Hi guys,
Finally came across something I have always wanted, a Mac Portable M5120!
I already have a lot of the PowerPC stuff, an iMac G4 lampshade, some Powerbook G4's (15 and 17"), some iBook's, a sawtooth, ...
So this is the very first of the "older" generation Mac's for me.
I also have a lot of the other retro stuff from my (very) young age, things like a TI-99/4a, Commodore 64, Commodore PET, a Tandy TRS 80, computers which were "sort of" affordable when I was a youngster. Unlike the Mac Portable, which was anything but affordable
I bought it "non-working", according to the previous owner it was working most of the years he owned it, until after leaving it without charging for too long (equals blasphemy), the battery died, and with it the possibility to actually test it before buying.
I only ended up paying 100€ for it, a gamble I am more then willing to take!
Now, I do now the credo, "recap, recap, recap", and obviously find a solution for the dead battery, before even thinking of connecting the powersupply!
Pictures under here (click for full size version).
Finally came across something I have always wanted, a Mac Portable M5120!
I already have a lot of the PowerPC stuff, an iMac G4 lampshade, some Powerbook G4's (15 and 17"), some iBook's, a sawtooth, ...
So this is the very first of the "older" generation Mac's for me.
I also have a lot of the other retro stuff from my (very) young age, things like a TI-99/4a, Commodore 64, Commodore PET, a Tandy TRS 80, computers which were "sort of" affordable when I was a youngster. Unlike the Mac Portable, which was anything but affordable
I bought it "non-working", according to the previous owner it was working most of the years he owned it, until after leaving it without charging for too long (equals blasphemy), the battery died, and with it the possibility to actually test it before buying.
I only ended up paying 100€ for it, a gamble I am more then willing to take!
Now, I do now the credo, "recap, recap, recap", and obviously find a solution for the dead battery, before even thinking of connecting the powersupply!
Pictures under here (click for full size version).
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