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iApple
Starting Member
20 Posts |
 Posted - 27 Dec 2002 : 17:25:54
I went to my local thrift store... got 3 PB540c's with power adapters for 5 bucks a pop
got a deal with the guy, any 5 Apple items for 10 bucks each. So I got...
1 6500
1 8100
1 19" Apple monitor
1 17" Apple monitor
1 color classic and he threw in a color classic 2 cus it's the holiday season. All of it works and I'm one happy camper. |
oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 27 Dec 2002 : 17:39:17
Great haul! Run Linux on the 6500 with the 17" monitor, and OS 8.6 on the 8100.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 |
Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 28 Dec 2002 : 03:11:19
What a Haul!!Pull the 6500 apart and make a power colour classic! You have all the parts you need you could make an excellent machine. I'd probably sell 2 of the 540's you should be able to get quite a bit for them enough to get some good upgrade for the other machines. Wish I could find a haul like that!
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 29 Dec 2002 : 14:09:10
*shorts out keyboard with drool*-------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
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Slomac636
Junior Member
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 29 Dec 2002 : 15:11:11
WOW!! I must have been sleeping on that day, I wish I could make a find like that. I know a guy that has a 3 story bldg. full of computers, many of which are Macintosh. Unfortunately he's hoarding them I can't get in to see what he's got. I know he's got some good stuff cause he told me about some of it. I bought a Color SW 1500 and some memory from him, but that took me weeks to get that. I'll have to keep trying though. GREAT FIND!
Macs Liberated: 9 - 6400/180 (main Mac), 660AV, 636CD, LCIII+, LCII (2), Classic II, Classic and SE.
Yeah, I hate that friggin beach ball too... |
iApple
Starting Member
20 Posts |
Posted - 29 Dec 2002 : 21:04:06
Yeah, I know the guy at my local thrift shop... he goes to my school and he basically HATES Macs and thinks they're useless.... Lucky for me cus He lets me have any of the Macs for really cheap.He's got a few 540c, 520c, 6500, 8100, something with a tape drive, quadra, compact macs, and then he also has huge monitors like 21", 19", 17", apple scanners, he had some bondi blue iMacs too but I missed out cus those went fast. For every Mac he's got he's got 10 PeeCees.... so its crowded in there. Sometimes when he gets a whole bunch of stuff, he lets me walk out with whatever I can carry... I'm trying to sell one of the 540c here on this forum... and some other stuff... If you guys are interested let me know.
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Rexzilla
Junior Member
132 Posts |
Posted - 29 Dec 2002 : 22:19:32
I never find powerbooks laying around in Indy. Indy does not seem very Mac friendly and the pickens are slim. I guess I need to try the Bloomington area. I have just about given up on the thrift stores in this area.
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dunbar
New Member
USA
87 Posts |
Posted - 30 Dec 2002 : 07:11:58
Madness!Mac+=4, MacSE=1, MacSE30=1, P400=1, PB520c=1, LCI=-1, LCII=-1, Q605=1, Q650=1, UberQ950=1, PM7500=SQRT(-1). |
MacMoose
Junior Member
USA
176 Posts |
Posted - 30 Dec 2002 : 08:01:26
quote:
I never find powerbooks laying around in Indy. Indy does not seem very Mac friendly and the pickens are slim. I guess I need to try the Bloomington area. I have just about given up on the thrift stores in this area.
Well, living a little over 100 miles south of you, I have found that Indy is much more supportive of the Mac community than my own LLC(Local Large City)™. Bloomington, on the other hand, I remember more as a party town, so I can't speak of it Mac friendlyness. ------------------
MacMoose
Benevolent Genius, 68k MLA
Total 68K Macs liberated: 22 and counting
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icebook1
Starting Member
USA
27 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jan 2003 : 07:38:46
Anybody know of a good thrift shop or 2 in the Northern VA area? The local Salvation Army says that they "don't take computers" and I'm never able to get such great deals!Anyone, anyone? Thanks.
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PBs and PPCs
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