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tuuur
Starting Member
Netherlands
17 Posts |
 Posted - 16 Jan 2003 : 06:25:08
Got lucky today on the sale-all-old-equipment day at my office.I got a
- Centris 660AV 8/500 w. System 7.5.1, MPW, SuperCard and other stuff installed
- AudioVision 14 display
- Apple extended keyboard + mouse
- Custom built laserdisc player All for 5 euro. Got a P90 for 50 cents, with 16MB ram installed which fitted into the Centris.. :D And an AppleVision 1710 which will not power on; for free. I'm not good with CRTs, so don't know if that's repareable. --
I'll never get out of this world alive... Liberated 15 68k Macs! |
alcoa
Full Member
Albania
543 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2003 : 07:53:49
NICE!  
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2003 : 08:58:51
Put some more RAM in your P90 and run OpenStep on it.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 |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2003 : 09:29:01
Make sure the ADB pass-thru cable on the AV 1710 is connected...mine wouldn't power on without it!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 Hardware Page: http://cineware.sytes.net |
G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2003 : 09:46:46
Congratulations on the conquest. Your tale highlights how well 68k's hold their value. You got an older 33 MHz LC040 system for 15 cents/MHz and a newer 90 MHz rePentium for 0.6 cents/MHz. Of course, I think that the P90 was really just a massive box to hold your new Mac's 16 MB memory SIMM. Have fun with Supercard. SuperCard and HyperCard are excellent tools for hacking together fun little applications (and fun big applications, too). Wishing you joy with your conquests, G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way
Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
& User of the Hockey Puck Mouse of Radial Symmetry |
tuuur
Starting Member
Netherlands
17 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2003 : 16:36:55
Oldmacman:
the P90 was emtpy, except for the ram...
But I can get hold of OpenStep, and I will put that on the P200/64MB/2,5GB I bought for 5 euro at the same auction! 
Or FreeBSD, Debian, NetBSD... Its the try-out machine.Cine:
thanks for the tip, I didn't connect the ADB when I tested it first.
Tonight I tried it, but it wouldn't power on connected to the Centris. I'm too tired now yo go through all the hassle, but will try it on the 7500. G4from128:
indeed, the P90 was a simm-container. It's gonna go to the local thriftshop with something like 8 mb and a little HD, don;t know what else to do with it.
I'll look some more into SuperCard, never worked with it... --
I'll never get out of this world alive... Liberated 15 68k Macs! |
oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2003 : 17:18:40
OpenStep is better than Linux or BSD, IMHO. It's much easier to use, the interface makes sense, the dev tools are better, and it doesn't use X.If you can't find OpenStep, it's on the 68kMLA Hotline server. 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 |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2003 : 17:50:52
One thing i've also noticed is that a 1710 will not power on unless the video cable is connected to a Mac.-------------------------- 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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Centris 660AV
68k of the Week: kastegir's PowerBook 180.