I completed my project to install 3 different versions of the Mac OS onto my recently acquired PowerBook G3 “Lombard.” Below are the resulting screenshots of the computer started into Mac OS 8.6, Mac OS 9.2.2, and Mac OS 10.3.9 “Panther.”
"About this Computer" window under Mac OS 8.6
Startup Disk control panel from Mac OS 8.6
Last week I posted an article about acquiring a 333 MHz PowerBook G3 “Lombard” to add to my collection of classic Apple computers. During my research about this computer I discovered that it has the ability to operate under three different major versions of the Macintosh operating system: 8, 9, and X.
Thus was born my idea to configure the Lombard with the ability to boot into each of these operating systems so that it might be a self-contained demo of the evolution of the Mac OS from 8.6 (May, 1999) through 9.22 (December, 2001) all the way to 10.3.9 (April, 2005).
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There’s an amazing group of early Apple items up for auction on eBay from a pair of former employees who worked there from 1977 to 1984. The items include a genuine Apple I computer, handwired by Steve Wozniak (including a certificate of authenticity signed by Woz himself), an early mouse prototype, a Newton prototype, and even an Apple telephone directory from December of 1983.
You can find more info about the items here. Bidding on the Apple I starts at $30K. Buy it for your local museum and deduct the contribution from your taxes – help preserve this important artifact! Since eBay items eventually disappear I’ve saved a PDF of the auction listing for it here: Apple I auction.
Now this is just too cool – the classic rectangular ADB mouse hacked to sport optical tracking and a USB connection!
