Welcome note and a Mac Plus question

[quaton]

[SIZE=14pt]Hi all,[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]Just joined this site and would like to introduce myself....[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]In 1993, I had bought my first computer which was a second-hand LC475, joined the internet and was hooked! Since then, it’s been Apple all the way and to tell the truth, I have never actually owned a PC![/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]Have been a Compact Mac collector hobbyist for over 12 years in Western Australia .....and at one stage had almost 30 units ranging from the 128k to the CC [/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]Down to a few pieces now as coin collecting took over ...... ( I really do miss the Macintosh SE FDHD with 2 fully working floppy drives)[/SIZE]

* 1 x Mac Plus - beige unit, cosmetically and running perfect - housed in original Apple carry case with a external floppy drive with a ACCELERATOR CARD?????!!!!!!!!!.....(that’s another story for anyone whose interested)!

[SIZE=14pt]* 1 x Mac Plus - platinum unit, cosmetically and running perfect - with external drive also with a rare HD40 with FULL software and manuals housed in a great carry bag.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]* 1x CC…..20 years ago, A 80 year old lady was given this Color Classic as a present as new and “tried” to use it, after 2 weeks it was shoved back in its original boxes in storage complete with software and original trimmings…..I bought it 5 years later for $50……simply, a museum piece?[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]* 2x SE/30’s…..were going but unsure now, cosmetically perfect but need to drag them out at the very back of the shed and spend time with them……[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]Anyway, its a brief summary of this avid collector…..[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]The question……..At what point in the 1986-1990 period did Apple change from Beige to Platinum in the compact range notably Mac Plus??[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]Nice to be here…….[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]Cheers,[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]Phil[/SIZE]

 

[Elfen]

This is just a guess as to when and why but it was after 1988 when Apple Introduced the Macintosh SE and it probably was cost cutting measure on Apple's part because it's more expensive to be using 2 types/color plastics instead of one. I believe both the Macintosh 512Ke and the Macintosh Plus were "given the Platinum Treatment."

 

[unity]

It was not a cost issue, plastic is cheap. Even the better stuff Apple was using at the time. The Plus was still a money maker and one of the longer production units Apple ever made, nearly 5 years! By the end of the Plus production, the SE/30's life was about half over. The SE had come and gone (actually the SE and Plus ended at the same time). The Mac II came and went. All of those models were platinum. So the beige was the dying style, hence the need to update it to match the rest of the fleet. In short, a Beige model Plus would have looked old, but it was still selling and thus still being produced.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Concur.

@ quaton: Welcome aboard, mate, there are quite a few of your fellow Aussies here. I definitely wand to hear your story about the accelerator in the Apple bag. Sounds like a great thread in the making.

 

[Paralel]

I never liked the beige.

 

[Macdrone]

Mmmmmm beige.

 

[quaton]

Hi all....thanks for your replies.

Re night stalker.....  I definitely wand to hear your story about the accelerator in the Apple bag. Sounds like a great thread in the making.

Will do....give me a few weeks due to flying out to a remote WA mine site for work tomorrow...

Re....Beige to Platinium.....Apple must have had the feedback about the "yellowing" in the beige........I remember having some units that were HEAVY yellowed....hence the change

 

[unity]

re: yellowing

Not really, if anything the beige units appear to suffer less since they are already beige. Platinum and snow cases on the other hand, even slight yellowing is noticeable. I am just glad there is a method for removing it! And lets not forget, even when the color change happened most, if any at all, had not shifted in color yet. It takes many years for the process to really show.

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

Some of us have machines we can't retrobrite, be glad you can on yours.