Fortysomething Geek

This is a pretty cool article on Engadget . A group of people (Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Club and a team of artists, archivists and curators) found and extracted some lost work Andy Warhol did on the now, retro defunct Amiga 1000. In the mid 80s, Warhol experimented with computer graphics. The most notable work was the one where he retouched Debbie Harry (aka Blondie) on stage. However, unbeknownst, he had a 41 floppies of un-seen work. This is the equivalent of finding a Picasso, Monet, or Rothko on a paper napkin.
I find this story pretty cool because I like Warhol and I loved the Amiga. This totally brings me back to nostalgic times of the 80s.

The Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Modern Art will be showing the premier on May 10th to showcase of some Warhol's experiment for the public.

Links:
http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/24/resurrecting-andy-warhols-80s-amiga-artwork/
http://www.nowseethis.org/

Before throwing it out, I figure I find a way to recycle it into my current tech lifestyle.
I have the very first gen G4 with 1GB DDR RAM, 100 GB PATA drive. I also have a GPower USB/Firewire external matching enclosure hub.

The original 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 first generation Mac mini consumes about 32-85W (Max). At idle, 32W is decent but not what I call low-power.

I found some people debating whether or not an ARM based lightweight device like a PogoPlug would compare. PogoPlugs run at 4-5W and can be hacked into full Linux servers running mySQL, web,FTP,rsync, miniDLNA, torrent boxes, Squeezebox music server,  you name it.
They are often discounted at 15ドル-20.

I personally have 8 of these Pogos running various things. However, I also have a whole closet full of Firewire drives that could be put to good use and shared over the network. Hence, I thought of re-using the Mac Mini.

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Words can't describe the nostalgic feeling. I was never really fond of Microsoft's original major Windows operating system, 3.1. It had its uses back in the day on those old dual-scan TFT Toshiba laptops I use to run in college. I can still remember the flickers and the side trackballs. I was always an Amiga guy back then. I was the only one in college to do all my homework and work on an Amiga 1200.

Here it is running in 2013 under VirtualBox.

Notice how DOS 6.22 even recognizes my AMD FX-8320 8 core processor.






The year 2013 doesn't seem to effect to operating system. Windows can go well past any Y2K fears.



Unlike Mac OS 9, I couldn't get Windows 3.11 to run 2560x1600 on a 30" screen. I don't know what to say about the 800x600 256 colors!

If you ever wonder how Classic Mac OS 9.0 would look on today's modern hardware, this would give you a rough idea.

Running SheepShaver (a Mac Emulator), I got OS 9 running on my 27" iMac. I can surf the web using a browser from 1999. It comes in handy when you want to open a decade old Filemaker database.

Nice indeed.