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100+ Compacts, 20+ PowerBooks,1 Lisa 2, and 2x NeXT Cubes
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OK, probably the following Saturday would be best for me (the 18th) as I have stuff planned for the 11th.
This gives me some time to repair the SE/30s!
Speaking of which, I opened up the one with the plain SE front (with "/30" sharpie-d on), and I found a battery explosion in progress! The battery holder is a loss, and it took with it some sort of surface mount transistor and a capacitor, but the rest of the board appears to be intact, thankfully (aside from normal cap-induced corrosion and such, of course). It also appears to have at least 16 MB of RAM, and a funny looking ROM SIMM I haven't seen in an SE/30 before. Do you think it's had its 32-bitness cleaned up?
Also, if you can offer some advice re: 400k floppy drives, that would be good, as I have one (from the 512k) whose disk-inserted sensor isn't actuating properly. When I press it down manually, the drive works fine (it boots up and everything), but it seems like the disk itself should be actuating it. Instead, the little pin it slides on seems to be interfering with the disk pushing it in.
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This gives me some time to repair the SE/30s!
Speaking of which, I opened up the one with the plain SE front (with "/30" sharpie-d on), and I found a battery explosion in progress! The battery holder is a loss, and it took with it some sort of surface mount transistor and a capacitor, but the rest of the board appears to be intact, thankfully (aside from normal cap-induced corrosion and such, of course). It also appears to have at least 16 MB of RAM, and a funny looking ROM SIMM I haven't seen in an SE/30 before. Do you think it's had its 32-bitness cleaned up?
Also, if you can offer some advice re: 400k floppy drives, that would be good, as I have one (from the 512k) whose disk-inserted sensor isn't actuating properly. When I press it down manually, the drive works fine (it boots up and everything), but it seems like the disk itself should be actuating it. Instead, the little pin it slides on seems to be interfering with the disk pushing it in.
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Hi Kids,
Just wanted to pop in and introduce myself as the former owner of your "amazing haul", congrats
Really glad you guys are going to recondition the whole lot, it's what I always thought should happen but was realistically never going to get around to.
And if anyone wants to know why someone would have had 100+ Macs sitting around in a warehouse in SF: I used to run a 68K gaming lounge that we would set up at galleries and events. You should find a hefty collection of games on most of these machines and some great '030 only titles, enjoy!
As regards to the E-bay resale, here's my two cents: FLOOD THE MARKET!
Best,
Dev
Just wanted to pop in and introduce myself as the former owner of your "amazing haul", congrats
Really glad you guys are going to recondition the whole lot, it's what I always thought should happen but was realistically never going to get around to.
And if anyone wants to know why someone would have had 100+ Macs sitting around in a warehouse in SF: I used to run a 68K gaming lounge that we would set up at galleries and events. You should find a hefty collection of games on most of these machines and some great '030 only titles, enjoy!
As regards to the E-bay resale, here's my two cents: FLOOD THE MARKET!
Best,
Dev
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That sounds like it would have been really cool back in the day. Heck, it'd be cool now!
Hey Dev, glad to hear you made it back. Your brother explained to us a little bit about what happened.
We're still sort of cataloging, and just started to repair the first few machines. I'll be meeting with CC_333 this weekend to exchange batches. He's taking a few up to his place, working on them, then bringing back the repaired machines. I'm slowly repairing machines as well. It's a slow process, but in the end, I'd imagine at least 80% of these machines will be in working condition and in new homes for people to enjoy them.
Your brother explained to us a little bit about what happened.We're still sort of cataloging, and just started to repair the first few machines. I'll be meeting with CC_333 this weekend to exchange batches. He's taking a few up to his place, working on them, then bringing back the repaired machines. I'm slowly repairing machines as well. It's a slow process, but in the end, I'd imagine at least 80% of these machines will be in working condition and in new homes for people to enjoy them.
Hi there, I remember you from Cult Of Mac Book Your surname suggest me that you or your ancestors are from one of ex YU countries?
Your surname suggest me that you or your ancestors are from one of ex YU countries? Cult.of.Mac-No_Starch_Press.pdfHi Kids,
Just wanted to pop in and introduce myself as the former owner of your "amazing haul", congrats
Really glad you guys are going to recondition the whole lot, it's what I always thought should happen but was realistically never going to get around to.
And if anyone wants to know why someone would have had 100+ Macs sitting around in a warehouse in SF: I used to run a 68K gaming lounge that we would set up at galleries and events. You should find a hefty collection of games on most of these machines and some great '030 only titles, enjoy!
As regards to the E-bay resale, here's my two cents: FLOOD THE MARKET!
Best,
Dev
Yeah you guessed it, Simunovich is Croatian, but they immigrated over 100 years ago so I'm pretty much AMuriKan.Hi there, I remember you from Cult Of Mac Book
Wow, that's amazing you dug that article up, Leander had originally written it for Wired Online before starting his blog, I didn't know he had published a book! Well nice to know I wasn't completely wasting my time back then.
Well I still have my own personal stash of about 30+ compacts here in NY, so maybe something will happen again one day... if anyone in NY is interested in helping with some reconditioning work that is, I have space but no time
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They're fixing them, then dumping them on eBay at once to completely destroy the resell market, last I heard. 
Though I think they'll be offered here too.
Though I think they'll be offered here too.
well that will be fun.
Do you know when they will be ready?They're fixing them, then dumping them on eBay at once to completely destroy the resell market, last I heard.
Though I think they'll be offered here too.
Any chance they'll have short-model ADB keyboards for sale?
