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Macintosh±OrInBetween
Starting Member
8 Posts |
 Posted - 04 Oct 2003 : 15:59:37
Last Friday, I went into a thrift store in search of LC 475 parts, and saw nothing interesting, until under a table I spotted a solid unit Mac with no model badge. I picked it up, very dirty, school machine, serial #s everywhere, grime. Then I went to look for keyboards, but only found some Apple Extended Keyboards with no cables. When I walked back, the mystery mac I moved was back, but it was clean except for stickers and sharpie, and now wore a model badge that said "LC 580" I then noticed this was another machine that had just been sat out. Sticker said $8, Works, over a sticker that said $20, Works. I bought that thing, and rode with it in my lap 25 miles in my dad's old pickup. Works great, upgraded to 7.5.5.
33MHz, 24MB RAM, 800MB IDE HDD, CD, Floppy, ClarisWorks 4, After Dark, The Digital Chisel, other odds/ends. I managed to use it to make the 800k disks for the Macintosh SE System 6 upgrade, and now have 2 working macs and an ImageWriter II. If only I had a modem.Rank: Technician
68k's Liberated:
Macintosh SE, Macintosh LC 475. 68k-related Equipment:
ImageWriter II |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2003 : 16:52:42
Nice!  "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 06 Oct 2003 : 10:58:09
I remember getting my 578 thinking that I'd be able to add the AV input, then I realized that I was just two off in the third digit...silly performas  great thift store find, I hope that ti serves you well for quite a while. Official 68k videographer
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Derekcat
Junior Member
USA
342 Posts |
Posted - 08 Oct 2003 : 14:37:57
wow something reasonably priced at a thrift store… around here an SE/30 is usually labeled like 30$ [I guess they didn't know how to be creative ]; 6100's are usually 40$…prices like that. If I open my window all the bugs will get in…That's just one more reason to use a Mac!
Mac Portable
LC ||
SE/30
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Quadras: 660av, 950
PMs: 6100/G3/233, 6214CD, 5400/120, 7100/80av, 9500/G3/300
PB 5300ce
SuperMac C600 180, 240 |
oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 08 Oct 2003 : 20:10:05
Those things do IDE too! Get yourself an ethernet card and you've got yourself an MP3 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 - 08 Oct 2003 : 20:17:23
Or you can put in a Video System, and use it as a poor man's video capture system, like i do on my LC630.  "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2003 : 10:21:03
if only the 580's could have remotes and the TV/FM system, you'd have an expensive man's TV/VCD (OH! and the MPEG kit )Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2003 : 16:50:05
Why an expensive man's TV? Can't you get those things dirt cheap over in the US?"**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2003 : 09:31:36
How many TVs do you know of, that can run System 8.1, record automagically at any given time, can play MPEG CDs, VCDs, listen to audio CDs, play games, and output to other stuff...the LC580 and 630s can do all of that "and more" somewhere I did see like, a 13" TV that had a 56k modem, cute, but still nothing like a 580 Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2003 : 14:47:04
Umm, a 5500? (Not that it looks cute, but yeah...)"**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
Latest 68k Find: LC 580
68k of the Week: kastegir's PowerBook 180.