LCIII, ethernet card, RAM, VRAM, power supplies, ADB Mouse

[LCGuy]

About a week back I bought an LCIII and some other bits off a member on an Australian Mac forum I go on. Came through today, here's what I got:

- LCIII (manual inject), haven't powered it up yet, but it has 36MB of RAM (32MB 72 pin SIMM + 4MB onboard), a 160MB Quantum ProDrive ELS (which is apparently nonfunctional, not surprising since its an ELS...I had a feeling it was going to be an ELS since she said in the ad that it was dead) and an LC PDS Ethernet card

- 3 16MB 72 pin SIMMs (which makes up for the ones I bought on eBay that turned out to be bloody 8's )

- 2 Apple 68 pin VRAM SIMMs, size unidentified (I think they're 256k each)

- 2 LC power supplies, one a TDK, the other a Dyna Comp

- 1 ADB Mouse II

The RAM and ethernet cards will most certainly come in handy, and it'll be nice to have another LC series Mac around too, especially since last time I was at home, my LC475 was giving me the chimes of death. Now...for the piccies:

Only one thing I just realised....my very first Mac, that my Dad bought brand new back in 1993, which I still have, and use to this very day, is a manual-inject LCIII, just the same as this one. Crap I hope I don't get them mixed up :O That thing was the reason i became interested in computers in the first place!

 

[Mars478]

I really though that the LC III's had a non sculpted floppy! I thought it was only the LC475!!!

 

[LCGuy]

You mean manual-inject? Nah, later production run LCIIs and LCIIIs had manual-inject floppy drives as well. My very first LCIII was built in October 1993 and has a manual-inject drive, same as this one that I got today. I also remember using LCIIs in Grade 6 and Grade 7 that had manual-inject floppy drives. This one was built in August 1993, which I find quite interesting - I assumed that they would have still been making auto-inject LCIIIs in August.

 

[JRL]

Damn, those official Apple RAM sticks are cool. I've never seen one (not in 72-pin form at least)

Anyways, nice score! How much did everything cost?

 

[LCGuy]

It was in an auction...I ended up getting the machine and parts for $15 all up...then $18 to get it shipped up from Sydney...yay for Australia Post.

As for official Apple RAM...its nice to have, but apart from the nice little Apple sticker, its pretty much identical to any other RAM.

 

[Mars478]

You mean manual-inject? Nah, later production run LCIIs and LCIIIs had manual-inject floppy drives as well. My very first LCIII was built in October 1993 and has a manual-inject drive, same as this one that I got today. I also remember using LCIIs in Grade 6 and Grade 7 that had manual-inject floppy drives.

Is there any advantage over Auto-Inject?

 

[LCGuy]

Well personally, I prefer auto-inject drives, the way they grab the disk from you. With manual inject you have to pretty much shove the disk right down the thing's throat, which isn't as nice.

Really though, manual inject is the better design - its a simpler design, with less springs and crap to break than auto-inject, hence why they switched.

 

[Mars478]

I just realized, How fitting, LCGuy got himself an LC!

Hahahahha