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I haven't added anything to my arsenal in a while and I found myself bored and browsing listings on everybody's favorite auction site. Not being overly optimistic, I threw a $10 bid at an as-is Centris 610. Incredibly surprised, there wasn't a single bid against me - I won and it showed up...

A friend of mine reached out while I was out of town for WWDC and sent me a picture of some Mac hardware that he was looking to give to a new home. Needless to say, his house was one of the first places I went when I got back. In the picture, I saw a pre-Quicksilver G4 and a 6100-series Power...

As the subject says, I'm now the proud owner of a Mac Pro 1,1. A friend of mine picked one up from a work auction and decided it would be something I would appreciate. 250GB HDD, 13GB RAM and a Radeon HD 5770! I noticed the graphics card when I was loading it into the car - definitely not...

A good friend of mine since me a box of goodies - does that still count as a conquest? :p   The contents? Various compact flash cards to be used for my various IDE to CF projects Newton OS 2.0 CD-ROM and a bit of documentation An original iSight camera 2 ADB to USB adapters An 8-inch...

I was the only bidder on a recent eBay auction for a Flower Power iMac G3. I got a push notification that the auction was ending in 15 minutes and still had no bids. The listing didn't go into a ton of detail about the specs on the machine, but it looked great in the photos and the seller has...

The best finds are certainly always the expected ones. I was looking at my eBay feed on my iPad and stumbled upon a boxed DOS Compatibility Card for the 6100 series, in box! No software (which I already have) but the card itself and all of the manuals and software licenses. Cool! Put in a bid...

Up until now, I don't know that I've ever actually SEEN a Mirrored Drive Door system in person - save maybe a glance in an Apple Store when I was vacationing elsewhere. When the G4 towers were current, I was living and attending college in an area with little Apple presence. Our art lab went...

I was visiting family this weekend and remembered my stepfather's parents had inherited a 5200CD from me when I was in college. I asked about it and they had set it in the garage and would be more than happy if I took it back! It has yellowed a bit since I gave it to them, but it is still in...

I took a stop into Half Price Books today after lunch and scoured around. Lo and behold, they actually had software in the clearance section! I didn't know what to expect - and there it was! The 7th Guest for Mac! I had always heard about this game but never played it. And it only requires a 68k...

A couple of weeks ago, a friend and former co-worker told me that her husband had dropped his MacBook Pro down the stairs and busted the LCD. Of course, the repair quote was ridiculously high and they were debating picking up a newer model anyway, so they replaced it. She said they couldn't find...

Through my last few days of my former job, I was allowed to take home some of the various vintage Mac odds and ends I've accumulated through my time there. I got some seriously awesome stuff out of it! (I'm still waiting on release forms for some actual Macs, so there will likely be another post...

As part of my 2011 Mac-related goals, I'm looking for a faster processor or dual for my Quicksilver. I'm currently running a 733Mhz single, but my machine is a 2002 model that was originally a 1Ghz dual. I've been checking eBay for a few days and the only processors I've found are the ones...

Last week I randomly decided I needed a nice "new" old PowerBook to play with. I have a Duo 2300c but it does get a bit cumbersome to use without hooking up the mini-dock and various attachments. It's also in storage right now! Thanks to a quick eBay stop and a few days worth of watching, I...

Thanks to random boredom and a trip to eBay, I got a G4 upgrade for $9.99! With shipping it was $17, but still one awesome deal considering what I've seen them go for in the past! I have 2 machines it is compatible with: a 7500 series and a Umax S900. If I end up with a 9600 from the retired...

In my most recent haul of Macs, I picked up a Umax S900 - unfortunately, I'm getting no audio from the internal speaker, and the headphone jack on the front is only outputting to the left channel. (I also have a StarMax that isn't giving me squat as far as audio goes.) I can't find that this is...

Some time near the end of last year, my kitten got her little claws on one of my Cube's speakers and did a real number on it. It still works, but it sounds a bit bad and it looks terrible. I have a spare set of regular Apple Pro speakers at my disposal. Now, I haven't taken them apart to look...

After istar1018 posted his listing, I had asked him about picking up some Macs he had for sale since I was heading to Pittsburgh this past Thursday to see Lords of Acid at Diesel (amazing show, by the way). I came back to Ohio with the following: Quadra 800 IIci Performa 6116CD and a Umax...

It's really not as old school as it could be, but I'm excited. It's an IBM Personal Computer 330. It was destined for the recycler at work and I'd ask if I could keep it (we have a couple pallets of various versions of these things) and got the approval today! It's in very good shape...

Thanks to eBay, I'm now the very proud owner of a tangerine clamshell iBook. It came with all of its original packaging and install CDs so I had my own exciting little unboxing. I already swapped out the original 3.2GB hard disk for a 20GB. It has 288MB of RAM. I'd love to add a 512MB DIMM for...

Back in August, I picked up a few freebies from Anthony (AnalogKid) but right before I took off on vacation and never posted! I was very glad to help him free some space and get some machines I've wanted for a long time! #1. An LC 575. Pristine! It came with 20MB of RAM and a 320MB hard drive...