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Mac IIci for only $7... should I buy it?

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SpaceBoy Full Member USA 631 Posts	Posted - 24 Apr 2002 : 12:55:17 Hey, I was just over at the local Goodwill (place of endless treasures!), where they have a Mac IIci for only seven bucks! My IIci expierence is nill, so I'm not sure if it's a good buy- it seemed to have an 80 meg HDD, all the RAM slots were filled, and it had a "MAC IIci CACHE CARD" in the cache slot. The speaker-holder-thingie was loose and flopping around the inside of the case, and the case itself was pretty chipped up. If ever there was a 68k in need of liberation, huh? I know what you're thinking- "Why the hell didn't you just buy it?!?", and I don't have an answer. I'll head back after work and see if it's still there... but I sure wouldn't mind any suggestions/info/warnings... Thanks, SpaceBoy AppleBASIC FOREVER! As of 4/8/02: TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine" PB 1400/133, "KayPro II" PB 180/33, "Osbourne 1" PMac 7100/G3-266, "DEC Rainbow" and "Altair 8800" Quadra 950, "HAL 9000" iMac Rev.A/333mHz, "Deep Blue" Newton 120, "PADD"
raWr Junior Member Tuvalu 491 Posts	Posted - 24 Apr 2002 : 12:59:47 Spare parts are always nice. Follow your instincts. Obey your thirst! -raWr Fleet Covert Ops
FireWire is fast General, 4 star USA 1559 Posts	Posted - 24 Apr 2002 : 13:27:17 Yes! Get it! Now! Quickly! -------------------- keeper of the website and beholder of the Quadra/Centris Stick of Justice™ --------------------
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 25 Apr 2002 : 09:05:52 I just love IIci's. They're very expandable, you have so many options with them. You can drop a 50MHz 030, a 33MHz 040 or even a 66MHz or 100MHz (if you can find one) PPC in them, then just max them out at 128MB of RAM, put in a JackHammer Nubus card, an 18GB ultra-wide SCSI drive...and...and... 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 Regular Disappear!
SiliconValleyPirate Junior Member United Kingdom 273 Posts	Posted - 25 Apr 2002 : 17:10:47 Short Answer: Yes, Absobloodylutely! Long answer: I just got a IIci (in VERY good condition for it's age) and I think, from my initial experience, they rock :). I have a NuBus Ethernet card in it and an Apple Mac II Monochrome Video card in it and it seems to be a very swift and cool machine. I shoe-horned a 1GB Quantum Fireball SCSI disk into it and it runs real smooth. I'm trying to figure out how to install A/UX but am a haris breadth from giving up (I don't seem to get on too get on very well with UNIX ) and installing 7.1.3 on it instead. -- Mark Benson Visit FlatPackMacs Online http://fpm.gotdns.com We have feets Macs Liberated = 9
FireWire is fast General, 4 star USA 1559 Posts	Posted - 26 Apr 2002 : 09:30:24 quote: I'm trying to figure out how to install A/UX but am a haris breadth from giving up (I don't seem to get on too get on very well with UNIX ) and installing 7.1.3 on it instead. Hmmm...do you mean 7.5.3? I do believe 7.1 ended at 7.1.2 (a release only for the x100 Power Macs) -------------------- keeper of the website and beholder of the Quadra/Centris Stick of Justice™ --------------------
scchicago Full Member USA 936 Posts	Posted - 11 May 2002 : 07:06:59 HURRY GET IT NOW!!! Although, by this time you've either bought it or someone else has. _________________ HotLineServer: scchicago.dynodns.net Website: http://scchicago.dynodns.net MyForumOnDelphi: http://forums.delphiforums.com/scchicago NOTE:HL AND HTTP SERVER ARE ONLY AVAILIBLE WHEN I'M ONLINE AIM:scchicago87 Yahoo!IM:scchicago
SpaceBoy Full Member USA 631 Posts	Posted - 11 May 2002 : 12:59:56 Hmmm, I guess I forgot to post the end of the story! I went back, hoping to pick it up, but it was already gone. I checked yesterday, and there was a IIsi, which I would've bought for the ROM chips (for my SE/30 project), but sadly the ROM chip was gone. Grrrraaagh!!! There was also a severely beat-up PowerMac 6100, but they were asking $50 for it, and it'd already been canabalized, so I passed on it. I'm gonna go back and see if anything new's been put out... today it "1/2 price on everything!" day! Oh, sweet, sweet joy! SpaceBoy AppleBASIC FOREVER! As of 4/8/02: TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine" PB 1400/133, "KayPro II" PB 180/33, "Osbourne 1" PMac 7100/G3-266, "DEC Rainbow" and "Altair 8800" Quadra 950, "HAL 9000" iMac Rev.A/333mHz, "Deep Blue" Newton 120, "PADD"
TiMacLover Senior Member USA 1282 Posts	Posted - 11 May 2002 : 13:47:53 GET IT! Jeremy "I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd Covert Ops 68k Hacks General Macs Liberated:18 ENTER THROUGH THE GATES

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