"They're gonna throw away some old Macs at work..."

[MinerAl]

"...you want 'em?" 

My dad works where they used to use Macs to run analysis hardware, and asked me if I wanted the old Macs they were going to pitch.  Sure!

So, Monday he shows up at my house with two PM 9500s.  Sweet!  One has a Sonnet upgrade that I haven't investigated yet.

Tuesday he shows up with a Quadra 950, with the key.  "I think it has an old 9GB SCSI server drive in it."

Then last night while I'm showing him my Portable he drops off two Quadra 840AVs!

My wife's gonna kill me.

 

[EvilCapitalist]

Just show her prices for the aforementioned machines and say "It's an investment!"

Getting what you just got for FREE is a seriously great haul.

 

[ScutBoy]

"They're gonna throw away some old Macs at work..."

I _love_ it when I hear a sentence that begins this way

That's some seriously nice stuff - have fun!

 

[MinerAl]

The 950's door goes back on, but I haven't fiddled with it yet.  Don't want to shatter any plastic bits.

 

[uniserver]

Good stuff man, You hit the Mac jackpot

 

[MinerAl]

This has been a good week Mac-quisition wise.

 

[Sherry Haibara]

I just love this kind of things Congratulations for the haul!

 

[commodorejohn]

If you're worried about what the wife will say you could always send one of those 840s over my way

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

Sell an 840AV, buy her something nice. Should solve any issues.

 

[trag]

Soooooo envious....

Nice haul.  

 

[CC_333]

I'll take a Q840av!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I tried getting one, but one beat up case and three logic boards later, it's still just a heap of broken parts.

c

 

[MinerAl]

Dad dropped off another 9500/132 and another Q950 tonight. And a bucket of ADKs and mice.

The 9500 with the Sonnet accelerator in it is a G4/350.

 

[madmax_2069]

A 840av has always been something I wanted to get.

 

[olePigeon]

Analysis, huh?  You should ask if they have any Lisp hardware for Macintosh.  That stuff is crazy expensive, but really cool.

 

[LazarusNine]

Soooooo envious....

Nice haul.

Thank you for saying 'envious' instead of 'jealous'!! That's one of my little hang-ups. In any case, this haul is amazing. I am secretly wishing it was mine while at the same time wondering how I would deal with my wife's wrath. I'd probably just invest in a storage unit.

 

[CompuNurd]

I would be willing to buy that Q950 (if you want to sell it) or just the case if it is in good shape and the side closes right. I have one that looks like it was thrown off a building!

 

[MinerAl]

Yeah I closed the side, I just prefer to do it with the 950 on its side, so I can line it all up right

There's another 950 on top of it now, and a third he gave me a while ago, in pieces on the other side of the garage. I need to get them up to my lab at school and test them all out. After spring break of course!

I hate to be mercenary with them, but I really can't keep them all, so I'll probably eBay most of them sooner or later.

 

[CC_333]

....I'll probably eBay most of them sooner or later.

Don't do that! :O

Sell them here!!! ;D

c

 

[SuperToaster]

True. It seems like a lot of people are interested on here.