Restoring a Power Computing Mac Clone from 1996!

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Published on January 14, 2022 3:39:38 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X59-9SKfFA

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Apple's Mac OS licensing program from the mid-1990s seemed like a good idea at first, but ended up almost killing the company...because machines like this PowerBase 180 were just too good of a value.

Useful links:
Mac Driver Museum (has Apple CD-ROM driver 5.3.1): https://vintageapple.org/macdrivers/disk.shtml
Apple CD-ROM Driver Reference: https://siber-sonic.com/mac/Vintage/CD_DVDdriver.html

Sources:
Macworld, April 1996.
MacUser, April 1996.
PC Magazine, March 28, 1995.
Low End Mac PowerBase: https://lowendmac.com/1996/power-computing-powerbase/
Macworld, October 1996.
Sonnet G3 upgrade card photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mthorsen/4138691789/sizes/l/
Macworld, January 1997.
MacUser, October 1996.
Apple Infinite Loop entry sign photo: https://allaboutstevejobs.com/pics/pics_places/cupertino/apple_infinite_loop
Macworld, November 1997.
Motorola StarMax tower photo: https://imgur.com/gallery/oQeVlD2

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