Some friends want to get rid of 3 compact Macs of their parents that were last touched in 2001. They would like these to go to people who want to keep them going, and I volunteered to act as the intermediary here.
I know nothing about Compact Macs, and need some advice on what information/leg work needs to be done before listing these on the Trading Post.
1) Macintosh Plus / 1MB M0001A
Appears to work fine, booting off of an external HD. However, was not able to try it out since we could not find a mouse with the correct connector, nor an adaptor. (Again, I know nothing, so am not even sure what the options are here).
Serial number indicates "Macintosh Plus (M0001A), ..., 6367th manufactured during the 23d week of 1986 in Fremont, CA".
Has both the keyboard with integrated numeric keypad, and a keyboard/numeric keypad as two separate parts.
2) Macintosh SE w/Superdrive M5011
Works fine (with limited testing), and appears to have 4MB memory.
Serial number indicates "Macintosh SE (B02), ..., was the 3842d manufactured during the 36th week of 1990 in Fremont, CA."
3) Macintosh SE/30 M5119
nonworking - powers up to a blank screen. Tried with external HD as well, and no difference. According to the note on the machine, same was true in 2001.
Serial number indicates "9832d manufactured during the 5th week of 1989 in Fremont, CA."
4) There are a few peripherals (Mac N Frost fan + extra outlets; external HD; keyboards and mice, ???), but I did not try to document what was there. I will if there is something important that I should be looking. I don't know if any of these have any upgrades either - haven't looked, nor know what to look for or how.
Thanks.
I know nothing about Compact Macs, and need some advice on what information/leg work needs to be done before listing these on the Trading Post.
1) Macintosh Plus / 1MB M0001A
Appears to work fine, booting off of an external HD. However, was not able to try it out since we could not find a mouse with the correct connector, nor an adaptor. (Again, I know nothing, so am not even sure what the options are here).
Serial number indicates "Macintosh Plus (M0001A), ..., 6367th manufactured during the 23d week of 1986 in Fremont, CA".
Has both the keyboard with integrated numeric keypad, and a keyboard/numeric keypad as two separate parts.
2) Macintosh SE w/Superdrive M5011
Works fine (with limited testing), and appears to have 4MB memory.
Serial number indicates "Macintosh SE (B02), ..., was the 3842d manufactured during the 36th week of 1990 in Fremont, CA."
3) Macintosh SE/30 M5119
nonworking - powers up to a blank screen. Tried with external HD as well, and no difference. According to the note on the machine, same was true in 2001.
Serial number indicates "9832d manufactured during the 5th week of 1989 in Fremont, CA."
4) There are a few peripherals (Mac N Frost fan + extra outlets; external HD; keyboards and mice, ???), but I did not try to document what was there. I will if there is something important that I should be looking. I don't know if any of these have any upgrades either - haven't looked, nor know what to look for or how.
Thanks.