Apple Macintosh IIfx (1990) Start up and Demonstration
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2014
- This is the second video on the Apple Macintosh IIfx from 1990.
In this video, the Macintosh IIfx will be started up to demonstrate MacOS 7.6.1, and the application "The ClarisWorks Office" will also be demonstrated, along with "System Info" from "The Norton Utilities". - Наука та технологія
I miss these old Macs, so damned much.
Actually ClarisWorks (later, AppleWorks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple Computer) was a very good application and in fact even after installing MS Office 2004, and later, MS Office mac 2008, I continued to use AppleWorks database up the point where Mac OS no longer supported the classic mode - around 2014. I had over 3,000 records stored in A/W database. The really great thing about A/W db was the fact that one could enter URLs, highlight the URLs and with the click of a button on the menu (conveniently designated as: URL) one could immediately be taken to the appropriate web site. The only app I found to replace A/W db was FileMaker Pro and FM is an overly complicated, complex app. Every Macintosh beginning with the Apple II came bundled with ClarisWorks (later AppleWorks). Never could understand why Apple (Steve Jobs) never concentrated efforts to develop AppleWorks further and instead went through so much trouble in trying to license Microsoft to replace AppleWorks. Actually A/Ws had more features than MS Office and the A/W db was much better than MS Access (which was much too complicated to set up).
Actually your demonstration of A/Ws omitted the best feature of the application - the database.
I still use Clarisworks 5.0 on a current Windows PC .... it works very very well. Apple really lost the plot ending it.
Wasn’t there a carbon version of Appleworks 6?
12:37 now that's what I call abstract art! ;)
Great video, this really brings back memories. I remember working with ClarisWorks as a kid back in school, hadn't seen that splash screen in over 20 years now! I do illustration and I clearly remember making my first digital doodles in ClarisWorks draw at class. Major nostalgia attack! :)
***** I also used ClarisWorks back in the day when I was at school - on a Mac LC 475!
So, three things... first, these videos are tremendously appreciated. Gonna subscribe. Second, I'd love to see a video of the PowerMac 8100 if you can manage it. Third, I dig those curtains! Have a great week.
I still use one to this day! 128 megs of RAM - insane!
How about now? Do you surf the web with it?
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@@MrGreen428 A video demo of it would be awesome!
I'm using one right now while typing this reply
Pensar que en 1990 yo era un adulto de 34 años de edad (hoy soy viejo de 64 años), y que ni siquiera tenía idea de MS-DOS, ni de Windows, mejor dicho, ni había tocado un computador en mi vida. Luego, hacia 1992, comencé con un 286, luego 386 y comencé a ensamblar CPUs 486 y Pentium y, así, me hice técnico en computadores, ensamblando, vendiendo y reparando...etc... etc... Lo que vemos en el video, fue posible para mí hasta que llegó Windows 95, hacia 1996, pues antes, apenas con MS-DOS, lo máximo era Lotus 123 y WordPerfect 5.1! Magnífico y evocador video. Muchas gracias. Saludos a todos!
Te recuerdas año 1994?
I miss the soothing sounds of hard drives chittering back and forth.
oh my god i remember having to use clarisworks when i was in 6th grade. id always make the duck sound and my teacher would come find me drawing instead of doing my work
***** LOL
I love your channel! Good work!
Do you have any info on the software optimized for the IIfx? I've heard of such softwares existing. What kind of heavy-lifting work would be done there?
it's fascinating to see how imac g3 completely leapfrogged IIfx
Nice video, thanks. I know that the IIFX in addition to having a 40Mhz M68030 cpu with a synchronous bus at the same frequency, had a second 8bit CPU, the 10Mhz Mos6502 and ASIC chips to speed up certain functions. An interesting machine, which could also have an expandable video card from 2 to 10Mb of video memory. It would be nice to see the auxiliary functions in use.
I remember that machine. It was unbelievable expensive then.
Hi Jason love the videos I'm looking to purchase a Macintosh IIfx when I find one hopefully, I have the monitor, k/b & mouse so far, keep those videos coming
You certainly draw a fine Picasso, Jason! :-)
The first mac is my fav.
