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[macman142]

Goodness me! A G4 cube WITH the speakers, power supply and original VGA adapter for $75? Very well done indeed.

Also, the Indigo was worth picking up in that condition for only $15 too.

 

[Mk.558]

See if you can find me some goodies in your area -- there's squat in my area. I need two 1.44 floppies that work and a M0116 keyboard that's in great condition (yellowed is fine). A programmer's switch for a Compact would be great.

 

[mcdermd]

The Indigo iBook G3 works great. I put an 80GB hard drive in it and replaced the CD-ROM with a DVD-R/W DL (overkill? ). The battery even holds over two hours' worth of a charge.

 

[mcdermd]

Small but cool - an Apple-branded joystick "for Apple IIe and Apple IIc" and a beige PowerMac G3 266Mhz.

 

[macman142]

Awesome. Damn you do well!

Pics are required though :lol:

 

[mcdermd]

Keep forgetting to do this ...

 

[mcdermd]

I got to pick through a 5'x5'x5' box overflowing with vintage gear at NextStep Recycling in Eugene, OR today. It was full of stuff they were supposed to sort and put up on eBay. A few //c's, a ][+, some //e's, Classics, Imagewriters, Plusses, a Color Classic, a few Performas, a PowerCD with dock (no adapter). I got to the bottom and my heart skipped - a Lisa II. No keyboard or mouse. Did not power on. I offered a few hundred for it but they wouldn't sell off of eBay.

I did manage to grab a nice //c with power supply, a DuoDock II and a PowerBook 100 series external floppy, though.

 

[Cosmo]

It's amazing to read such places to exsist. Wonder how much they were hoping for? Those Apple II's really really really... i want even one! Lisa II would have been really great, if i remember correctly, you did't have any so far?

Still, //c is good find, specially working, clean one. I am wondering if should pay 150€ for complete set of //c + monitor + external drive + original manuals and disks.

I am going today (haven't done this for years) one local recycling-shop (the largest of metropolitan area), but really, i do not expect to find *any* apple/macintoshes. I have a winter vacation so my 3.5 year daughter is coming with me, maybe can find some books or toys for her aleast if daddy wont find any toys for himself :lol:

 

[Leografix]

For my Apple Network Server 500/132:

1. The 150 MHz CPU card

2. The 1 MB Level 2 Cache module

3. The Apple Network Server 700 ROM Module

4. One 68 Pin SCSI Interconnection Board (now ALL 5 HD trays will be fed with 72 GB drives!)

5. Two 50 Pin SCSI Interconnection Boards (just for backup somehow)

Still looking for some parts though...

J

 

[mcdermd]

Wonder how much they were hoping for? Those Apple II's really really really... i want even one!

Since the pile was going on ebay, they were looking up recent sold prices then giving me a price just under the lowest price they found. So they weren't very smoking deals but they were at least "fair". Using that pricing method, he gave me a $100 price on the ][+. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I already have a IIe, IIe Platinum and a IIgs.

Their organization is a non-profit that uses recycling or reselling electronics and other equipment to fund giving working computers to non-profits and low-income community members. They offer free computer classes. They allow people to volunteer at their centers to "earn" a computer. So they do some good. I don't feel bad about paying them a few more dollars than I would University surplus.

Lisa II would have been really great, if i remember correctly, you did't have any so far?

Yes, the Lisa would have been really great and no, I don't have one yet. Unfortunately, most are way too rich for me right now (even broken ones).

 

[Cosmo]

100 usd for Apple IIe... that's aint too bad! I've been looking one for ages here but no luck. One auction is been up for one IIe with monitor, two drives and printer (+ lots of software) for starting price for bids 299 euro. Don't know how much he wants for it.

 

[Unknown_K]

I won a working G4 MDD (867mhz DP, 512MB, 60GB) for $37 shipped on ebay, should be here this week. After a few upgrades this will probably be the newest Mac I ever get (if I can't run OS 9 on it I don't want it).

Also got a Thinkpad T20 for something like $8 last week (it needed a HD) and a Thinkpad A30 a few days before that (needed an LCD transplant from a junker I had). P3 Thinkpads rock!

 

[mcdermd]

100 usd for Apple IIe... that's aint too bad! I've been looking one for ages here but no luck. One auction is been up for one IIe with monitor, two drives and printer (+ lots of software) for starting price for bids 299 euro.

$100USD was for a ][ Plus. The IIe's were cheaper. He looked up recent auction sales for an original Apple ][ and found one at $850! 8-o

 

[mcdermd]

Picked up a few things -

a Power Macintosh G3 mini tower (266MHz/256MB/60GB) for $10

a (working!) 30GB 2.5" external firewire drive (Smartdisk FireLite) for 50 cents

a Zip 100 Plus drive and two Zip disks for $2

an external Panasonic SCSI CD-ROM drive (KXL-D720) for $1. This one is black and looks good with the NeXTStation Turbo

 

[Cosmo]

an external Panasonic SCSI CD-ROM drive (KXL-D720) for $1. This one is black and looks good with the NeXTStation Turbo

That's good find for SCSI2 and really cheap. Put a picture on your site with the drive so we can see how it looks like? Perfect match?

 

[Arths]

Wow nice conquests

 

[BGoins12]

Man! Where do you guys find this stuff? I can't find ANYTHING older than a G3 or G4 around here. I've had my eyes glued to every site around here looking for a IIfx.

 

[mcdermd]

Perfect match?

Close enough:

Where do you guys find this stuff?

I'm an avid craigslist searcher and keep my feelers out to friends and acquaintances for hand-me-downs. That latest batch was bought at a HamFest I went to with my brother. I also have the bonus of weekly university surplus sales, electronics stores with surplus junk areas and local recyclers.

 

[jruschme]

Well, I don't have a NexStation, but I do have one of those Panasonic portable CD-ROMs I could be convinced to part with.

Actually, two... one with speakers and one without, though I only have one PCMCIA card.

JR

 

[mcdermd]

Forgot to post that I picked up a $10 266MHZ Wallstreet II for parts last week. Seems to work alright but it has a bad LCD and a hole in every plastic piece due to a drop.

Found software install sets for my Dual USB iBook G3 and GigE PowerBook G4 today.