Z Hardware Conquests

[zackl]

Starting off a thread with this picture that was taken in ~2013 when I had gotten back into collecting.

My "white whale" was always an 840av, couldn't find one without broken plastics or components. 

So over a year I put together a stack of 4 "donor" 840avs from craigslist, ebay, forum, etc. reflected in this picture below:



With the help from Charles aka Uniserver I got two of them working, one I sold at a discount to a forum member, the other I frankentsteined with the best plastics / components into the example below:



And finally found an original 840av box to keep it in - I'm still looking for a box in better condition if you happen to have one

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More soon

 

[olePigeon]

I'm currently doing the exact same thing, but with a IIfx.  On the hunt for a nice condition IIfx case, manuals, etc.  I have a box and a IIfx in cosmetically really, really bad condition.  Styrofoam chemically melted the plastic.

 

[superjer2000]

I'm currently doing the exact same thing, but with a IIfx.  On the hunt for a nice condition IIfx case, manuals, etc.  I have a box and a IIfx in cosmetically really, really bad condition.  Styrofoam chemically melted the plastic.

Hate to derail this thread but was it the original Apple styrofoam?  Was the unit stored in a hot, humid or otherwise unique environment?  I've got a 128k, a II and a few other units in their original boxes.  I'd hate for the styrofoam to be eating away at the plastics.  

 

[olePigeon]

@superjer2000 It's the original styrofoam as far as I can tell, but I don't know the conditions in which it was stored.