My Compact Mac Collection is Finally Complete

[CompactMacLover]

I can finally say im done collecting Macs now as ive reached my goal of getting every USA Released compact mac. Its taken 10 years but ive finally done it.

This is what I have

Mac 128- 1983 Build Date

Mac 512- Former Aldus Machine

Mac Plus- Former University Newspaper machine

Mac SE- Childhood Machine

Mac SE SuperDrive- Childhood machine

Mac SE/30- Bought from a kid in high school, used to play MIDIs on it

Mac Classic- A family friend had one like this, was a graphic design computer- This one came from Rstanley on here

Mac Classic II- Came from the local university

Mac Performa 200- Came from the recyclers

Mac Color Classic- Came from rstanely on here

Every one of the machines has a story behind it. Now I can officially say im done collecting Macs, all Ill be looking for is accessories, Network cards and the like for them.

 

[Concorde1993]

Don't forget the Colour Classic II. :beige:

Overall, very nice, and congrats.

 

[CompactMacLover]

The color classic II is not affordable for me at the moment considering it wasnt made in the US. But maybe someday id like to get my hands on a Performa 275, CC II and Mac Ed. But im done looking for now. Ill let it find me.

 

[Classic Mac]

were you going to get my 20sc? :approve:

 

[Concorde1993]

The color classic II is not affordable for me at the moment considering it wasnt made in the US

I didn't say go out, and get one now. Naturally the CCII is going to be difficult to obtain since it was marketed only for overseas Apple customers.

But maybe someday id like to get my hands on a Performa 275, CC II and Mac Ed

If you can get your hands on a Mac TV, then obtaining a Mac ED should be a cakewalk for you.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Congratulations on your achieved MacNabbin' goal and your willpower in not collecting more of the suckers! )

 

[CompactMacLover]

The Mac TV was a lucky craigslist score. The guy had been using it as just a tv and thought that was all it did

 

[sirwiggum]

I'm jealous of people who get bargains on the Craig List

All we have here is Gumtree and it's full of overpriced nearly-new stuff. No bargains to be had at all! In fact, any bargains are usually snapped up then relisted immediately with an increased selling price.

 

[Scott Baret]

If you want an ED, you're probably going to have to look overseas. The Netherlands is your best bet; Apple seemed to sell more EDs there than in any other market.

Also, if you truly are looking for a complete compact collection, you'd need sub-varieties. There's a thread on here you can search for which talks about these machines (including platinum/beige Pluses, platinum/beige 512Kes, several models of the ED/Plus ED, European SEs badged with their configuration, SE FDHD/SuperDrive, Plus ROM revisions, sticker copyright/detail revisions, etc). I think we determined in that thread there are over 30 variants of compact Mac out there.

 

[CompactMacLover]

Im just sticking with the north american released ones. I dont have any room for anymore. At least until I buy a large house and make a basement full of old macs

 

[Mac128]

I'm with Scott here. Even if you exclude the foreign sold models, incremental revisions (ROM revs., etc.), and minor badging changes (ED, FDHD, etc.), at a minimum you still need to add the 512Ke. While I understand the space issue, to have a truly complete North American collection, you need the 512Ke (for the internal improvements) and to a lesser extent the beige AND 2nd gen. Platinum Mac Plus, which have different physical badging too. Good historical pairings with these three Macs are respectively, the HD 20, and HD SC (beige and Platinum if possible) - the good news is they don't take up any more floor space! You should also have a "Macintosh 128K" which not only has different physical badging, but also has a unique logic board configuration.

An arguable requirement is the Macintosh XL, which meets all the requirements of a Compact Mac, except footprint. But considering what it actually is, along with its relative rarity and high cost, I think most on here would give you a pass if you never get around to adding it to your collection.

But otherwise congrats, even this collection is a notable accomplishment, representing the major Compact benchmarks, especially since they all have something intangible that improves their worth, at least to you.

 

[Unknown_K]

The hard part is finding ethernet , SCSI (for the originals), accelerators, and other upgrades. Decent working keyboards for the original compacts with the telephone cord (and serial mice) are not that easy to find either.

 

[mactjaap]

Nice ED's etc are sold in the Netherlands. Like these:

http://link.marktplaats.nl/444823809

You can get them not so expensive here. Maximum bid is now 10 euro's ($15). If you want a try...give me a PM and I can do communication in Dutch.