Applemeister
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Last Sunday, I came back with a monster haul. I've split the list up into sections, to make it easier to navigate
Hardware
• Macintosh IIsi
• Macintosh Color Display
• 2x MASS SyQuest drives (one apparently doesn't work)
• AppleCD 300
• ADB Keyboard (the original one, plus cable)
• ADB I Mouse
• ADB II Mouse (this one must be first-gen, as it has a black tracking ball inside and doesn't have "Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II" etched into the case)
• Apple PlainTalk microphone (the IIsi has the little bracket for storing this attached to the side of its case)
• Global Village modem (no model, and no speed printed)
• 2x HDDs – one made by Apple, the other by some other company
• 2 or 3 memory modules (two of them are 32 MB Kingston and are still in their original boxes)
Software
• HyperCard 1.2.2 (British)
• HyperCard 2.1 (British) – only the Program disk, though, and it's paritally corrupt
• HyperCard 1.1 (Z2)
• LetraStudio 2.0
• Macintosh PowerBook Disk Tools
Literature
• HyperCard User's Guide
• Addendum to Getting Started With HyperCard and Version 1.2 Update
• 2x DataPak Removable Cartridge Drives manuals
• AppleCD 300 User's Guide
• Qisk SCSI storage units for Macintosh manual
Misc.
• An absolute truckload of SCSI cables (some still unopened in their plastic bags)
• 2x SCSI terminators
• Macintosh SE carry bag (this was holding the keyboard, mice, literature, software, and all the cables)
• Several power cables, including a very unusual one that has a label with the 1977-1983 Apple logo printed on it in red
• A really strange set of synthetic covers in a cream/brown colour, one of which has "Macintosh Plus" printed on it.
• Macintosh VGA monitor cable
• LaserWriter cable
• Farallon telephone extension leads with hubs
• Floppy disk archival unit (has 6 drawers)
Now for a few details regarding this part of the haul.
I haven't yet booted the IIsi, so I'm not too sure of specs. When advertised on Freecycle, the e-mail stated that it was running System 7.5.
Unfortunately, most of the HyperCard disks are corrupt.For example, I could only make disk images for disk 2 & 3 of HyperCard Z1-1.2.2. I copied virtually everything from disk 1 (only 2 or 3 stacks couldn't be transferred, due to a disk error).
From HyperCard B1-2.1, all I could salvage from the disk were two stacks. And from HyperCard Z2-1.1, I managed to make images of all the disks bar the first one. I could only get a handful of stacks from the first disk, and the LaserWriter Chooser extension. Fortunately, the HyperCard application itself, was also on the last disk (not sure why, but it saved me in this case ).
I have the original wallet which Z1-1.2.2 came in and another one that has been completely unopened and is still shrinkwrapped. I'm not sure of the version for the shrinkwrapped copy, but the wallet differs slightly in that it has "HyperCard™ Basica" printed on the front, and has an unusual address at the back: "Apple Computer, Inc. 2025 Mariani Avenue, Cupertino, California."
The SyQuest drives and the AppleCD 300 are unusual in that they've been placed inside an outer casing, labelled d2. I was always under the impression that d2 only made software and not cases for external SCSI devices...
One of the main advantages I see to this is that it's protected the units inside from yellowing Unfortunately, I can't dismantle them to reveal the original unit inside, as they've been assembled using some strange star-shaped screws which I'm figuring can only be removed with a Torx-7 screwdriver...
Right....now comes Part II lol!
I brought back a IIci and another UMAX Apus 2000 from uni yesterday. I've booted up the former, and it looks like it's an ex-Students' Union machine, judging by some of the content that was left on the hard disk and a small sticker on the underside with the letters "SU". It would also explain why there is, what appears to be, a cigarette burn on the casing. It's not in the best condition, with a few marks here and a few scratches there, but you have to look really closely to see them.
Unfortunately, someone pinched the NuBus Ethernet card from it, and there's a gaping hole in the slot where that once lived
It's running System 7.1 and has 4 MB RAM, plus an 80 MB hard disk. For some reason, someone set the resolution to black & white, despite the IIci having a graphics card that supports colour. I don't recall seeing any Macintosh Monochrome Displays lying about – unless they all got chucked years ago lol! – so I'm not too sure why someone would've set the resolution to B&W.
The monitor I was using to test the IIci with was the Macintosh Color Display I got with the IIci. Unfortunately, the screen is really pink/magenta. Is this something that can be easily repaired, or is the CRT permanently damaged?
I took the UMAX for the simple reason that I really messed mine up internally when I was attempting to re-assemble it after having replaced the PRAM battery. Now that I have an identical model with all the bits in the right place, I can open it up and see what goes where.
Its case is in really poor condition with some serious scratch marks, but I think I'll keep it anyway. A UMAX is a UMAX
I've got some screenshots of the IIci, so I'll make those available at some stage.
