Today I picked up an original Macintosh, with mouse, no keyboard, and giving a memory error — but an original, honest to goodness Macintosh. It's in pretty good condition cosmetically, however, and the screen is definitely alive and well. So methinks one of my winter projects is to get the old gal running with a RAM chip replacement. No doubt there will be more to say about that when the time comes.
Along with it, there were three 'books: 1) a PowerBook 145, which now boots with a replacement logic board — the old one having been partially eaten by a leaking battery — but without a readable screen; 2) a pristine PowerBook 170, which works just fine now that I have popped in a replacement HD; and 3) and a pristine PowerBook 520, booting fine and with a working battery.
The 520, I think, is going to become my Apple Internet Router machine, for bridging localtalk and ethernet. The 145 will likely go into a pile for now, awaiting a donor screen. The 170, well, we'll see. It may well go back to its previous owner, who was good enough to hand me the rest.
Along with it, there were three 'books: 1) a PowerBook 145, which now boots with a replacement logic board — the old one having been partially eaten by a leaking battery — but without a readable screen; 2) a pristine PowerBook 170, which works just fine now that I have popped in a replacement HD; and 3) and a pristine PowerBook 520, booting fine and with a working battery.
The 520, I think, is going to become my Apple Internet Router machine, for bridging localtalk and ethernet. The 145 will likely go into a pile for now, awaiting a donor screen. The 170, well, we'll see. It may well go back to its previous owner, who was good enough to hand me the rest.
