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chiptripper

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Hi! First: claanu = chiptripper now. (I'm working on a vintage Mac project and figured my username should match.)

I've been finding lots of stuff lately, so I'm making a thread.

Earlier this month I bought a sad, broken IIGS. It's clearly had a rough life and I paid a lot for it. Why?

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Here's a hint:

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chiptripper

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Contents: -AE GS RAM -Roger Wagner -Sandwich II SCSI -IIGS Video Overlay Card -ComputerEyes (video capture card?) -ZipGS Accelerator. And the thing even boots, ROM3.

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chiptripper

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It is just chock full of goodies isn't it? If mine had looked like that inside, I wouldn't have let it go to someone else!
To be honest I'll probably let this one go too. The IIGS was just a hair before my time, by the time I got interested in Apple stuff the computer labs were full of Color Classics and LCs.

So I'll probably test and fix these cards (video overlay card definitely needs a recap) and put them up for grabs.
 

olePigeon

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I always associate the IIgs with the Police Quest game because my friend got a IIgs for Christmas one year, and we watched him play the game. I think I was 10 or 11 years old. Good times. :)
 

chiptripper

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Sad conquest, check out the TAM I just received. Seller did a poor job, one layer of thin bubble wrap between components, small box. All very avoidable. Computer itself is in OK shape, but it was pristine before it shipped. Bummer.
 

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Durosity

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Man that sucks. I’d be pissed. That said I just got a Q660av in the post and it was in a box.. with no bubblewrap at all.
 

tecneeq

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Many people have no clue, it's best to give them a hint that lack of care might cost their money (if bought via Ebay).
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I hope this wasn't your money!
 

Durosity

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Many people have no clue, it's best to give them a hint that lack of care might cost their money (if bought via Ebay).
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I hope this wasn't your money!
Yeah I usually send a message about it when I pay.. in this case though fortunately whilst the front has been smashed the rest is fine, so I’ve swapped it with a spare one I luckily had. The machine was actually very cheap and whilst I could request a return via eBay frankly even as it arrived it’s worth more to me than a refund.
 

chiptripper

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TAM actually came back together nicely. Took it apart and re-bonded the CD cover with acetone, and rebuilt the shattered “foot” of the Bose unit using acetone, Tamiya putty, and approximately one million shattered bits of ABS. I was terrified of disassembling thIs thing but it wasn’t as bad as I expected. Happy with the results.
 

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chiptripper

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Absolutely the cleanest battery bomb I've ever come across. This Quadra 700 will probably live again. The floppy drive took the hit though, completely nuked.
 

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CC_333

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It looks like that drive's spindle motor took most of the damage, but hopefully the electronic board and other parts are salvageable.

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chiptripper

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Yeah most of the drive is salvageable too, even the housing if I can work up the energy to sand and paint. Good thing too, I have three or four of these FDDs waiting on parts.
 

joshc

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Ooh that's like the Power Mac 7100 I had where the CD drive took all the battery explosion and protected pretty much everything else. Nice. RIP to your SuperDrive though.
 

chiptripper

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Bought a G3 desktop on a hunch and found this delight inside, OrangePC 660 with a 400 MHz AMD K6.
 

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