I had made several conquest threads since February, so this post is to make up for what was lost, in addition to showing some things I acquired that I hadn't posted about yet.
Around late Feb/March time, I acquired a Compaq TFT8030 - it arrived damaged and at first it wouldn't power on at all. Thankfully, it "fixed" itself and started to work after about 30 minutes. I chose this after Bolle recommended it, and it's actually a really good monitor to use with old Macs. It syncs with pretty much anything, and has dual DVI/VGA and really great built-in software. I'd definitely recommend getting one if you can find one. Here I am pretending to know what I'm doing in Illustrator:
I picked up an unused boxed Crescendo G3 NuBus card, which I used in my 6100 for a bit (I didn't keep it, sold it on after using it for a little while but realising that a G3 in a 6100 significantly heats things up past the point I'm comfortable with).
What I did discover is that it supports System 7.1.2 which flies on a G3!
I got lucky with an eBay auction and managed to pick up a couple of boxed Daystar beauties:
The Adapter SE is quite a rare thing - and it now belongs to @Bolle - here's what it looks like:
Picked up a cheap and dirty IIcx off eBay - I recapped it and managed to get it working. I still have it. I'll re-create my restoration thread for this.
I ended up with a boxed copy of KanjiTalk that came with an SE/30 I bought from Japan, not something you see every day. Ended up selling that on because I have no need for it, but it was rather nice looking:
I picked up a near mint boxed IIci from Japan - I need a create a thread for it, but here's a few quick pictures:
Also picked up a Colour Classic II from Japan. Sold as non-working, it booted right up:
Picked up some graphics cards, a Rasterops GS/CM and Radius TPDII-M:
Things really ramped up a bit in May, when I won several eBay auctions, I think it was 28 Macs in total + accessories. The whole load filled my Civic.
I might try to re-create my thread about this haul, but it was quite a lot of stuff, some of which I still have, and some of which has gone to new homes now.
I picked up an Interware video card for my SE/30, so I can finally have an external monitor set up with my SE/30:
Look how big the box is:
As if the first haul wasn't enough... in May I picked up haul #2, an absolute boat load of Mac stuff again, which again filled my car.
I cannot remember everything that was in this haul - but it was 9 Macs, something like 10 AEKIIs, and industrial levels of ADB mice and other things. I've shifted probably half of it already, including all the bulky machines, but I'm left with some keyboards and AAUI adapters and a couple of machines I wanted to keep.
There was some 'unusual' stuff in that haul, including two mint boxed LaCie SCSI CD drives:
One of the 6100s I ended up with had a DOS card in it, which actually worked. Neat, but not really my cup of tea so that was sold on.
Something that was gifted to me recently was this, yet another Daystar beauty:
And I picked up a Quadra 700, something I've wanted for years. I need to re-create my restoration thread for it, but here's some pics.
There are various bits I've picked up that I haven't mentioned, need to take some photos but off the top of my head, there are various NuBus cards and accelerators I've picked up that I'll summarise in a 2nd post.
Around late Feb/March time, I acquired a Compaq TFT8030 - it arrived damaged and at first it wouldn't power on at all. Thankfully, it "fixed" itself and started to work after about 30 minutes. I chose this after Bolle recommended it, and it's actually a really good monitor to use with old Macs. It syncs with pretty much anything, and has dual DVI/VGA and really great built-in software. I'd definitely recommend getting one if you can find one. Here I am pretending to know what I'm doing in Illustrator:
I picked up an unused boxed Crescendo G3 NuBus card, which I used in my 6100 for a bit (I didn't keep it, sold it on after using it for a little while but realising that a G3 in a 6100 significantly heats things up past the point I'm comfortable with).
What I did discover is that it supports System 7.1.2 which flies on a G3!
I got lucky with an eBay auction and managed to pick up a couple of boxed Daystar beauties:
The Adapter SE is quite a rare thing - and it now belongs to @Bolle - here's what it looks like:
Picked up a cheap and dirty IIcx off eBay - I recapped it and managed to get it working. I still have it. I'll re-create my restoration thread for this.
I ended up with a boxed copy of KanjiTalk that came with an SE/30 I bought from Japan, not something you see every day. Ended up selling that on because I have no need for it, but it was rather nice looking:
I picked up a near mint boxed IIci from Japan - I need a create a thread for it, but here's a few quick pictures:
Also picked up a Colour Classic II from Japan. Sold as non-working, it booted right up:
Picked up some graphics cards, a Rasterops GS/CM and Radius TPDII-M:
Things really ramped up a bit in May, when I won several eBay auctions, I think it was 28 Macs in total + accessories. The whole load filled my Civic.
I might try to re-create my thread about this haul, but it was quite a lot of stuff, some of which I still have, and some of which has gone to new homes now.
I picked up an Interware video card for my SE/30, so I can finally have an external monitor set up with my SE/30:
Look how big the box is:
As if the first haul wasn't enough... in May I picked up haul #2, an absolute boat load of Mac stuff again, which again filled my car.
I cannot remember everything that was in this haul - but it was 9 Macs, something like 10 AEKIIs, and industrial levels of ADB mice and other things. I've shifted probably half of it already, including all the bulky machines, but I'm left with some keyboards and AAUI adapters and a couple of machines I wanted to keep.
There was some 'unusual' stuff in that haul, including two mint boxed LaCie SCSI CD drives:
One of the 6100s I ended up with had a DOS card in it, which actually worked. Neat, but not really my cup of tea so that was sold on.
Something that was gifted to me recently was this, yet another Daystar beauty:
And I picked up a Quadra 700, something I've wanted for years. I need to re-create my restoration thread for it, but here's some pics.
There are various bits I've picked up that I haven't mentioned, need to take some photos but off the top of my head, there are various NuBus cards and accelerators I've picked up that I'll summarise in a 2nd post.