Scott Baret
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Yes, I swore off picking up anything but obscure Macs (like EDs) last spring, but I found this haul on Craigslist and had to check it out, mostly because I wanted the Quadra 700 in the lot. I'll probably sell some of it on here, but it was a great way to fill up the trunk of my Civic for the first time.
I haven't booted any of these up yet so I don't have any specs, but I'm planning on doing exactly that tonight and will give some updates...
1. Macintosh Plus. No keyboard, but a mouse was included. I was told it works and there were several original system disks included with it (most of them look to be 6.0.x). Not sure what I'll do with this one--it looks pretty nice all around.
2. Macintosh SE. This one has a keyboard (original ADB) and mouse plus a hard drive. It's not in bad shape and I'm thinking of holding on to this one to replace one of my two dead Classics in my general purpose compact Mac squad (the kind that could be used for tutoring or whatnot). I was told this one works and I'm hoping it has more than 1MB RAM (but I have some extra from those dead Classics should I need to upgrade it). Of course, I do have an SE/30 logic board I could toss into this computer if all else fails.
3. Macintosh SE. It's pretty beat up (case has a few big nicks) and is a dual 800K model. I'm not really sure what I'm doing with this one, but it evidently does work.
4. Macintosh IIvx. This looks to be a stripped-down model, as it's missing a CD-ROM drive. There are no cards in the computer either. It has a standard Apple Keyboard II and is said to work. I may hold onto this one, at least until I get around to re-capping my IIci.
5. Macintosh Quadra 700. This is the reason I bought the lot. I sold mine last year and if there's any one Mac I regret getting rid of, it's that 700. This one doesn't have any cards, but it looks to be in good shape. It came with an Extended II keyboard. It also works.
6. Macintosh LC III. I was told this one doesn't have a hard drive. It's the standard model (not the III+) and has nothing in its slot. I really have no plans for it.
7. Macintosh Centris 610. This one was said to work. It too is missing a CD-ROM drive. It looks really nice but I don't have the room for it. This one's a toss-up. An Extended II was included.
8. Macintosh Centris 650. This one seems to be a parts machine. The case slid off during the ride home, it was said to have no hard drive, and is missing a foot on the bottom. I'll check it out later.
9. Macintosh Hi-Res RGB display. A good monitor--shame there's only one with all these modular Macs, but glad it's a Trinitron and not one of the low-end Performa/shadow mask monitors. I was told this works fine.
10. Box of assorted parts. There's a 280MB Quantum ProDrive sitting on top, as well as an Apple mic in its original box. There are mice for these Macs too. A few disks were in there as well--looks like a set of 7.1 disks (which probably go with one of these Macs), a pre-System 6 startup disk of some type, SAM, and a other utilities. I haven't really looked at the disks too closely though.
The guy also had an iMac G3, but was selling it separately. It was a tray-loader whose case wasn't in the best of shape but it did have two puck mice to go with it.
As of now I'm thinking of testing and selling the LCIII, 610, and possibly the 650 as long as I can load it up with parts. I'm not sure if I'll hang onto the Plus or the beater SE. As of now I'm keeping the monitor, 700, IIvx, and the other SE. I may get rid of one of the Extended II keyboards too.
Updates will follow later tonight. I probably won't put anything in the Trading Post section until later this week.
I haven't booted any of these up yet so I don't have any specs, but I'm planning on doing exactly that tonight and will give some updates...
1. Macintosh Plus. No keyboard, but a mouse was included. I was told it works and there were several original system disks included with it (most of them look to be 6.0.x). Not sure what I'll do with this one--it looks pretty nice all around.
2. Macintosh SE. This one has a keyboard (original ADB) and mouse plus a hard drive. It's not in bad shape and I'm thinking of holding on to this one to replace one of my two dead Classics in my general purpose compact Mac squad (the kind that could be used for tutoring or whatnot). I was told this one works and I'm hoping it has more than 1MB RAM (but I have some extra from those dead Classics should I need to upgrade it). Of course, I do have an SE/30 logic board I could toss into this computer if all else fails.
3. Macintosh SE. It's pretty beat up (case has a few big nicks) and is a dual 800K model. I'm not really sure what I'm doing with this one, but it evidently does work.
4. Macintosh IIvx. This looks to be a stripped-down model, as it's missing a CD-ROM drive. There are no cards in the computer either. It has a standard Apple Keyboard II and is said to work. I may hold onto this one, at least until I get around to re-capping my IIci.
5. Macintosh Quadra 700. This is the reason I bought the lot. I sold mine last year and if there's any one Mac I regret getting rid of, it's that 700. This one doesn't have any cards, but it looks to be in good shape. It came with an Extended II keyboard. It also works.
6. Macintosh LC III. I was told this one doesn't have a hard drive. It's the standard model (not the III+) and has nothing in its slot. I really have no plans for it.
7. Macintosh Centris 610. This one was said to work. It too is missing a CD-ROM drive. It looks really nice but I don't have the room for it. This one's a toss-up. An Extended II was included.
8. Macintosh Centris 650. This one seems to be a parts machine. The case slid off during the ride home, it was said to have no hard drive, and is missing a foot on the bottom. I'll check it out later.
9. Macintosh Hi-Res RGB display. A good monitor--shame there's only one with all these modular Macs, but glad it's a Trinitron and not one of the low-end Performa/shadow mask monitors. I was told this works fine.
10. Box of assorted parts. There's a 280MB Quantum ProDrive sitting on top, as well as an Apple mic in its original box. There are mice for these Macs too. A few disks were in there as well--looks like a set of 7.1 disks (which probably go with one of these Macs), a pre-System 6 startup disk of some type, SAM, and a other utilities. I haven't really looked at the disks too closely though.
The guy also had an iMac G3, but was selling it separately. It was a tray-loader whose case wasn't in the best of shape but it did have two puck mice to go with it.
As of now I'm thinking of testing and selling the LCIII, 610, and possibly the 650 as long as I can load it up with parts. I'm not sure if I'll hang onto the Plus or the beater SE. As of now I'm keeping the monitor, 700, IIvx, and the other SE. I may get rid of one of the Extended II keyboards too.
Updates will follow later tonight. I probably won't put anything in the Trading Post section until later this week.