I'm new here, check out my Mac stuff!

[Dennis Nedry]

I have compiled a list of my Macs, which you can see here:

http://www.d.umn.edu/~bold0070/spymac_mirror/projects/macs.html

My latest conquest actually cost something ($52 I think it was?). I almost always try to get stuff for free or cheaper than that but this was some good stuff. I'm actually trying to make a collection complete enough to be a museum exhibit. Here's that latest conquest:

PowerBook G3 Pismo:

New logic board on order, came with 2 good batteries & replaced yo-yo power adapter. Also removable DVD drive, weight-saving device, and original box & packaging.

PowerBook G3 Wallstreet:

Working, came with 1 good battery, 1 weak battery, & old, recalled power adapter. Also removable CD-ROM drive.

PowerBook 1400cs:

A little beat up, working, came with floppy drive and questionable battery, no power adapter. (But I can borrow one from one of my others.)

Classic II:

chipped corner, slightly yellowed, otherwise boots up fine.

IIci:

(I was talking about this in a different thread) Needed some new caps to bring back sound, floppy drive not working, otherwise fully-functional. All rubber feet intact.

LaserWriter Pro 600:

Dirty sensors caused paper jam error at startup. Cleaned and working like new!

Green Phosphor Apple II monitor:

Working fine.

IBM PS/2 Model 80:

Will not boot or beep. Unknown problem, but WHO CARES, it's pretty much completely useless anyway. Just nice to look at and hear the roaring gigantic hard drive. I used to have 2 of the PS/2 towers years ago, that's the reason I wanted that. I am almost strictly collecting Apple and Commodore.

Unfortunately, in the past when I was leaving home for college, I had many more computers that I had cleared out like a complete fool. They were illegally dumped in the garbage. Here's a few that come to mind that I lost:

Apple II

Apple II+

Black Bell & Howell Apple II (OH MY GOD)

Macintosh IIx (ugh)

Apple IIGS

Beige Apple IIe that was upgraded into a IIGS (good lord)

Platinum Apple IIe

2 Mac Plusses with trackballs, one with Radius Full-page display upgrade

Hard Disk 20 (the floppy port version)

3 Commodore 128s

Commodore Plus/4

Lots of commodore stuff, tape drives, disk drives, hundreds of disks

AppleColor High-Resolution RGB Monitor

Mac 400k external floppy drive

I'm sure more that aren't coming to me.

Wouldn't you know I kept all the POWER CABLES ... ... ...

BUT I have learned my lesson and I'm now trying to redeem myself whenever possible. These classics deserve to be collected and preserved indefinitely. Please tell me what you think of my collection and if you think it's any consolation to what I've done in the past.

 

[MacMan]

Welcome! Looks like you've got a pretty good collection there and it is always worth picking up free Macs if they are available. But as for the stuff you tossed out in the past... 8-o Shocking! Lets hope that someone else liberated them before the dreaded landfill.

 

[Dennis Nedry]

It's hard not to, but I can't sit there and focus on the treasures that I threw out. That would be too depressing. I didn't know at the time what their value could be. People make mistakes, and these things can be replaced. There still are more out there. I guess I just made them a tiny bit more rare!

All I can do now is do better than before, and I think I'm building a decent collection. I feel like I'm making up for it a little when I save them.

 

[Unknown_K]

Anything interesting in that PS/2 model 80? I have 2 up and running (except for a floppy drive thats doesn't read disks).

Nice powerbooks.

 

[funkytoad]

That is one heck of a collection.

Nice have you with the MLA.

 

[Dennis Nedry]

Anything interesting in that PS/2 model 80? I have 2 up and running (except for a floppy drive thats doesn't read disks).

Nice powerbooks.

It has a 115 MB ESDI hard drive which "sounds" good, but no way of testing. I used to have 2 of these machines in the past, one with dual hard drives in it, so I can verify that the audible sounds are good. It also has a 5.25" drive connected to a board which also has that huge port for an external 5.25" drive. There are 2 RAM expansion cards installed, of unknown size. It has 1 3.5" drive but 2 3.5" bezels on the front of the case.

I think the power supply is good. I got good +5 (Red), +12 (Yellow), -12 (Purple), and GND (Black) readings off of it. Not sure what the skinny brown and orange wires are for, probably one is for the HDD activity indicator. They each read in the mV range.

This leads me to think that there's a problem on the motherboard somewhere, but again, I got this machine mainly for looks, so it's acceptable if it doesn't work. It would be cool to fix, but not worth much expense to me.