philallin Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 It looks like I have new stuff to play with this weekend The princely sum of £20 secured this little lot......I just need to tell my wife now that I'm bringing home ANOTHER dozen Macs, she may just kill me! PowerMac G3 400 chimes Powermac 8500 G3 (Formac card) chimes Powermac 8500 150 chimes Powermac 7500 100 chimes Powermac 7200 90 chimes Quadra 840AV Lovely cond chimes Mac II Vi (uber rare Mac in good cond) chimes Mac IIfx excellent condition and maxed with 128MB RAM, x2 1.44 flops and a 40MBHD, chimes Mac IIfx spares only Mac IIi Power Mac II Power Mac 512k power but no chime Mac 512 Spares SE30 Power but no chime case dirty And, ......... an LC The above is the description from the seller of this gear, I'll post again when I've collected it and had time to check it all out. I bought the lot basically just for the 840AV but I'm sure there is fun to be had with the other items too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LCGuy Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 So long as the SAF checks out alright, I'd say that was money very well spent! Good score on that 840AV especially. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unknown_K Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 The IIfx alone is worth much more then that if it does have 128MB RAM. Kind of odd having 128MB RAM but only has a 40MB HD (maybe those numbers are switched)? Working 840avs are getting rare. Good luck with the lot (and storing it all) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
equill Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 ...Mac IIfx excellent condition and maxed with 128MB RAM, x2 1.44 flops and a 40MBHD, chimes Mac IIfx spares only... I bought the lot basically just for the 840AV but I'm sure there is fun to be had with the other items too! Everything else pales into invisibility beside a 128-MB IIfx. de Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joshc Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Wow where did you find all that? I live about an hour's drive from Derby in Sheffield. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlieman Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 I looked at a garage load of stuff just outside Leicester a few months ago, taking away a Portable and a few unusual bits. I recall that the batch included a Mac IIfx with what looked like 128MB RAM. Same one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
da9000 Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Spectacular! Need you even ask the question (about money well spent)!? Now as for your wife and imminent death... well, tough luck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MacMan Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 I did spot that lot for sale and was quite tempted to take a road trip down and get it, but I'd never have had space for it in my (small) car or at home! Glad someone can appreciate it though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hotdog Zanzibar Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Nice find on the IIfx... between that and the 840AV, I'd say you got a deal worth much more than the amount paid. The IIvi is a nice find, too. You see a fair amount of IIvx's but rarely it's little brother. They only made the IIvi for 4 months. I'm working patiently to max out my IIfx at 128mb. It has 64mb at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philallin Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Well yesterday I finally drove down to collect the lot listed above.. All items listed are present and correct, I was also given 2 external SCSI enclosures each with a CDRW drive installed, a large cardboard box with approx 150 Mac cover CDs from the 90's. Another huge cardboard box full to the brim with every sort of Mac related cable you can think of....6 PPC604 150Mhz daughter cards (I have no idea what i'll do with these!). A boxed Radius 8bit video accelerator card (I think it's for the 512k Mac or the SE30) several network cards, a half full carrier bag of RAM (many different types) and a pile of documentation that stands over 4 feet high when piled on top of one and other. It's going to take me weeks to sort through all of this lot but I'm a very happy Old Mac lover Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unknown_K Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Those huge hauls keep you busy for a while, kind of like alot of presents on christmas when you were a kid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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