Whew! That was a long post!
Hardware
• Macintosh IIsi
• Macintosh Color Display
• 2x MASS SyQuest drives (one apparently doesn't work)
• AppleCD 300
• ADB Keyboard (the original one, plus cable)
• ADB I Mouse
• ADB II Mouse (this one must be first-gen, as it has a black tracking ball inside and doesn't have "Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II" etched into the case)
• Apple PlainTalk microphone (the IIsi has the little bracket for storing this attached to the side of its case)
• Global Village modem (no model, and no speed printed)
• 2x HDDs – one made by Apple, the other by some other company
• 2 or 3 memory modules (two of them are 32 MB Kingston and are still in their original boxes)
Software
• HyperCard 1.2.2 (British)
• HyperCard 2.1 (British) – only the Program disk, though, and it's paritally corrupt
• HyperCard 1.1 (Z2)
• LetraStudio 2.0
• Macintosh PowerBook Disk Tools
Literature
• HyperCard User's Guide
• Addendum to Getting Started With HyperCard and Version 1.2 Update
• 2x DataPak Removable Cartridge Drives manuals
• AppleCD 300 User's Guide
• Qisk SCSI storage units for Macintosh manual
Misc.
• An absolute truckload of SCSI cables (some still unopened in their plastic bags)
• 2x SCSI terminators
• Macintosh SE carry bag (this was holding the keyboard, mice, literature, software, and all the cables)
• Several power cables, including a very unusual one that has a label with the 1977-1983 Apple logo printed on it in red
• A really strange set of synthetic covers in a cream/brown colour, one of which has "Macintosh Plus" printed on it.
• Macintosh VGA monitor cable
• LaserWriter cable
• Farallon telephone extension leads with hubs
• Floppy disk archival unit (has 6 drawers)
Now for a few details regarding this part of the haul.
I haven't yet booted the IIsi, so I'm not too sure of specs. When advertised on Freecycle, the e-mail stated that it was running System 7.5.
Unfortunately, most of the HyperCard disks are corrupt.For example, I could only make disk images for disk 2 & 3 of HyperCard Z1-1.2.2. I copied virtually everything from disk 1 (only 2 or 3 stacks couldn't be transferred, due to a disk error).
From HyperCard B1-2.1, all I could salvage from the disk were two stacks. And from HyperCard Z2-1.1, I managed to make images of all the disks bar the first one. I could only get a handful of stacks from the first disk, and the LaserWriter Chooser extension. Fortunately, the HyperCard application itself, was also on the last disk (not sure why, but it saved me in this case ).
I have the original wallet which Z1-1.2.2 came in and another one that has been completely unopened and is still shrinkwrapped. I'm not sure of the version for the shrinkwrapped copy, but the wallet differs slightly in that it has "HyperCard™ Basica" printed on the front, and has an unusual address at the back: "Apple Computer, Inc. 2025 Mariani Avenue, Cupertino, California."
The SyQuest drives and the AppleCD 300 are unusual in that they've been placed inside an outer casing, labelled d2. I was always under the impression that d2 only made software and not cases for external SCSI devices...
One of the main advantages I see to this is that it's protected the units inside from yellowing Unfortunately, I can't dismantle them to reveal the original unit inside, as they've been assembled using some strange star-shaped screws which I'm figuring can only be removed with a Torx-7 screwdriver...
Right....now comes Part II lol!
I brought back a IIci and another UMAX Apus 2000 from uni yesterday. I've booted up the former, and it looks like it's an ex-Students' Union machine, judging by some of the content that was left on the hard disk and a small sticker on the underside with the letters "SU". It would also explain why there is, what appears to be, a cigarette burn on the casing. It's not in the best condition, with a few marks here and a few scratches there, but you have to look really closely to see them.
Unfortunately, someone pinched the NuBus Ethernet card from it, and there's a gaping hole in the slot where that once lived
It's running System 7.1 and has 4 MB RAM, plus an 80 MB hard disk. For some reason, someone set the resolution to black & white, despite the IIci having a graphics card that supports colour. I don't recall seeing any Macintosh Monochrome Displays lying about – unless they all got chucked years ago lol! – so I'm not too sure why someone would've set the resolution to B&W.
The monitor I was using to test the IIci with was the Macintosh Color Display I got with the IIci. Unfortunately, the screen is really pink/magenta. Is this something that can be easily repaired, or is the CRT permanently damaged?
I took the UMAX for the simple reason that I really messed mine up internally when I was attempting to re-assemble it after having replaced the PRAM battery. Now that I have an identical model with all the bits in the right place, I can open it up and see what goes where.
Its case is in really poor condition with some serious scratch marks, but I think I'll keep it anyway. A UMAX is a UMAX
I've got some screenshots of the IIci, so I'll make those available at some stage.
Whew! That was a long post!