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Captain Z Mobile Ops Commander USA 637 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2002 : 07:15:01 Today, my job was getting ready to junk a bunch of things from where I work. Before it was all taken over to the school district dump site, it was announced that anyone could take anything they wanted from the pile of stuff. I scavanged for a minute, and found in the far back, 2 all-in-one form factor LC/Performa 5xx's. Didn't know what they are at first, but when I uncovered them, it was 2 LC 575's. Score! This brings the total number of liberated 68K Macs to 20. ------------------ Captain Z - Mobile Operations Commander 68K Macintosh Liberation Army 20 68K Macs Liberated Visit Captain Z's Starbase of EV Stuff
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2002 : 08:46:59 Whoa! Hey, I'd love to trade for/buy one of the mobo's, if you don't need 'em both! I'm itching to do a Mystic upgrade on my CC... 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 I Have No Legs!
scchicago Full Member USA 936 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2002 : 10:00:04 Woah! Great find! I can never find anything around here for free! _________________ Leutennant SCCHICAGO HotLineServer(closed): scchicago.dynodns.net Website(closed): http://scchicago.dynodns.net MyForumOnDelphi: http://forums.delphiforums.com/scchicago NOTE:HL AND HTTP SERVER ARE ONLY AVAILIBLE WHEN I'M ONLINE
Captain Z Mobile Ops Commander USA 637 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2002 : 13:53:21 I found out from my boss why those two units were being thrown out. They were marked as Unrepairable, and are no longer needed for parts (68K systems are basicly phased out of the district ). Here is what I've found in them: LC 575 #1 32MB of RAM 2 256K VRAM SIMMs 250MB HD Asante LC PDS Ethernet card LC 575 #2 4MB of RAM 2 256K VRAM SIMMs 250MB HD #1 has damage to the casing in the front near the left side of the monitor. Otherwise they look alright. I will be testing the components tonight inside my Performa 550 (verified working) quote: Whoa! Hey, I'd love to trade for/buy one of the mobo's, if you don't need 'em both! I'm itching to do a Mystic upgrade on my CC... At this time, I will be testing to see how many of the three (the 550, two 575's) I can get up and running. In the end, I may only have ,my 550 board available. Over the course of the summer, many of the district's older systems will be getting dumped. This year, a lot of LC 5xx and Power Mac 52xx systems will be getting dumped. If I can obtain a lot of them (10-15 systems total), I will make the parts available to everyone here for little or no cost (besides shipping) Variants I've spotted floating around, possibly being dumped... LC 520 LC 550 LC 575 LC 580 LC 630 DOS Compatable Power Mac 5200/75 LC Power Mac 5260/120 Power Mac 5400/180 Power Mac 7100/80AV (And if I'm real lucky) Workgroup Server 7250/120 Too bad there are no guarrentees. ------------------ Captain Z - Mobile Operations Commander 68K Macintosh Liberation Army 20 68K Macs Liberated Visit Captain Z's Starbase of EV Stuff
catsdorule Senior Member Canada 1627 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2002 : 14:40:18 quote: Woah! Great find! I can never find anything around here for free! _________________ Leutennant SCCHICAGO HotLineServer(closed): scchicago.dynodns.net Website(closed): http://scchicago.dynodns.net MyForumOnDelphi: http://forums.delphiforums.com/scchicago NOTE:HL AND HTTP SERVER ARE ONLY AVAILIBLE WHEN I'M ONLINE me niether, i never get to find anything for free... oh well Great Find!!! ----- New Hotline! address: 142.161.101.29 TCP/IP server : 216.130.83.218 L: 68kmla p:68000 (off) Http Server URL: Http://homepage.mac.com/catsdorule/ Promoted to private June 5 2002 Currently posted in the Canadian Battalion.
Captain Z Mobile Ops Commander USA 637 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2002 : 21:28:35 It is my sad duty to report, that both LC 575 logicboards are DOA. On the plus side, the RAM (the 4MB SIMM and 32MB SIMM) both work, all 4 VRAM SIMM's work, and the Ethernet card works. 575 logicboard #1 won't start up at all. Not responsive to power key. Diagnosis is that the board is dead. 575 logicboard #2 seems to power, but not run. It seems to chime, and it sounds to spin up the HD to run, but there is no video. Diagnosis is that the video on the board is dead. Oh well... at least I completed my Performa 550 again, and I have lots of spare parts. ------------------ Captain Z - Mobile Operations Commander 68K Macintosh Liberation Army 20 68K Macs Liberated Visit Captain Z's Starbase of EV Stuff
catsdorule Senior Member Canada 1627 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2002 : 07:08:16 Tough luck to bad hey! at leased you have a lot of spare parts. ----- New Hotline! address: 142.161.101.29 TCP/IP server : 216.130.83.218 L: 68kmla p:68000 Http Server URL: Http://homepage.mac.com/catsdorule/ FTP Server: ftp://216.130.83.218/Library/WebServer/documents l/p 68kmla/68000
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2002 : 08:46:36 Too bad the mobo's are dead, however, I would LOVE to take those four 256k VRAM SIMMs off your hands!! I need them desperately for my Quadra 840av! Oh yeah, and the LC PDS ethernet card, too! Would $6 cover the shipping? I can pay you via PayPal immediately if so!!!!!! Email me! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 I Have No Legs! Edited by - cinemafia on 27 Jun 2002 08:47:59
scchicago Full Member USA 936 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2002 : 10:05:05 DRAT! I didn't see that LC PDS Ethernet card until somebody else took it! DRAT! _________________ Leutennant SCCHICAGO HotLineServer(closed): scchicago.dynodns.net Website(closed): http://scchicago.dynodns.net MyForumOnDelphi: http://forums.delphiforums.com/scchicago NOTE:HL AND HTTP SERVER ARE ONLY AVAILIBLE WHEN I'M ONLINE
TheDoctor Starting Member 29 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2002 : 11:22:11 Captain Z, It's possible the PRAM batteries are dead. That could explain why the machines don't come up.
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2002 : 17:23:14 The 575 doesn't have the video problem with a dead PRAM battery, I believe. We really should compile a list of Macs that have the problem... ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 28 Jun 2002 : 08:46:02 I know Apple has a list of them, but I can't seem to find it on AppleSpec. 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 I Have No Legs!

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