I work at a university Architecture school. Over the years the school has invested heavily in computing. When these machines are no longer usefull for the school, they get sent to "distribution services" where they eventually get trashed or sold at auctions.

A few weeks ago I was forced to put distribution tags on the following:

4 LCIII
4 Quadra 700
4 PPC 7300
4 Beige G3 (2 towers, 2 desktop)

Plus a slew of cabling, extra drives, cards, etc, etc.

these all work. I snuck up to the room they are being held in, luckily my position comes with a key to that room. I tested them all. Most boot up fine, some w/o extensions.

Because I am an employee of the university i am not elligible for the autions

I guess I just wanted to know where to draw the liberating line. These macs are definately unhappy. And are going to an even more unhappy "concentration camp." Any tampering/removing of stuff from the macs being held captive would mean certain joblessness for me.

If anyone is interested, I can let you know when the auctions will be (usually every 3 months).

and a G3 would be great for my server project, and everyone loves a Q700 with A/UX

are you in Arizona per chance?

As to where the "liberation line" lies, I'd stay on the right side of the law and in the good graces of your employer. You will be able to do more good for your Macs if you are gainfully employed than if you are out on the street.

BTW, where are the auctions?

G4From128k

/me imagines the house of MacStacks

I cannot buy stuff from them for PERSONAL use, but the lady said that it is fine if I bring a friend to purchase for me as long as they do not get paid by the university.

Anybody can browse/purchase from the warehouse if you call a day ahead.

I am going to make an appointment for next week. I will report back about my findings.

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As to where the "liberation line" lies, I'd stay on the right side of the law and in the good graces of your employer. You will be able to do more good for your Macs if you are gainfully employed than if you are out on the street.

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I have a problem with vintage electronics. . .I am working on it.

I was allowed my pick of a bunch of cables and a few mac microphones. Picked up some scsi and power cables . . .and hopefully some cables that will allow me to network macs. . .forgot what it is called. . .goes in printer port. Got two types of mics, I think at least one will work on my performa. . .the other one works on a G3.

great little thingies for networking a bunch of 68k's easier some would think than getting ethernet cards and all that good junk

now I just need a kvm switch. . .they make those for mac right?

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yeah... see... just holding out for good, legitimate deals that won't make you lose your job is just as rewarding!

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Some machines in a college were used for special tasks like grabbing pics from a miscroscope and they dont get used much or beat up.

Then there are the apple II's found in the school system that get beat to hell over many years by little kids and their dirty fingers.

My IIfx came from Perdue University and it controlled some science equipment. besides a sticker and some marking in pen it was in very good condition inside and out (except for dust bunnies in the floppy drive since it was networked nobody used the floppy for a long time)

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