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For absolutely no cash whatsoever, someone I helped with their iMac mailed me a shrinkwrapped boxed copy of Apple PC-Exchange As if that wasn't enough, the postman didn't jump up and down on it OK it might be worthless but given that I didn't even have to pay the postage I'm a happy chap :D

Managed to get a replacement power board for my 2400 (thanks to a nameless soul on here who pointed me in the right direction ;) ) All fitted, power applied and...still GLOD :'( This kind of makes me think that it must be something else (well, durr), but anybody got ideas what?

Got an email about a month ago from some random stranger wanting help with their PB160. Tried helping, sorted out a boot disk etc. but looked like the HD had just given up. The woman then said thanks and said that she'd just trash it - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Anyway, long story short, I...

OK so it's not exactly a Mac (well it's in no way a Mac in any sense and has no connection with Macs, Apples, Cupertino or Lord Jobs) but picked up a cardboard box last night through Freecycle. So, for zero cash, I scored... BBC Micro Model B Manuals 5.25" disk drive (with all cables to hook...

OK I know it's not Apple and it's not exactly fully functional but a nice envelope came through the letterbox with a little white box containing... An unused part for a Univac machine! Sadly it's not from the Univac 1 (i.e. 1950's) but is more likely to come from the mid-70's but it's still...

[For those of a non-UK disposition, the title is what's called 'Yorkshire' - an offshoot of English whereby letters and sounds are just randomly ignored] I landed an eMac!!!!!! Been after one for a while but the prices on eBay have either been stupid or they've been 'pickup only'...from...

Not been around much lately (bad personal stuff) but have still been liberating with notable new additions being: A pristine eMate 300 (complete with original PSU and stylus, and two spares stylii(?)) An Acorn A420 (for a measly £10) A massive 28" CRT TV to hook my troublesome IIgs up to...

My IIgs turned up yesterday and it's...interesting. Sold as 'untested', this thing came with an Apple graphics tablet, twin 5.25" drives (incl. interface card), an external 3.5" drive, gamepads (plugged directly into the motherboard), the iigs RAM/expansion card, and an Orange Micro card with a...

Been pretty quiet on the liberation front recently and, while I realise that they're not exactly Mac orientated, there is a slight Apple tang to at least some of this lot: Acorn A7000 - Fully working with 4Mb RAM (now upped to 20Mb), a 2Gb hard disk, and RISC OS 3.6. Hooked it up to my PC...

Given some last minute bidding craftiness (and a load of people not understanding eBay bidding properly) I landed a QuickTake 100 last night for a measly £5.51. Of course the real shame is that even my mobile phone has a much higher pixel count than this little beauty...then again, that's what...

Just landed a PowerMac 7500 from eBay for the astronomical sum of £5. 100Mhz, 144Mb RAM, twin HDs (500Mb and 6Gb), keyboard and mouse, original OS CD and a Formac ProMedia graphics card. Now if that isn't a bargain, I don't know what is. Not only is it another one for the collection but it now...

I've landed a PowerBook 2400! It arrived yesterday and it is absolutely pristine. Packaged in its original box (itself in pristine condition), complete with floppy drive (in original packaging), all original leads (some still wire-tied), manuals, registration card and sales leaflets/brochures...

Been watching a NeXT Station Colour on eBay all week and...I won it! Amazingly not a single other person bid on it so, for a measly £25 (+p&p), I landed the base unit (25MHz, 16Mb RAM - that's getting upped), the original 17" monitor, keyboard, mouse, soundbox and cables. Now the bad news...

Landed a 6400 a couple of weeks ago via eBay and it finally arrived on Saturday. Ok so I thought I'd got a bargain as, for a mere £5, I'd snagged a 200MHz machine with 72Mb of RAM - WRONG! When the delivery guy dropped it off it was making a horrible 'clunking' noise which didn't sound healthy...

Picked up a 14" Apple monitor yesterday but got a bit of a surprise when the woman I was picking up from asked whether 'that beige box' is any use to me? 'That beige box' is an IBM 300GL desktop PC. I said yes and she explained that 'someone' had told her that the motherboard was broken. Well...

Following on from last weekend's Freecycle haul it's been a bumper time for liberations in this corner of Mac-dom. Not only did a 9500 turn up yesterday but a 7300 arrived at 9:00pm and I have a 14" Apple monitor on the way (Saturday) courtesy of Freecycle The 9500 looks to be in great shape...

After months of absolutely nothing appearing on my local Freecycle group, someone advertised a Quadra 840av. I duly stuck my hand up and said 'yes please' and I got lucky. :D Went over on Saturday to pick it up and the woman says 'Oh and is this any use?' pointing at a Umax Apus 3000. Any...

...But at last I've managed to liberate a machine: A PowerMac 7100/80 with 88Mb RAM and a 2Gb hard drive. All in working order (I'm told - got to confirm when it arrives) :D Ok so it's no speed demon but for £3 (+p&p) I was hardly going to complain (especially as I didn't have one in my...

Strange one this but does anybody know where there's a bloody great big chunk of Apple ][ BASIC lurking out there on the net (or can someone send me something)? Doesn't matter what it is or what it does but I just want the ASCII text version for a project I'm working on as I want to scroll a...

After another less than rivetting afternoon in the office I was browsing eBay and came across a purple slot-loading 400MHz G3 iMac with 192Mb 10GB HD for...£19!!!!! All it needs is an OS re-install and I think even a klutz like me can manage that :D