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I've had a few good finds lately, so I thought I'd start a new conquest thread. First find: a 17" MultiScan I picked up for a dollar. Not bad considering it's working and in decent shape. Second find is a boxed Indigo iMac I got for $50.

Thanks for the info!

I have a mostly dead LCII with a working floppy drive and a Quadra 650 I'd like to put it into. Is the floppy drive in the LCII compatible with my Quadra? I couldn't find much info on Google and wanted to make sure the drive was interchangeable. Could I also swap the hard drive? Thanks for any...

Would a toothbrush and alcohol work for the surface stains? Even the one near the processor? I'm new to working on logic boards like this.

I recently picked up an LC II in a lot of Macs and it wouldn't power on. I opened the case and found this horrific mess inside. It appears as if the caps leaked and someone removed them? I'm not sure if there were caps there in the first place but I'm assuming there were. Anyway, this board is...

Thanks for the link to the Apple forums, was very helpful and I think I have a source for the screen now. I'll be sure to check out that RetroMacCast episode.

IIRC, they could also run a version of OS 9 as well. They were mostly used for the disabled/handicapped so they could have easy access to a computer.

And there it goes, rotating my photos again. But anyway, this thing is amazingly cool, especially for the age! I'm a bit nervous having to replace the touchscreen with all those intricate parts in the way, though.

So a while ago I bought a $70 "untested" iBook Clamshell "Gemini" model. It's got a cracked screen and is untested. Did I overpay? Yeah, probably, but the thing was too cool to pass up. From what little information I could find on the web, a company called Assistive Technologies would take the...