68kMLA Supporter erichelgeson Posted August 25, 2020 Author 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 I'll charge up the DSLR tonight and measure/photo tomorrow - And first dibs if you want to take it (I'd like the space back too!) Actually it might be neat to have some good photos of the boxes (Plus was my first, and was unfortunately thrown out rather recently) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter erichelgeson Posted August 28, 2020 Author 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 On 8/25/2020 at 12:22 PM, quorten said: Sure, I'd be interested in some high res photos of the each side outside and insides https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VzPV8MtS3qOpWC62HtaMCkKF6aeY0b5S?usp=sharing 19.5inx15.5inx20in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quorten Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 Cool, I sent a note to ask for permission to access, hopefully it should be straightforward to identify as me. Box dimensions, wow, they must have originally packed up that machine as if it were worth $3000 today... which it pretty much was at the time. I'll look around at this box and let you know if I'd like to have it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter erichelgeson Posted August 29, 2020 Author 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted August 29, 2020 20 hours ago, quorten said: permission to access Whoops, meant to have it wide open, which it is now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quorten Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 Alright, @erichelgeson I started playing around with the information in the photos, and I'm convinced... that I'll be willing to eventually take the box away from you. Just trying to pace myself when I say this... I'd like to prove to myself I make reasonable progress on the project so that I'll have a justifiable reason to work with the original boxing directly, so that it doesn't sit around without reason. So, I'm forking the rest of the project discussion out to a separate thread, over here: And related to @ScutBoy's mention of his additional original boxing, yeah I'm conceivably seeing that if I get through these boxes I might also want to expand to a few more compact Macintosh boxes, but yeah, again, trying to pace myself. But indeed, getting some high-resolution photos of those other boxes and internal contents would be a pretty good start there too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter ScutBoy Posted September 2, 2020 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 17 hours ago, quorten said: And related to @ScutBoy's mention of his additional original boxing, yeah I'm conceivably seeing that if I get through these boxes I might also want to expand to a few more compact Macintosh boxes, but yeah, again, trying to pace myself. But indeed, getting some high-resolution photos of those other boxes and internal contents would be a pretty good start there too. My boxes are buried a little bit, bit I will do my best to dig them out this weekend. The 512K box is definitely smaller than the others. I'll get measurements as well if I get them unearthed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter erichelgeson Posted September 20, 2020 Author 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 Just unloaded.... A lot to go through, the boxes are filled with cards, ram, motherboards, parts, disks, everything. Will do a quick stock tonight. Got from a dealer/collector who is no longer interested. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quorten Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) Whoah! Now that's a truckload. EDIT: Looks like you'll have quite a number more things to put in your signature now. Edited September 20, 2020 by quorten System list in signature Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter erichelgeson Posted September 20, 2020 Author 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 10 hours ago, quorten said: Now that's a truckload. Filled the entire suburban. I'm only keeping a few, most others will be sold, traded, or parted depending on condition. Went through a few box and just tons of stuff. Daystar 601 card, tons ram, eithernet cards, 2 se boards, few II boards, cache cards, pds cards, video cards. Tons of software. A bit overwhelming. Goal is to find some gems and trade for others. Have some stock for people looking for random parts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juror22 Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 That is truly staggering and it seems that it was well cared for e.g. carefully packed and kept reasonably clean. Congrats! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter cheesestraws Posted September 21, 2020 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 16 hours ago, erichelgeson said: Just unloaded.... A lot to go through, the boxes are filled with cards, ram, motherboards, parts, disks, everything. Will do a quick stock tonight. Got from a dealer/collector who is no longer interested. Well! That'll keep you entertained for a while. Nicely done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quorten Posted October 2, 2020 Report Share Posted October 2, 2020 On 7/19/2020 at 12:21 PM, erichelgeson said: USB modem? (has USB and RJ11, with an apple logo?) You found this: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC704LL/A/apple-usb-ethernet-adapter Great for adding a second Ethernet port to your Raspberry Pi to do advanced networking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Byte Knight Posted October 3, 2020 Report Share Posted October 3, 2020 On 9/20/2020 at 11:14 AM, erichelgeson said: Just unloaded.... A lot to go through, the boxes are filled with cards, ram, motherboards, parts, disks, everything. Will do a quick stock tonight. Got from a dealer/collector who is no longer interested. Are the two monitors on top of each other IIgs or Mac monitors? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter erichelgeson Posted October 5, 2020 Author 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 12:54 AM, Byte Knight said: Are the two monitors on top of each other IIgs or Mac monitors? Mac I believe? Apple color hi resolution RGB display - not sure - I didnt have a IIgs or Mac in that time period. It does work on connected to an LCIII though - thought it was the 12" toppers but it's a bit wider. On 10/2/2020 at 4:54 PM, quorten said: You found this: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC704LL/A/apple-usb-ethernet-adapter It's an RJ-11 port though - just plugged it into my MacBook Pro and it identifies as an Apple USB Modem - just seems an odd thing. Must have came with a laptop he got and just through it in the drawer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Baret Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Yes, those are Mac monitors. The easy way to tell a IIGS monitor is the power light. On a Mac, it's a rectangle. On a IIGS, it's a parallelogram, with the short sides parallel to the top and bottom of the display. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter Crutch Posted October 5, 2020 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 8 hours ago, Scott Baret said: Yes, those are Mac monitors. The easy way to tell a IIGS monitor is the power light. On a Mac, it's a rectangle. On a IIGS, it's a parallelogram, with the short sides parallel to the top and bottom of the display. That’s amazing. I have somehow known that my whole life without knowing I knew it. Thanks for pointing it out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cory5412 Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 9 hours ago, erichelgeson said: It's an RJ-11 port though - just plugged it into my MacBook Pro and it identifies as an Apple USB Modem - just seems an odd thing. Must have came with a laptop he got and just through it in the drawer. Yeah, it was sold as an add-on either very very early in the Intel era or very very late in the PPC era after Apple dropped 56k modems from Macs. It could be fun for stuff like faxing, depending on how late it was supported in the OS, and if you have a compatible phone line or ATA + voip service. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quorten Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Yeah, pretty much I was going to write ^ what Cory said. You could have a more modern computer be a mini-ISP that connects vintage computers to period-accurate dialup modems on a local network. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cory5412 Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Hmmmm..... I've been meaning to look into that kind of stuff. The machine currently running vtools, a QS'02, has a modem, and I have a small PBX with some analog lines, and I've thought it would be fun to do whatever low end version of Apple Remote Access was bundled. A friend wrote some notes about doing this using an older version of Windows: Setting up a Dialup Server in 2020 | Gekk . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter Daniël Posted October 6, 2020 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 16 hours ago, Cory5412 said: Hmmmm..... I've been meaning to look into that kind of stuff. The machine currently running vtools, a QS'02, has a modem, and I have a small PBX with some analog lines, and I've thought it would be fun to do whatever low end version of Apple Remote Access was bundled. A friend wrote some notes about doing this using an older version of Windows: Setting up a Dialup Server in 2020 | Gekk . I have done it before on a Quicksilver, though running on a Linux server install with mgetty: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cory5412 Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 That's excellent. I'm extremely tempted, but also most of the macs I have with modems also just have Ethernet. It would be some extremely high end nostalgia to dial in from an iMac, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter erichelgeson Posted April 16 Author 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted April 16 Been a while but got a few new items yesterday from some kind people for trades. G4 cube, Powerbook 150, and two 15" multi scan monitors (which I've been looking for quite awhile) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter BacioiuC Posted April 16 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted April 16 The condition of those monitors is pretty good! Well done Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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