Yardsale Quadra

[jkoci]

I stopped by a church yardsale today and off in the corner was a Quadra 610 in almost perfect condition with a caddy load CD. The case was a bit yellowed. For $5 I took it home and it booted right up to OS 7.5. I added some ram and vram. It has a 250mb hard drive loaded with classic games like Monopoly and Microsoft Flight Simulator. I have a Quadra 660av board for it as well as the back case panel from a 660av I stripped for parts. I'm not sure if I should leave it stock or upgrade it. I have another working 660av already but it has a cracked case and is missing a hard drive, CD, and CD bezel. How about it, upgrade or not? :?:

 

[MultiFinder]

GAH!

Why do people sell great Macs for low prices everywhere but here?

 

[jkoci]

I just noticed it has a full 040 cpu also.

 

[MrMacintosh]

!! Ahh the Quadra 610. I'd say leave it in tip top shape. I'm very jealous of your conquest, just so you know

 

[30pin]

The quaudra 610 was the first mac I ever owned! I also bought it at a yard sale for $5.00. I swapped the harddrive and cpu into a Quadra 605. But I still have the rest of the 610 tucked away in the basement for future considerations!!

 

[MacMan]

Nice find! I would leave it as is, it's nice to have a totally original machine in good shape.

 

[jkoci]

I decided to give a 1.9gb hard drive with OS 8.1 a try in it. It now has 53mb of ram so 8.1 doesn't seem too sluggish. I loaded Netscape 4.08 for 68k and am making this post on my newly acquired Quadra.

 

[funkytoad]

We never have good computer deals here

 

[Bunsen]

The 610 gives you the option of some upgrades (DOS, Nubus, PPC?) the AV won't take IIRC. And the AV board would be a great one to mount in another case, like a busted CD player or something, to use in the living room

 

[risc_management]

I think the Quadra/Centris 660av looks great in its pizza box. I recall almost trading a Power Macintosh 6100/60 for a Centris 660av in 1996 for the advanced features the 660av has. It's really an incredible Macintosh, even when stacked against the first generation Power Macintosh computers.

I got a 610 about 3 weeks ago. You have to love the auto-inject floppy opening on that case. It's a must for any collection.