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cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 03 Jul 2002 : 15:14:29 I was just over at the thrift store (as I am every day), seeing how much they wanted for one of the last three remaining IBM 300GL's. I need the CD-ROM, since I can't get a SCSI CD-ROM to work in the one I got, and I wouldn't mind having a second hard drive. They want $10 for one of the broken ones, which as far as I know just has a bad PSU or mobo or something. Anyway, I came across two new items of special interest! The first is a HUGE SCSI CD tower! It's made to lay horizontally, as there's rubber feet on the broad side of it, and there's 6 caddy-loaded SCSI CD-ROM's mounted vertically along the length of it, with room for one more 5.25" device. They wants $25 for it, but I'm hoping they'll go lower after it's been there a while. I'm not worried about anybody else taking it, because it's just so useless. However, connected to one of my 68k Macs, it would make a great CD Jukebox! Even better than that tower, I found an external, Smart and Friendly model 4012 SCSI CD burner! It's in a low-profile SCSI case with RCA audio outs on the back, burns at 4 speed and reads at 12. Best of all, they only want $10 for it! I only have $4 on me, though, so I put it on hold and will have to come back tonight to pick it and the parts-IBM up. Whee!!! 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 03 Jul 2002 15:20:11
SpaceBoy Full Member USA 631 Posts	Posted - 03 Jul 2002 : 17:41:12 Sweeet! Good deal! SpaceBoy PS oh, yeah, i'm still alive... 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"
catsdorule Senior Member Canada 1627 Posts	Posted - 03 Jul 2002 : 21:55:10 quote: I was just over at the thrift store (as I am every day) MAN! What is with this Thrift store! They seem to have everything!!! Man I wish I had a thrift store around here like that!!! ----- 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/ (Web access to service manuals) FTP Server: ftp://216.130.83.218/Library/WebServer/documents l/p 68kmla/68000
AnubisTTP Junior Member USA 308 Posts	Posted - 04 Jul 2002 : 06:13:36 quote: They wants $25 for it, but I'm hoping they'll go lower after it's been there a while. I'm not worried about anybody else taking it, because it's just so useless. However, connected to one of my 68k Macs, it would make a great CD Jukebox! It seems like everytime I think that "No one else will buy it, so I can starve them out", I go back in a few days, and someone else bought it. Of course Mac stuff seems to be in really high demand around here, I am always amazed when I see someone selling a Mac for some obscenely high price at a garage sale, and the next time I drive past, someone has bought it. AnubisTTP, Tank Commander, Bolo Division 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Macs Liberated:21
shaktiman Senior Member United Kingdom 1226 Posts	Posted - 05 Jul 2002 : 06:50:48 SCSI cd tower, slobber drool Hey I am coming to your town for a holiday. Does the scsi tower hAve \ru bb er feets? shaktiman Quadra 840 av 128meg ram 1.2 gig drive 500 meg drive os 8.1
jruschme Junior Member USA 196 Posts	Posted - 05 Jul 2002 : 11:58:40 quote: Anyway, I came across two new items of special interest! The first is a HUGE SCSI CD tower! It's made to lay horizontally, as there's rubber feet on the broad side of it, and there's 6 caddy-loaded SCSI CD-ROM's mounted vertically along the length of it, with room for one more 5.25" device. They wants $25 for it, but I'm hoping they'll go lower after it's been there a while. I'm not worried about anybody else taking it, because it's just so useless. However, connected to one of my 68k Macs, it would make a great CD Jukebox! Too bad you're 3000 miles away... I've got two that I rescued from a local accounting firm: 7 drive minitower with 7 CR-506 CD-ROMS (8x, generic version of Apple's 1200i). I keep meaning to look around for a non-profit that could use them. (That and the 40 port 10/100 switch. :-) <<<john>>>
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 08 Jul 2002 : 09:41:15 Hey, so I ended up getting both the last remaining "non-working" IBM 300GL and the Smart & Friendly CD-R last week. The IBM actually worked fine, it just had a faulty outside power button. I took the 24x IDE CD-ROM and what turned out to be a 2.5GB IDE hard drive out of it and into the IBM I'm going to be keeping. I still haven't installed an OS on it, but I should be able to tonight. Also, the Smart & Friendly works BEAUTIFULLY! I can't believe somebody actually gave it away to a thrift store...even older 4-speed SCSI burners like it still sell for $40 or more on eBay (that's how much I paid for the Yamaha one I already have). So, I took the Yamaha 4x/8x burner out of the Dual CD-ROM tower I had connected to my 7500 and put it into my Quadra 840av...it works great! The slim-tray goes in and out of the Quadra's caddy-load bezel perfectly! The only thing is you have to keep a disk in it at all time or else you can't eject. I then connected the external Smart & Friendly to my 7500 and started burning...it's working flawlessly under Toast 5.1.3! The tray ejects and retracts really fast, unlike the slow-poke Yamaha, which is also nice. Gotta love it! I'm still thinking abotu getting the 7-slot CD tower, which does in fact have really sexy RUBBER feets, which makes it cooler than the average CD tower. Just have to see how low they're willing to go... 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 I Have No Legs!
oldmacman Full Member USA 713 Posts	Posted - 08 Jul 2002 : 11:51:03 Time for OpenStep, Mandrake Linux, BeOS, and a DrDOS partition so you can play Secret Agent, System Shock, and Descent! Remember, OpenStep likes its partition to start within the first two gigabytes of the master drive. Linux will work just about anywhere, as will DrDOS, but I'm not sure about BeOS. Have fun, and see my website if you have any problems with OpenStep. (You'll probably want to use the option to install and leave some free space.) And remember, PCs are only bad when they're running Windoze or they're made by Compaq. Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert OpenStep Page at http://openstep.topcities.com/ Macs Liberated: SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400 PCs liberated from Windoze: 3
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 08 Jul 2002 : 11:59:44 I created a Win98 boot disk here at work so I can boot it up when I get home, then I'll install Windows 98 SE on it and I'll be able to start downloading some other stuff to put on it...whee!!!! 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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