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Durosity’s conquests and collection
Posted by: joshc on 2025-12-12 06:07:54 I’ve finally been able to get my garage cleared out and organised Well done on reaching that milestone. The challenge is keeping it that way!
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-12-12 07:54:06 Steady on mate, that's a dangerous road It is! It just means I have lots of space for more junk! I should really post pics of it post tidying.. for posterity. Well done on reaching that milestone. The challenge is keeping it that way! True! Although I have done it in a way that also means I have more storage space so it shouldn’t be as hard to keep it tidy.. but as we all know it just takes one haul to ruin that!
Posted by: Juror22 on 2025-12-13 09:47:27 I should really post pics of it post tidying.. for posterity. Yes, please! I need know that it is possible to sort everything out. 🙂
Posted by: Jacques on 2025-12-18 04:02:55 Where on earth do you find these treasures?! I swear folks in my area never used Apple gear in the 80’s and 90’s. Somerset and Devon is devoid of mac goodies, and if you do find something they stick ‘vintage’ in front of it and try and charge £500 more for a broken hunk of smashed up plastic.
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-12-18 05:22:12 Where on earth do you find these treasures?! I swear folks in my area never used Apple gear in the 80’s and 90’s. Somerset and Devon is devoid of mac goodies, and if you do find something they stick ‘vintage’ in front of it and try and charge £500 more for a broken hunk of smashed up plastic. I'm in Wiltshire and the situation is similar; patience is mostly what is called for and the willingness to pick stuff up in person rather than have it shipped. Also watching the trading post here; a lot of stuff just circulates around the UK MLA contingent. In the old days (earlier this year), the trick was to wait for @joshc to buy something he didn't need which would then inevitably end up being in my cupboard until I lost my temper and gave it to someone. Inconsiderately, he has now decamped to the antipodes. Isn't it a shame when ecosystems collapse? ;-)
Posted by: mg.man on 2025-12-18 05:30:30 In the old days (earlier this year), the trick was to wait for @joshc to buy something he didn't need 🤣 And now the down-under MLA'rs are working that out! 🙂
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-12-18 08:39:56 Yes, please! I need know that it is possible to sort everything out. 🙂 I will do this shortly! It’s already starting to look a little messy again 🤣 Where on earth do you find these treasures?! I swear folks in my area never used Apple gear in the 80’s and 90’s. Somerset and Devon is devoid of mac goodies, and if you do find something they stick ‘vintage’ in front of it and try and charge £500 more for a broken hunk of smashed up plastic. I travel the UK with a friend for stuff. We enjoy road trips! Although I’ve had to curtail them due to my changing of careers.. but eventually ill get back to it! I'm in Wiltshire and the situation is similar; patience is mostly what is called for and the willingness to pick stuff up in person rather than have it shipped. Also watching the trading post here; a lot of stuff just circulates around the UK MLA contingent. In the old days (earlier this year), the trick was to wait for @joshc to buy something he didn't need which would then inevitably end up being in my cupboard until I lost my temper and gave it to someone. Inconsiderately, he has now decamped to the antipodes. Isn't it a shame when ecosystems collapse? ;-) And now you can start giving me things instead! All hail the new ecosystem! Also damn Josh for abandoning us.. I’m only slightly jealous. 🤣 And now the down-under MLA'rs are working that out! 🙂 Is that where men plunder? Cos they’re gonna be plundering SE/30s soon!
Posted by: mg.man on 2025-12-18 08:51:01 .. damn Josh for abandoning us... Is that where men plunder? Cos they’re gonna be plundering SE/30s soon! 🤣
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-12-18 09:01:22 Is that where men plunder? itym chunder Cos they’re gonna be plundering SE/30s soon! no, disregard, chundering SE/30s sounds very uncomfortable indeed
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-12-18 11:31:48 itym chunder "Do you come from a land down under Where women glow and men plunder?” It is chunder in a following verse though. And yes, chundering SE/30s does not sound pleasant.. yet..
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-12-18 11:59:10 It is chunder in a following verse though. how dare they beat me to a bad joke
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-12-18 12:15:45 how dare they beat me to a bad joke And by 45 years no less!
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-12-19 14:24:54 I shouldn’t be buying anything.. but I noticed something on eBay the other day and took a punt on it. A Macintosh IIci that doesn’t power up. Not exactly common.. however it had 2 things of interest in it.. today it turned up: And then I got really excited It also had a SuperMac thunder/24 card! So I’m rather stoked! I’ll hopefully get to pick it up from my friends house over the Xmas period and be able to test it all out.
Posted by: obsolete on 2025-12-19 16:59:40 Wow, nice score! Congrats.
Posted by: croissantking on 2025-12-19 17:03:36 I shouldn’t be buying anything.. but I noticed something on eBay the other day and took a punt on it. A Macintosh IIci that doesn’t power up. Not exactly common.. however it had 2 things of interest in it.. today it turned up: View attachment 93414 View attachment 93415 And then I got really excited View attachment 93416 It also had a SuperMac thunder/24 card!View attachment 93417 So I’m rather stoked! I’ll hopefully get to pick it up from my friends house over the Xmas period and be able to test it all out. Omg so jelly
Posted by: jmacz on 2025-12-19 21:15:00 Nice!!! Congrats!
Posted by: wthww on 2025-12-21 01:17:13 Awesome find, I'm so happy for you! What are your plans for it? I'd probably use it as is after troubleshooting the box. Someone already tiptopped it! 😀
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-12-21 05:10:33 Awesome find, I'm so happy for you! What are your plans for it? I'd probably use it as is after troubleshooting the box. Someone already tiptopped it! 😀 See now that’s the question.. I’ve already got a IIcx in my setup in my study, along with a Quadra 950 for 040 fun! So.. do I replace the cx with the ci? Do I use it in one of my SE/30 (assuming it’s the revision that could be used for that.. ).. do I just put it on display? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i Buy.. but never actually think 🤣
Posted by: Snial on 2025-12-21 07:22:03 <snip> is this the gateway to Amstrads and IBMs and BBCs and Amigas and….? 😬 View attachment 93181 I’m currently playing around with MAME’s realtime SparcStation 1 emulator (20MHz CPU). It reminds me how weird, powerful, ugly & slow GUI RISC Unix workstations were in the late 1980s to early 1990s. A world away from Macs, which are recognisably the same kind of platform, despite the massive changes in the underlying technology. It’s a kind of prelude to another, actually Physical Unix Workstation I really have. Though I have to fix the RTC and splice together a native to VGA video cable. The real value of all different platforms is that they embody different concepts of how to go about doing computing. Like the ZX Spectrum, with its a amazing Single-Keyword-Entry, Syntax-perfect editor! Have fun!
Posted by: CC_333 on 2026-01-03 17:27:24 It just means I have lots of space for more junk! I have a ton of stuff I'm sure you'd enjoy cramming your garage full with, but I'm on the wrong side of the wrong continent. Then there's all this sordid nonsense about tariffs and inflation, else I'd have it shipped to you! chunder What does "chunder" mean? My dictionary came up empty and thought I meant either "chunky" or "thunder." c
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