really like that ruby color. I have a maxed out graphite G3 which does the bare minimum it can do but I've always liked the G3's. Production designers used them a lot in movies. They just looked really cool. That was a great era.That looks more like a Ruby G3. I guess it'd be hard to tell though, since they have the same ports and everything, so they're similar aside from the color externally.
The mysterious Macintosh-Portable
in "Single White Female" from 1992 with Bridget Fonda
That's really old stuff from a time, when I was working myself with a small HP Omnibook 430, Modem and my first expensive steps in the internet, also trying CompuServe/R.I.P.
(BTW my Omnibook was pretty nice smaller than this Apple-portable, but was also introduced two years later ... http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=123)
The Home-Office
The kind of portable iMac predecessor I could find anywhere else on the web ...
... that could be easily connected to with by using the cable unplugged from the phone.
in "Single White Female" from 1992 with Bridget Fonda
That's really old stuff from a time, when I was working myself with a small HP Omnibook 430, Modem and my first expensive steps in the internet, also trying CompuServe/R.I.P.
(BTW my Omnibook was pretty nice smaller than this Apple-portable, but was also introduced two years later ... http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=123)
The Home-Office
The kind of portable iMac predecessor I could find anywhere else on the web ...
... that could be easily connected to with by using the cable unplugged from the phone.
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Wow! Star Trek was more technologically advanced than I realised!
Amazing machine..386 running off AA batteries! In an ideal world, all portable computers should run off AA batteries
Yeah, and it's still working! Got a PCMCIA-Type-I adapter for CF-Cards to expand disk size far beyond the factory 80MB.Amazing machine..386 running off AA batteries! In an ideal world, all portable computers should run off AA batteries
But it needs good lighting since there's no backlit screen.
I used Word2, Works3, askSam5 in 1994 for writing and archiving stuff.
Email with Eudora and Trumpet-winsock to connect to the internet via serial modem - with no-one to send emails to ...
I wonder, if this ancient thing could be connected to anything now...
At least RTF would be able to be used as an universal way to swap documents and askSam could be run on the mac-side in a VirtualMachine with Win2k.
I loved the attached mouse. It was unique - made me go for this device.
I remember sitting in the library for hours and writing notes just powered by the battery.
Unfortunately no more battery-pack available now.
(An external 10.000mAh battery-pack (to recharge iPhone/iPad) would be superpower for this device.)
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It's got an infrared port - will probably connect to an old Nokia.....on the go Terminal and BBS!
Oh, Terminal/BBS - that's stuff I haven't ever used and I have no clue for what ... And all my Nokias are gone.
IR would be nice to connect to a Palm, but there's no PalmDesktop for Win3.1
Thought about network connectivity... but a device from 1994 with no ethernet-port!?
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You could probably get a PCMCIA card for ethernet and/or modem etc.
My HP200LX from 1994 handshakes via infrared with my Nokia 6310i but I can't get the right AT string to make make it dial....works fine with my Psion 5 though - although that is more sophisticated being from 1999
Yes, "l'art pour l'art" to try teaching these old devices some new tricks ...You could probably get a PCMCIA card for ethernet and/or modem etc.
My HP200LX from 1994 handshakes via infrared with my Nokia 6310i but I can't get the right AT string to make make it dial....works fine with my Psion 5 though - although that is more sophisticated being from 1999
I once spent a lot of effort to find a PCMCIA-wifi solution for my TRGpro without success.
Currently I can't figure out, how to connect the Omnibook/Win3.1 to anything ... - here are those things I would be looking for:
- establish LAN/WLAN connection
- get access to shared folders
- get access to webDAV
- check email
- web
With os9 this is possible without effort, but Win3.1
Since 68k Macs have snuck up on this thread before, I guess I'll cheat just a bit by mentioning this one.
In Jurassic Park, the computer systems are fairly realistic, as they can be seen running their original operating systems and corresponding software. The computers in question are the SGI Crimson, Indigo Elan, and two Macintosh Quadra 700s, as well as a Thinking Machines CM-5 Supercomputer array churning away in the background.
The SGI systems can be seen running IRIX 4.0.5, and are either being used to type commands in the prompt, or churning away on FASTA DNA sequences. But the Macs in question also obviously show that System 7 is being run on them. At one point, Nedry is supposedly watching a CCTV cam of the East Dock while communicating with the BioSyn employee waiting on him, but it's obvious it's just playing a video file and not actually a live stream, which is funny.
In Jurassic Park, the computer systems are fairly realistic, as they can be seen running their original operating systems and corresponding software. The computers in question are the SGI Crimson, Indigo Elan, and two Macintosh Quadra 700s, as well as a Thinking Machines CM-5 Supercomputer array churning away in the background.
The SGI systems can be seen running IRIX 4.0.5, and are either being used to type commands in the prompt, or churning away on FASTA DNA sequences. But the Macs in question also obviously show that System 7 is being run on them. At one point, Nedry is supposedly watching a CCTV cam of the East Dock while communicating with the BioSyn employee waiting on him, but it's obvious it's just playing a video file and not actually a live stream, which is funny.
There's quite an extensive list of ppc apple computers on this website.
http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computers.html
1997 apple emate in Batman & Robin? I saw this movie but never saw the emate
http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computers.html
1997 apple emate in Batman & Robin? I saw this movie but never saw the emate
In some of german comedian Dieter 'Didi' Hallervordens videos there were some macs too, quick search in YT I found two videos.
In the first one he is trying to get a job and the iMac is just for decorational purpose:
In the second one he wants to buy a computer but doesn't know anything about computers. In the end sequence the salesman tells him he is better of with a typewriter or letters. I'd buy a G3 iMac just for having a digital typewriter
My third picture is not from a movie but I found no better place for it. It's german website cyberport's 404 page - a modded eMac without speaker grills. In 2017!!!
In the first one he is trying to get a job and the iMac is just for decorational purpose:
In the second one he wants to buy a computer but doesn't know anything about computers. In the end sequence the salesman tells him he is better of with a typewriter or letters. I'd buy a G3 iMac just for having a digital typewriter
My third picture is not from a movie but I found no better place for it. It's german website cyberport's 404 page - a modded eMac without speaker grills. In 2017!!!
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