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3501 all the way. Everything else is just something else you use instead.

Byrd, methinks that the extra Macs would more likely be a hazard to your health, not your wife's. ;)

Jason, add me as your number 2 of the committed. SWMBO has given me a leave pass ;) Michael

When do you need the faithful to assemble?

If you want a high quality clacky mechanical keyboard, this is the one. I have one of mine hooked up to my Quicksilver2002 using a belkin ADB adapter. Love the sound of it when my typing gets some speed up.

If you want to run OSX on it, make sure you do the firmware update first. I've got my BB dual booting MOS9.2.2 and OSX 10.3.9 The iMac for me was the turning point in Apple desktop design. Unfortunately desktop models went downhill again when they released the cheese grater Power Macs G5s...

Yes, there are only a handful of brochures/licensing materials in a small cardboard holder not much larger than the DVD, and less than 1cm thick. I'm assuming you bought it secondhand, not new on Amazon?

Yes, I know "rare" is a somewhat overused (abused?) term, especially on eBay, but down here in Australia the HD20 is, shall we say, pretty scarce. I was almost going to pay over US$350 to have one shipped out of the USA, when the first one I bought popped up last month. Hopefully, at least...

Again, it is has not been tested, but at least this one doesn't have it's data cable hacked off like the first one I bought last month, and yes I've been a slack bastard, and haven't tried out the cable from my spare 400k external floppy drive. HD20s are an exceedingly rare creature here down...

My QS2002 2x1gz is still my main machine. To keep it as "useful" as possible, I've added a SATA card so I can add new drives. Slotted in a generic FW400/USB2 card to handle the extra external FW drives that I've added ove time, and the USB2 makes syncing my iPhone so much easier, not to...

Very nice! I just picked up a PDQ when I went to Brisbane a couple of weeks ago. The battery is flat as, so I'm going to have a go at repacking it with new cells (just finished doing a couple of repacks for my 18v drill) I've always thought the Wallstreet was the best looking PowerBook.

Hi, haven't had a chance to clean and check the HD20 since it arrived, let alone try the 400K data cable. Three new cats added to the household is more than "entertaining" enough, hopefully I can get some quality time with my Macorabilia next weekend.

Thanks for the confirmation on the cable. I'll hook mine up as soon as I can, replacing the callously butchered one on my HD20. Also congratulations on your HD20 being operational, a great find for such a "rare" ;) device, especially for the price you got it for. Hopefully mine will be...

Don't forget us wannabe old Apple engineers, we demand the right to be crotchety as well :-/

I agree, but all in all, the "Compact Mac" forum here is definitely my favourite! This thread in particular has drawn out more information than I could have imagined, unfortunately not what I was after when I started this thread, but very education none the less. If anything comes of it...

Yep, done that, and sometimes they oblige, and sometimes not. What the killer is is the cost of shipping from the USA to Australia. I just don't understand it. Asia to Austrla is cheap - understandably, UK/Europe is not too bad, Canada is not bad either, but for some reason shipping from the...

Curiouser and curiouser, thanks for the quick ID on the remnants of the cable gentlemen. When I get the chance I'll clean the dust out, remove the butchered cable and give it a power-up test, then try the 400k's cable. I'll let you know how it goes.

OK, my HD20 with the butchered data cable arrived, and all I've been able to do is take a few photos which are over on RetroMacCast (http://retromaccast.ning.com/photo/hd20-close-up-of-cut-cable?context=user). Haven't been able to get out the spare 400k drive to "borrow" the cable as we are in...

I suspect that it went out in a kerb side cleanup, and someone came along and cut off the cable. They do this to then sell for scrap copper, but who knows, and what was left was rescued. I paid a AU$70 for mine, but now I need to either replace the data cable, or find another unit on eBay...

HMMOG! That is beautiful!