I picked up a few machines from a local friend.
Here's what I know so far:
Depending on how much time I have and what they look like when I finally bring them in, I'll probably recycle the MacBook Pro and the iMac. Tough saying what I'll do with them if they work, because I've not got a handful of machines from that particular era. If it ends up working, I'll likely use the iMac for some 10.5/10.6 utility stuff, perhaps the file transfers I mentioned above, but we'll see.
There were also a couple spare ibook/powerbook AC adapters and a few zip disks in the lot. At least one serial cable, an HDI50-CEN50 SCSI cable, (might be the target disk mode cable, I need to look) and one or two firewire and USB cables from random peripherals the previous owner had.
I'm going to swap a newer PC laptop I'm not using to them, since they mentioned being interested in repairing the macbook pro to give to a friend who is using something even older. (ouch).
They might have some more stuff laying around, I'll put out a casual reminder to consider sending any e-waste to me.
Here's what I know so far:
- iBook "SE" Indigo, 366MHz, 320MB/10GB, probably Combo. (Firewire!) - works, great condition, but needs its hard disk replaced probably. Gonna use this as my main mobile OS9 machine, esp. for vtools admin & dreamweaver. Have an original restore set. I could use one of the a/v output cables if someone's got one.
- iBook G4 12-inch 1.33GHz. 512MB/100GB, probably Combo. Also works, need to reformat. Unsure what I'm going to use this for yet. Possibly use it instead of a Mac mini for vtools file transfers w/ orig 10.4 install + patches, or 10.5.
- PowerBook 145B - unsure of details on this, except that I have a SCSI adapter, it looks like it has a modem, and a microphone.
- MacBook Pro (Late 2007 or early 2008) GF8600/2.0 - probably dead.
- iMac 'DV" 400. Probably 64/10, has box + accessory kit, original CDs.
- iMac Core/2Duo 2.0/[forgot] - also still in the car, is reported to be dead.
Depending on how much time I have and what they look like when I finally bring them in, I'll probably recycle the MacBook Pro and the iMac. Tough saying what I'll do with them if they work, because I've not got a handful of machines from that particular era. If it ends up working, I'll likely use the iMac for some 10.5/10.6 utility stuff, perhaps the file transfers I mentioned above, but we'll see.
There were also a couple spare ibook/powerbook AC adapters and a few zip disks in the lot. At least one serial cable, an HDI50-CEN50 SCSI cable, (might be the target disk mode cable, I need to look) and one or two firewire and USB cables from random peripherals the previous owner had.
I'm going to swap a newer PC laptop I'm not using to them, since they mentioned being interested in repairing the macbook pro to give to a friend who is using something even older. (ouch).
They might have some more stuff laying around, I'll put out a casual reminder to consider sending any e-waste to me.