Original Macintosh 128k Box contents

[snuci]

I'm in the process of trying to acquire a boxed original Mac 128k and was wondering what's supposed to be in the box. I saw this web page http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/mac/vintage-macintosh-128k-computer-unboxed-3498401/that has a picture of the alleged contents but the disk holder is wrong, isn't it?

The picture on the site is this one:



Didn't the disks come in this tray as displayed at http://www.vintagecomputer.net/apple/Macintosh ?:

 

Does this include everything?  Did MacPaint and MacWrite manuals come in the box too? 

The system I'm trying to acquire comes in three original boxes. One for the Mac, one for the travel bag and one for the printer.  I never collect printers (well, just a NeXT Laser so far) but I'll make an exception for this one.

Who else has a boxed original Mac among us? 

 

[finkmac]

Never collect printers? Not even a nice LaserWriter?

 

[unity]

As far as I can recall, this would be what comes with it.

• Macintosh

• Keyboard (with Picasso box) w/cable

• Mouse (with Picasso box)

These items would be in the white plastic box:

• Macintosh Owners Guide

• Power cord (with Picasso box)

• System Disk

• Guided Tour Disk

• Guided Tour Tape

• Blank disk

• Programmers Switch

• Registration/warrenty paperwork

• Macintosh Pamphlet (contains packaging checklist)

• Apple Stickers (think a set of 4)

• Blank floppy labels (2 I think)

The MacPaint & MacWrite manuals I think came in the plastic box too, but I can not be sure.

 

[snuci]

Never collect printers? Not even a nice LaserWriter?

Nope, no Laserwriter.  I only got the NeXT laser printer because it was in it's original box and it looks cool in a Cube set up

 

[jsarchibald]

Yep, disks come in that tray with a Picasso lid. Love the packaging of the 128k!

 

[snuci]

Thanks Unity.

I looked in the Macintosh manual and didn't see a "What's Included" section that you sometimes see in the user manual.  Once I searched for "packing list", I came up with a thread here:  https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/13998-packing-list-for-the-original-m0001-macintosh/which is excellent.  As suspected, the packing list was in the little pamphlet here: http://www.vintagemacworld.com/m0001intro/intro3.jpg  

I did end up purchasing the unit so once I get it, I'll make a conquest thread.  Thanks for the posts everyone.

 

[Mac128]

This is a helpful link as well ...

http://www.earlymacintosh.org

It's going to be different for every revised software release. If you haven't considered it, part numbers are going to become a factor in whether your boxed set is matched and dated or just a collection of random parts representative of the general contents of a 128K Mac box over time.