macinbot
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One of the more rare Macs, even if it is a clone. The J710 was the last production Macintosh clone made. It was Apple approved hardware and even got the go-ahead for the System 8 license, but the expense was too high. Mine comes courtesy of the Umax man himself, Kennedy Brandt. This was his J710 that he used for a number of years after leaving Umax.
Even though I've had it for over a year, I haven't made time to restore it, or even get it up an booting. So over the last month or so, I spent some time on eBay sourcing parts to get it going. The biggest hurdle was sourcing a 4.5v battery. Here's some of the stuff I picked up:
My solution for the 4.5v battery was a battery case box for 3xAA batteries and to splice the old connector into it. Needed the adapter for the old mac connection to vga monitor. I spent some time last year looking for Umax branded keyboard/mouse, but couldn't find anything that someone didn't want a small mint for (people wanting $50 for a Umax keyboard are pretty delusional). So I came across the Macally mouse and keyboard that are from the same OEM as the Umax line (and Power Computing as well). Other than the logo, they are identical to the Umax ones.
More pix from the boot up in a bit.
Even though I've had it for over a year, I haven't made time to restore it, or even get it up an booting. So over the last month or so, I spent some time on eBay sourcing parts to get it going. The biggest hurdle was sourcing a 4.5v battery. Here's some of the stuff I picked up:
My solution for the 4.5v battery was a battery case box for 3xAA batteries and to splice the old connector into it. Needed the adapter for the old mac connection to vga monitor. I spent some time last year looking for Umax branded keyboard/mouse, but couldn't find anything that someone didn't want a small mint for (people wanting $50 for a Umax keyboard are pretty delusional). So I came across the Macally mouse and keyboard that are from the same OEM as the Umax line (and Power Computing as well). Other than the logo, they are identical to the Umax ones.
More pix from the boot up in a bit.