Macintosh Colour Display

[MacMan]

During today's rake of the science faculty skips at Uni, I was delighted to come across a 14" Macintosh Colour Display that had been disposed of. It is in relatively good condition but has obviously been sitting out in the rain all weekend, so currently it is on the floor with the cover off in order to dry it out.

There was also a Multiple Scan 15" display there which I was tempted by, but I already have one of those and I have no space for another, so I decided to leave it. However I nabbed the VGA to Mac monitor cable off of it as they are always useful (especially for using old Macs with my VGA KVM switch).

I haven't yet tested the Colour Display, but I will do after a couple of days, when I can be sure it is fully dry. Hopefully it will work and if it does then I think I will partner it with my IIcx, as it is currently using a rather dull 15" PC monitor with an adaptor. The Colour Displays are very aesthetically pleasing in my opinion as they fit very well with the II and LC series.

There is one other Colour Display in my collection, but I think it may be on the way out as it makes a loud and very annoying, high-pitched whistling noise when it is turned on.

 

[Quadraman]

I have two of these and they are very good. One of them I found after it had also been out in the rain (along with the 6100 it was still attached to) and it's none the worse for it.

 

[MacMan]

Another lucky strike: I went back to the same place today and found a Formac external Firewire CR/RW drive sitting amongst the rubbish. The power adaptor was there too but (unsurprisingly) no Firewire cable. However, Firewire cables are pretty easy to get hold of. I can't believe the University is throwing this stuff away but I guess when you think about it, most modern computers have CD/DVD burners built in these days.

This is exactly what I was after for my G4, as it only has an internal DVD ROM drive. I haven't tried the Formac drive yet but even if it doesn't work I can stick another CR/RW into the (rather snazzy) external case.

Sadly I have reached the stage now when I do not have any more space for stuff, which is unfortunate as there were some Performas piled inside the department waiting to be put in the skip. So future conquests will have to be something really special that I don't already have, like an Apple II (crosses fingers)!

 

[Quadraman]

Where is your school located? If you can't handle rescuing it all, maybe some else can help you.

 

[The Macster]

Could you get them and Freecycle them to someone who would like them?

 

[MacTCP]

Macintosh Colour Display

I have one too.

 

[bluekatt]

i should start dumpster diving around schools really

 

[MacMan]

Unfortunately I tried out the monitor today (after ensuring it was dry), but the tube gave a corrupted picture, almost as though a magnet had been taken to it. It was ghosting and wouldn't give a steady picture, and after a few minutes it started flashing bright red, so I decided to toss it.

Pity really but I expect that must have been why it was thrown out in the first place.

As for the other equipment, I will see if I can FreeCycle it or get some other students to pick it up. Fortunately I am part of a small community of University dumpster-divers here who keep each other informed of what is being thrown out, so nearly every salvagable item is rescued. Some of the techniciens at departments even email me when they are planning to throw away stuff!

 

[LCGuy]

MacMan, when you turned the monitor on, did it make the normal sound that MCDs usually make when you turn them on? I'm thinking, maybe its degaussing circuitry has failed.

 

[MacMan]

I thought that too. It made the usual, short "buzz" that my other Colour Display makes, but it only did it once and when it was turned on later it didn't.