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bargepole Starting Member Canada 22 Posts	Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 16:11:19 I scored big time today. A local high school computer department head, desperate to get rid of old Mac inventory, provided me with: Mac II Mac IIci Mac Classic II Centris 650 Quadra 650 16 x SE/30 ADB keyboards, mouses, a monitor Total price $0 The SE/30's all have ethernet cards and 8/80. There's some interesting software on the box Macs, and the Centris has a SuperMac Video Spigot. I barely made a dent in his inventory. There are about 50 more SE/30's and a bunch of monitors, box Macs and tons of other stuff this guy wants to dump. I'm in the process of checking this stuff out. So far, everything works. SE30's have no screen burn but the cases have inventory stickers on them. Looks like I'll be busy for a while.
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 16:14:10 OMG! Grab another truckooad of SE/30's and build a Video Wall! jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 17:20:54 Wow, neat! Nice haul... ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
thelip Full Member USA 729 Posts	Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 17:46:44 SWEET!!! clears throat ummm... where might this have come from? _______________________ Sgt. Thelip Heavy Weapons Specialist - 950 division Keeper of the MLA Tracker - mlatracker.dyndns.org
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 18:07:57 For the luvva SE/30's! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 My Site: http://cine.sytes.net My Hotline Server: 840av.sytes.net
oldmacman Full Member USA 713 Posts	Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 19:01:17 See if they have any Suns, NeXTs, or SGIs. Old UNIX boxes are really nice to have around as webservers or AV machines. Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert Macs Liberated: SE (2), LC, IIsi, PB 145b, Quadra 700 (2), LC 575, 6100 (2), PB 5300, PowerMac 5400/200, Performa 6400/180 PCs liberated from Windoze: 3
ckealey Starting Member USA 36 Posts	Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 20:03:53 Care to share the wealth a bit?? I've been looking for a couple cheap ethernet cards for my 2 SE/30s. I'd gladly pay a few bucks plus shipping if you'd be willing to part with 2 of them :) Drop me an e-mail. -Chad
GORDOOM Junior Member Canada 208 Posts	Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 20:24:42 Canada? Where in Canada we talkin? GORDOOM Commander, Academic Operations Reserve (University of Toronto, St. George Campus) total Macs liberated: 22 (as of June 5, 2002) "...the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
bargepole Starting Member Canada 22 Posts	Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 21:27:51 quote: Canada? Where in Canada we talkin? GORDOOM Commander, Academic Operations Reserve (University of Toronto, St. George Campus) North York, probably not far from you.
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 23 Oct 2002 : 23:27:41 50 SE/30s!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? OMG!!!!! Take 'em all! SE/30s ROCK!!!!!!! -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
GORDOOM Junior Member Canada 208 Posts	Posted - 24 Oct 2002 : 04:25:50 What exactly do they have left? Where do I get them? Come on, give me details! GORDOOM Commander, Academic Operations Reserve (University of Toronto, St. George Campus) total Macs liberated: 22 (as of June 5, 2002) "...the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
II2II Junior Member Canada 115 Posts	Posted - 24 Oct 2002 : 20:58:31 quote: North York, probably not far from you. Let's see: one under the left arm, another under the right, then one in the left hand, another in the right, and finally somebody can strap one on to my back. Please tell me the subway stops in front of the school! II2II Intelligence officer in training.
mac-man6 Junior Member Canada 217 Posts	Posted - 24 Oct 2002 : 22:51:57 If this department head guy has any kind of powerbooks just let me know ;-D Seriously... Editor of the printed word, Ministry of 68k Truths (mini6) ------------------ PowerCD, SE 4/40, Classic II 4/40, IIx 8/160, IIvi 8/260, Quadra 650 32/260, Mac Quadra 650 64/350 via basilisk II, iMac 333 160/6G How you like d'em apples?!
gdogkzo Junior Member 147 Posts	Posted - 26 Oct 2002 : 10:11:23 What citiy is this in, i may want to get in on the fun, or know someone who might. Thanks, Geoff
bargepole Starting Member Canada 22 Posts	Posted - 28 Oct 2002 : 05:10:42 It would probably be most efficient if I could arrange for a group to meet the guy and collect the stuff all in one day. That way, he needs to only schedule one visit once. (He needs to arrange access through the shipping doors, have time on his class schedule, etc.) How many would be up for that?
GORDOOM Junior Member Canada 208 Posts	Posted - 28 Oct 2002 : 06:39:26 I'd be game... GORDOOM Commander, Academic Operations Reserve (University of Toronto, St. George Campus) total Macs liberated: 22 (as of June 5, 2002) "...the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
gdogkzo Junior Member 147 Posts	Posted - 28 Oct 2002 : 15:14:36 Really need to know the city. Old MAc MArtin would love to go get some and so would I. Is it in toronto?
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 28 Oct 2002 : 16:31:12 quote: Really need to know the city. Old MAc MArtin would love to go get some and so would I. Is it in toronto? Giving information to deliver Macs into the hands of commercial MacChopShop operators whose only real concern is profits would fall somewhere OUTSIDE the bounds of acceptable liberation and conquests, and should be frowned upon, IMHO. Do I remember you saying you were in that line? jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF p.s. It's a free country, just don't expect to be able to enlist the help of the68kMLA in your efforts, somehow it doesn't seem quite right to me. Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 28 Oct 2002 16:33:24
II2II Junior Member Canada 115 Posts	Posted - 28 Oct 2002 : 18:50:08 quote: It would probably be most efficient if I could arrange for a group to meet the guy and collect the stuff all in one day. [...] How many would be up for that? It would be nice to get my hands on an SE/30, so I'm game too! How hard is it to get there from TTC? II2II Intelligence officer in training.
gdogkzo Junior Member 147 Posts	Posted - 28 Oct 2002 : 20:01:37 I don't know why you would care if he got some, most of you sell some of your macs, and he only sells them for $10.
gdogkzo Junior Member 147 Posts	Posted - 28 Oct 2002 : 20:02:34 I don't know why you would care if he got some, most of you sell some of your macs, and he only sells them for $10.
II2II Junior Member Canada 115 Posts	Posted - 28 Oct 2002 : 20:36:03 quote: I don't know why you would care if he got some, most of you sell some of your macs, and he only sells them for $10. Simply because many finds have conditions attached them. Sometimes the conditions are explicit. Sometimes the conditions are implicit. Either way we have to respect them or our sources for inexpensive machines will dry up, since many people would rather toss them than feel taken. Sure, a lot of us end up selling or trading machines. Things happen. We may acquire too many computers, have completed the intended project, or simply loose interest in certain machines. But that is always down the road and never our primary interest in obtaining the computer. II2II Intelligence officer in training.

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