There's the cleaned D. They really branded deep into the plastic with this one.
Case cleaned up very nicely. There are a couple very small knicks and one on the CRT but really its in amazing shape.
@Trash80toHP_Mini happy to join the Drexel 128k club! :)
While I appreciate your POV regarding usefulness, I'd much prefer an unmodified example true to historic roots. Love how yours spurred an entire lineage of crazy tinkering though!
I will see about cleaning the D and sharing more...
Really appreciate you calling that out! If I'm able to snip out, will the system still work?
@Snial they are capacitors that can blow up and really stink the place up from what I understand
Thanks @bibilit :)
Here are first pictures of the insides, was really clean barely any dust or debris
More updates and pictures after I pull out the LB and floppy drive
So amazed this Drexel University “Cattle branded” Original Macintosh is now part of my collection! I’ve been looking for a 128k for the past three years, a couple got away, but I think this one was meant to be (one of my best friends ran the Drexel University MUG in the late 90's, I hung out...
Let's give it up for Lee Felsenstein's Osbourne 1 which turned 45 on April 3rd. That's right, in 1981 this featherweight 25 pounder ushered in the mass-produced portable computer!
@Snial I'm glad you have such a firm grasp...you have quite a challenge ahead of you homebrewing one of your own. ;)
That said I'm seriously considering having a set builder make me a full scale replica for my living room which could be broken down for rentals
@Chuckdubuque there are several different colors combinations. You can't tell with the lighting but the tower panels in #038 here are actually very dark green
The benches conceal the cooling system. And the towers are filled with "logic modules" and very heavy "cold plates" of copper to cool...
I celebrated starting an awesome new job with a special acquisition.
I have an unhealthy obsession with luggables and early portables, and this is the OG of them all. I remember seeing an Osborne in an airport when young and being blown away! As an adult and learning about the man behind the...
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