Mac IIci desktop publishing system

[rickrob]

I've been working on this one for a while-- about 5 months I think. A Mac IIci desktop publishing system.

The IIci is 100 percent recapped including the PSU. It has 68MB RAM, SCSI2SD, A Supermac Spectrum 24 III video card and an Apple PC Floppy card.

It also has a Daystar Turbo 040 Card. There's a Data Modem 2400 and a Jaz drive too.

The OneScanner and all the drives 800K, 5.25 PC Drive, and the CD300e all work. Recapped the CD300e controller board as well.

The LCD is a Samsung VS151 15 inch, running at 800x600, millions of colors.

The Laserwriter is a IIg with 8MB RAM. It was dead when I got it, with bad caps in the AC power block.  Fixed those and replaced all the paper feed and delivery rollers and the separation pad.

The printer had some yellowing, but a little RetroBright fixed that.

I don't have a land line, so I have no way to test the modem. It was NIB, still sealed in the bag.

@oldappleguy helped me out quite a bit with parts and pieces to get this up and running, so a big thanks goes out to him. The system would not have turned out like this with out his help.

 

[MOS8_030]

Very nice assemblage!

I miss my LaserWriters.

Damn fine printers.

 

[Byrd]

Thanks for spending the time to do the setup - I love these period correct DTP builds.  I'm currently doing similar, an 840AV and I found an Omni handscanner ... remember those?

 

[dcr]

That is a nice setup.  The Macintosh IIci was the first Mac I used for work for desktop publishing.  The monitor was a Radius Color Pivot Display which was pretty cool with the way it auto-adjusted the screen (long before the iPad!).  It eventually began to fail and was replaced with a SuperMac monitor.  I'm not sure if that was before or after Radius bought SuperMac.

 

[beachycove]

Make sure you install Hyperscan for that OneScanner! It was a HyperCard stack written by Bill A. himself, and only works with the early Apple scanners.

What software are you otherwise running on it, btw?

 

[rickrob]

Thanks for spending the time to do the setup - I love these period correct DTP builds.  I'm currently doing similar, an 840AV and I found an Omni handscanner ... remember those?

Sure do-- I had a half page hand scanner way back.  I forget who made it though, maybe Marstek?

 

[rickrob]

Make sure you install Hyperscan for that OneScanner! It was a HyperCard stack written by Bill A. himself, and only works with the early Apple scanners.

What software are you otherwise running on it, btw?

Right now, I have System 7 Pro, Photoshop 4, Illustrator 6 and Pagemaker 6 and Office 4.2.1 on it.  Also has Ofoto scanner software and the Original Apple scanner app.

I'll give Hyperscan a try!

 

[rickrob]

Very nice assemblage!

I miss my LaserWriters.

Damn fine printers.

 Thanks-- The IIg prints really nice for a 300dpi printer.  A lot of Laserjet II / III parts will work with it -- same SX engine .

I have a LW 4/600 too.

 

[MOS8_030]

 Thanks-- The IIg prints really nice for a 300dpi printer.  A lot of Laserjet II / III parts will work with it -- same SX engine .

I have a LW 4/600 too.

I had a IIg and later a 16/600 that I got at Goodwill for $50 around 2000. It even had the extra sheet feeder.

It lasted about five years then the fuser died and I should have repaired it, but I didn't.