Apache Thunder
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Figured I would wait till I had a complete system before posting this thread. My first post in this forum was in the compact mac section regarding a Macintosh SE.
Now that the system is complete with a keyboard, mouse, hard-drive + other accessories, I can now show it off here. I later plan on getting an SE/30 and long term I hope to eventually gain possession of a Performa/LC 575 (though any Mac in the 500 all-in-one series would work for me, But 575 would be my favorite choice of the group) and a LC III.
Before this, I used to own a Macintosh Performa 520 (or it could have been a 550, I don't recall exactly), a Macintosh Classic, and a Macintosh Plus. Although I don't think I had the keyboard to the Plus when I first got it.
This was more then 10-15 years ago (too long to remember exactly. Had to have been at least a decade) and all 3 machines ended up breaking for some reason or another.
The Classic and the Plus ended up with dead CRTs because I was a bit too clumsy with them. I wasn't a careful enough when I was fiddling with the neckboards. So ended up breaking that little glass nub.
Sadly no longer own any of those machines as I had left them behind when we moved. (Of coarse I regret that decision now.
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The LC III is the last of the big 3 I plan to get. The computer class my school had was a bunch of LCs. (I don't think they were LC IIIs, but an LC III is better then the original LC, so why not? )
The main class I went to in elementary school used to have a Macintosh LC 575 (or something close in that family. It had a PowerPC upgrade though as I recall Graphics Calculator worked on it and it was NOT the 5200 model. I would remember the distinct shape that one had if it was one of those).
Home Room for Jr. High also had a LC. The schools in that city were all Macintosh. Unfortunately the high school I went to after I moved to Levelland back in 2000-2001 was all PC.
So fast forward to 2015. Finally a month ago I finally re-acquired a new Macintosh for the first time in almost 15 or so years. I originally was trying to win an auction for a Macintosh Classic, but that fell through.
In the end it worked out for the better. I ended up instead going for the "backup" listing I had saved in my watch list. A Macintosh SE SuperDrive. It came with no keyboard or mouse and no hard-drive. But it did have a internal network card which I hear is a rare find for an SE machine. (I suppose it's easier to find a SE/30 with a network card now a days)
Because I eventually plan on getting an SE/30, I decided to trade off the network card for some more immediately useful items like a mouse and a hard-drive. For a month it sat on my desk collecting dust because I didn't have a mouse for the machine. But no more!
I finally got a mouse and a hard-drive too! I almost got lucky though as someone over at a vintage mac google group sent me a hard-drive for free. Unfortunately it was DOA. Probably suffered a head-crash the moment I powered it up the first time as the original owner later told me it was in storage for more then a decade.
Apparently the heads like to stick to the platter if left off for such a long time so one of the heads was probably pulled out of alignment when the drive spinned up for the first time in more then 10 years.
In the end things worked out. I got a 80MB drive to replace it and it's working great. I also scored a SCSI iomega Zip 100 drive complete with ac adapter and SCSI cable off eBay for only $14 shipped! I sniped that near the end of an auction like a pro. Didn't use any third party software like eSnipe either. That's cheating in my opinion.
I just hit the bid button 10 seconds before the auction ended.
Here's a video showing it off:
(Found at youtube.com/watch?v=qz8I4SpcmKY incase embeds don't work for you)
This machine is fully upgraded to 4mb of ram. Currently no accelerator installed. I would get one if I found one at a good price, but since I'm going to save up to get an SE/30, I have no plans on getting any additional hardware for this machine.
I will post more vintage Macintosh things I acquire in the future in this thread.
Now that the system is complete with a keyboard, mouse, hard-drive + other accessories, I can now show it off here. I later plan on getting an SE/30 and long term I hope to eventually gain possession of a Performa/LC 575 (though any Mac in the 500 all-in-one series would work for me, But 575 would be my favorite choice of the group) and a LC III.
Before this, I used to own a Macintosh Performa 520 (or it could have been a 550, I don't recall exactly), a Macintosh Classic, and a Macintosh Plus. Although I don't think I had the keyboard to the Plus when I first got it.
This was more then 10-15 years ago (too long to remember exactly. Had to have been at least a decade) and all 3 machines ended up breaking for some reason or another.
The Classic and the Plus ended up with dead CRTs because I was a bit too clumsy with them. I wasn't a careful enough when I was fiddling with the neckboards. So ended up breaking that little glass nub.
Sadly no longer own any of those machines as I had left them behind when we moved. (Of coarse I regret that decision now.
)The LC III is the last of the big 3 I plan to get. The computer class my school had was a bunch of LCs. (I don't think they were LC IIIs, but an LC III is better then the original LC, so why not?
)The main class I went to in elementary school used to have a Macintosh LC 575 (or something close in that family. It had a PowerPC upgrade though as I recall Graphics Calculator worked on it and it was NOT the 5200 model. I would remember the distinct shape that one had if it was one of those).
Home Room for Jr. High also had a LC. The schools in that city were all Macintosh. Unfortunately the high school I went to after I moved to Levelland back in 2000-2001 was all PC.
So fast forward to 2015. Finally a month ago I finally re-acquired a new Macintosh for the first time in almost 15 or so years. I originally was trying to win an auction for a Macintosh Classic, but that fell through.
In the end it worked out for the better. I ended up instead going for the "backup" listing I had saved in my watch list. A Macintosh SE SuperDrive. It came with no keyboard or mouse and no hard-drive. But it did have a internal network card which I hear is a rare find for an SE machine. (I suppose it's easier to find a SE/30 with a network card now a days)
Because I eventually plan on getting an SE/30, I decided to trade off the network card for some more immediately useful items like a mouse and a hard-drive. For a month it sat on my desk collecting dust because I didn't have a mouse for the machine. But no more!
I finally got a mouse and a hard-drive too! I almost got lucky though as someone over at a vintage mac google group sent me a hard-drive for free. Unfortunately it was DOA. Probably suffered a head-crash the moment I powered it up the first time as the original owner later told me it was in storage for more then a decade.
Apparently the heads like to stick to the platter if left off for such a long time so one of the heads was probably pulled out of alignment when the drive spinned up for the first time in more then 10 years.
In the end things worked out. I got a 80MB drive to replace it and it's working great. I also scored a SCSI iomega Zip 100 drive complete with ac adapter and SCSI cable off eBay for only $14 shipped! I sniped that near the end of an auction like a pro. Didn't use any third party software like eSnipe either. That's cheating in my opinion.
I just hit the bid button 10 seconds before the auction ended.
Here's a video showing it off:
This machine is fully upgraded to 4mb of ram. Currently no accelerator installed. I would get one if I found one at a good price, but since I'm going to save up to get an SE/30, I have no plans on getting any additional hardware for this machine.
I will post more vintage Macintosh things I acquire in the future in this thread.
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