In future videos Jason could you please show the specs on the machines and maybe any upgrades etc you may have on them.
Usei muito Claris Works no meu trabalho num Color Classic e num Classic II
I think that 25Mhz 486 is still more powerful than 40Mhz 030, even with the memory tweaks on IIfx. Some photoshop filters, or excel calculations comparison would be very interesting, but i cant find it.
Ah, ClarisWorks. We used it in elementary school on the Windows 3.1 and 95 machines we had.
***** I never used Claris Works on Windows - I used to use either Microsoft Works or Office.
I used pen and paper.
I had an old Mac Performa once and I'm almost sure it had AppleWorks or ClarisWorks on it. Can't even remember what it was like to use!
What would you say is a good price for one of these? It's one of my favorite macs and I have one near me for a (in my opinion) very hefty price of $300.
I like this machine
I remembered people cramming as much RAM into those to run Photoshop. It was the fastest thing until the Quadras came out.
I remember using ClarisWorks in high school for Computer Applications class. That certainly was a good experience. Although I remember besides Microsoft Office, there was also Microsoft Works as well, I kind of wonder if that was really a more direct competition to ClarisWorks. Something to think about.
Where did you get the benchmarking application for the old macs?
The benchmarking application was "System Info", which is a component of the Norton Utilities for the Mac.
Drawing is vector, painting is bitmap graphics.
imagine snorting up the last of your great 80s cocaine and going nuts over 128 megs of ram! unheard of at the time!!!! i wonder how many just didnt sleep messing with this thing when it first came out
This computer was insanely expensive
Mouse be looking like cybertruck
Hi. What's your favourite mac family and modell?
Jocó Kása My favourite Mac family is the Mac II family, and my favourite model would have to be the IIfx - fast, expandable, and it has the classic Macintosh look!
Why Apple not bring back these designs, they are beautiful.
They look old tho
Am I only one who misses interface of System 7?
One of those Macs you had to take up a bank loan on to be able to afford, haha. But it was so fast...
The IIfx is my favorite macintosh what is yours Jason
jake harvey My favourite is also the IIfx! Excellent performance, great expandability, and it had the classic Mac II case that I like the look of.
What is the worst macintosh you have ever used.
Jason's Macintosh Museum seriously? what about the quadra 950 or quadra 840AV???
I had been wanting a IIfx for a long time, but I couldn't find one in my price range. I finally bought a II off of eBay a few months ago. When I took it apart, imagine my delight when I discovered it was actually upgraded to IIfx components! I'm still working on it and getting it up to what I want it to be, but it flies with a SCSI2SD adapter in it in place for the fixed disk!
I've heard that theoretically the IIfx supported 16mb 64-pin SIMMs, but did they ever make any? Is there any way to get a hold of any still? I've also heard that the maximum memory capacity would be filling all eight SIMM slots with 16mb sticks, leading to 128MB when full. Is that even possible?
What's the maximum memory capacity on the graphics card? If it was maxed out, would it be able to run at higher resolutions? Just curious. I had a IIci growing up and watching your and others videos on Classic Macintosh have reminded me how cool they were. I'd love to get a IIci again someday.
There was an accelerator board for the Commodore Amiga 1200 that used 64-pin SIMMs. (Ironically, it ran the same 68030 CPU at the same 40 MHz frequency). Pretty sure it's the same type of SIMM that the IIfx uses. So yeah, they were produced en masse, it would seem. I have seen them "in person" myself.
feel sorry for the students who had to use these computers for a learning process in high school back in the day..
popevx Why? The IIfx was one of the fastest PCs around back in its day!
Wish i could fill a bucket with white paint and pour it over everything, and start things over anew!" Especially, get rid of "#Covid" 👀
I hate System 7. This OS is so unfair for me. The Mac OS 8, 9 and X is the best.
Personally, I like system 7. I used it in so many Macintoshes that have it back when I was in school back in the day.
Unfair? What do you mean by this?