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jruschme Junior Member USA 196 Posts	Posted - 03 Dec 2002 : 15:49:19 Well, I'm back from visiting the in-laws in LA. As you may recall, I posted in the Lounge a few weeks ago, wondering if any of the SoCal-based comrades ever attend the monthly HamFest/SwapMeet at TRW in Manhattan Beach. I ended up going, so I figured I'd take a minute to describe the Mac pickings and post my own brag. :) Macs were definately present, but somewhat spotty. A decent number of PCI PowerMacs, including a few Beige G3s ($85-125, depending on vendor). A couple of iMacs and iBooks, but almost no other PowerBooks except for a few 5300s, an equal number of 1400s, a 170, and a couple of Duos. As for 68k Macs, only a couple of vendors seemed to have more than one or two, but at least one of those vendors had tremendous deals: Plus/SE/Classic Macs for $1 each LC 5x0 (and a couple of 5200s) for $2 each LC/LC II/LC III pizza boxes for free (FYI, the AIOs apparently came from the Mt View school district, as some had the district name embossed on the top.) As for my own finds, I basically bought myself a Mystic kit. From one of the first vendors to open, I was able to get a Color Classic (10/80) for $5. (The vendor says he priced it so cheap because of the extensive case yellowing- more about that in a moment.) My initial thought was to eventually canibalize my 630, but talking to someone at the fair, I got the idea to go with the more conservative Mystic mod. Fortunately, I was able to talk the guy with the $2 AIO LCs into letting me buy just the motherboard and drives from his most battered one (rear bezel already missing). As for the yellowing, it is mostly on just the top and front, but apparently there was a cable sitting on top of the case as it yellowed, as the yellowing is a perfect shadow print of the cable connector. My other concern is what seems to be some flickering (blue flashing, really) of the video. I need to keep an eye on this one... Still, though, I'm psyched. <<<john>>> Edited by - jruschme on 03 Dec 2002 17:11:26
tuuur Starting Member Netherlands 17 Posts	Posted - 04 Dec 2002 : 03:55:11 Congrats on that Colour Classic! Here in Holland those beasts are selling for 200-300 euros (almost same price in dollars) -- I'll never get out of this world alive... Liberated 15 68k Macs!
FireWire is fast General, 4 star USA 1559 Posts	Posted - 05 Dec 2002 : 20:36:56 blue flickering on the CC's monitor? odds are the CRT's red gun is dying and eventually all the red will turn to black, thus making the screen have a blue tint until the end of time... -------------------- keeper of the website , master of the Quadra/Centris Stick of Justice™, and figure-head of the Peoples' PDS Republic --------------------
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 09 Dec 2002 : 06:19:42 quote: blue flickering on the CC's monitor? odds are the CRT's red gun is dying and eventually all the red will turn to black, thus making the screen have a blue tint until the end of time... Yeah. Thats what happened to a CC that used to belong to a friend of mine. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
dunbar New Member USA 87 Posts	Posted - 09 Dec 2002 : 09:44:02 A tiny whack on the monitor case might resolve this issue, one way or another. Also, I've had many issues lately with louse cables (peecee land) which work better when bent to one side. As for dead CRTs, search for CRT rejuvinator, and visit www.anatek.com. Linux is my choice. Mac was my guide. M$ is not my friend. PCs liberated from Windoze: unknown, they've all been tried with Linux. So far, 7 mobos respond well.
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 16 Dec 2002 : 22:03:23 wow... OMG OMG OMG!!!! the very prospect of a 5200 for $2!!!!! I go my 578 complete and all for $20 when i got it... but $2 for a 5200!!!! OMG OMG OMG! Official 68k videographer

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