jsarchibald
Well-known member
Well, here it is, the first computer I ever owned, an LC 575 (LC_575 will be happy!).
The one I had was a late 1994 model, with 5MB of RAM and a 160MB HDD. This one is slightly specced up, with 8MB of RAM and a 250MB HDD. It has been 16 years since we bought the LC, and I think my parents sold it in 2000. The funny thing about this computer is that I put up a Wanted thread on a local forum and was contacted by a guy who was going to throw the LC out. He said that he was going to have to pay to dump it, so he may as well ship it up to me (at his cost). So, the computer cost me nothing, and I am very thankful for his generosity (the packing and postage would have been over $150, but he was happy to pay the whole lot).
It came with the original install CD, LC 575 manual, Macintosh Manual, AppleCD 300i Plus Manual, ADB keyboard, mouse and even power cord. I basically got an entire system, sans box. They had formatted the drive with a fresh install on it, and I have to say, it booted up very quickly for an old 33MHz system (LC_575, not sure what you mean by slow – then again, this is a fresh install with no extensions or programs…). Running System 7.1 (although our one had 7.5.1?).
I took it apart and cleaned all of the dust out of her, and she is as good as new. I have learned that, although you get a new purchase, it is best to clean it and check it all out properly before just firing her up. It had quite a bit of dust (16 years will do that), but once cleaned out, it looked great. It didn’t even have too much weathering, which is ironic because our original one started rusting badly after a year or so. And that Trinitron screen!
Anyway, I wouldn’t normally go on about a mid 90s machine with relatively low specs, but this one has a special place, the one that kicked it off for me. I convinced my parents to pay for it after getting the old brochures from our local shop (you know, the white ones with a black tab, a small picture, specs and marketing guff on a one pager).
Funny to think we paid over $3,000 for our one back in the day…
The one I had was a late 1994 model, with 5MB of RAM and a 160MB HDD. This one is slightly specced up, with 8MB of RAM and a 250MB HDD. It has been 16 years since we bought the LC, and I think my parents sold it in 2000. The funny thing about this computer is that I put up a Wanted thread on a local forum and was contacted by a guy who was going to throw the LC out. He said that he was going to have to pay to dump it, so he may as well ship it up to me (at his cost). So, the computer cost me nothing, and I am very thankful for his generosity (the packing and postage would have been over $150, but he was happy to pay the whole lot).
It came with the original install CD, LC 575 manual, Macintosh Manual, AppleCD 300i Plus Manual, ADB keyboard, mouse and even power cord. I basically got an entire system, sans box. They had formatted the drive with a fresh install on it, and I have to say, it booted up very quickly for an old 33MHz system (LC_575, not sure what you mean by slow – then again, this is a fresh install with no extensions or programs…). Running System 7.1 (although our one had 7.5.1?).
I took it apart and cleaned all of the dust out of her, and she is as good as new. I have learned that, although you get a new purchase, it is best to clean it and check it all out properly before just firing her up. It had quite a bit of dust (16 years will do that), but once cleaned out, it looked great. It didn’t even have too much weathering, which is ironic because our original one started rusting badly after a year or so. And that Trinitron screen!
Anyway, I wouldn’t normally go on about a mid 90s machine with relatively low specs, but this one has a special place, the one that kicked it off for me. I convinced my parents to pay for it after getting the old brochures from our local shop (you know, the white ones with a black tab, a small picture, specs and marketing guff on a one pager).
Funny to think we paid over $3,000 for our one back in the day…
