What is a LC575 worth?

[hunter44102]

A neighbor is selling an LC575 Macintosh machine for $125 or best offer.

It has the original KB/Mouse, CD ROM and comes with some educational software.  It has OS 7.5 on it.

It has a network port but I am not sure if this is just an Appletalk, or can I use it to do TCP/IP networking. Attached are pics

 

[Johnnya101]

I'd say get it! I don't know what others would say, but maybe offer $100+\- because it will need a recap.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Sounds like a plan, you'll never get one shipped for that, much less have it arrive in one piece. There's an LC PDS NIC in there that lists for something like $15 now on eBay. The peripherals are worth good money to someone and the motherboard alone is probably worthe half that price to someone with a CC to upgrade. The Trinitron tube makes it a great candidate for a TAKKY/TV. That's doable, I'd gotten pretty far along doing the physical side of that a while back.

 

[hunter44102]

Sounds good I will probably pick it up and have a new toy to play with.  I'm hoping the Floppy Emu works with it also.  

 

[Themk]

Im with trash, it is a good deal for the price! Shipping it alone is super sketchy, so bonus you get it to just pick it up.

The floppy emu 'works' with it, but it might be hard to get it connected back to the logic board. In these machines the board is connected to the devices by an edge connector. There is a floppy cable ribbon coming off the wiring harness that the edge connector plugs into. You will need to adapt that too the floppy emu. It will take some work, but the floppy emu is compatible.

TL;DR: Prepare to hack it for floppy emu.

 

[hunter44102]

Thanks - will probably pick it up Monday and start tinkering with it

 

[Macdrone]

Might need recapping, even though it works it might not for long.  I just redid one.

 

[Themk]

Hmm, I just took a look at those education software from Apple titles in your picture. Paging Scott Baret! Paging Scott Baret!

You should snag those and upload them to the Garden.

 

[hunter44102]

Yes will do. Will get it later today

 

[hunter44102]

My daughter has taken over it for now but I will be restoring it when I get my staycation from work

 

[techknight]

Is that mavis beacon teaches typing? or? 

 

[hunter44102]

It's just called 'Kids Typing' by Bright Star Technology 1993.

I have been playing the Links Pro a lot!

 

[EvilCapitalist]

I used to play the PC version of Links Pro (Links 386 Pro) and always thought it looked like a Mac port based on the font they used, until I saw that the Mac version came out after the PC one.  Amusingly, though it was called Links 386 Pro it ran rather poorly on that machine.  I played it on both a 486 and a Pentium 90 where it ran quite nicely.