Welcome Home Surprise: Mac 128K!!!

[Scott Baret]

I came back home to Pittsburgh yesterday. I've got my first day of business tomorrow (tutoring) so I'm using today to unpack and unwind a bit (already did my homework for the business in advance so I'm ready to go once I reassemble my desk--my afternoon project).

This morning, I got a text from my dad. He said he had something for me and would swing it by the house. Much to my surprise, it was a Mac 128K! It appears to be fully original (although it has a platinum Plus keyboard); he told me it boots to a sad Mac. I haven't tried it yet but it does have some original floppies, the original accessory box, the manual, and both cassette tapes intact. In addition, there was a boxed ImageWriter II (the cream colored model) to go with it!

This is the same guy who unearthed my boxed Lisa--could I possibly have the coolest dad in the MLA-verse?

 

[trag]

A very cool Dad. Do something nice for him this Sunday....

 

[uniserver]

yes a very cool dad indeed!

i wonder what's wrong with it?

 

[TheMacGuy]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait. You have a boxed Lisa?!? Damn!

Hopefully you can get the 128k back in working shape. Maybe it is just caps?

 

[68kbits]

My 512K will periodically boot to a sad mac if it doesn't read the floppy. It is also picky about the floppy brand apparently.

You might get double lucky and just need a decent floppy disk to get it to boot.

That's awesome, where did your dad pick that up from?

 

[Scott Baret]

OK--to answer everyone's questions!!!

1. I do have a boxed Lisa 2! I'll be exhibiting it at the VCF next year. I also have all the original boxed software, manuals, developer set, etc.

2. Both the 128K and the Lisa came from old co-workers of my dad. He's a retired school supervisor.

3. The Sad Mac was the 0F0064 code. The problem seems to be an inconsistent floppy drive. It works but sticks now and then. However, I did get it to boot successfully off a system disk, so the Mac itself works! It booted fine from the backup system disk marked "System Software 1990" in the box (although this was a Finder 4.1/System 2.0 disk) but not the original MacWrite/MacPaint floppy.

4. Now I need to figure out what to actually do with this Mac!!!

 

[TheMacGuy]

So glad it works! The Mac 128k population is dwindling because of errors and problems and people who think they aren't worth anything. Another 128k saved.

Congrats!