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| Posted by: nathall on 2025-07-21 23:23:04 I just picked up a IIe, 128k, SE, among other things... My conquests didn’t get nearly the same royal treatment. The IIe was smuggled back in my checked bag on the airline and the others are coming via UPS... 😕 | |
Posted by: Snial on 2025-07-22 01:10:48It‘s finally time for my own Conquests thread…@cheesestraws, I've just thought.. lots of British trains have mains sockets. If they had enough power, you'd literally be able to use a compact Mac on a train - how hilarious! | |
Posted by: croissantking on 2025-07-22 01:15:56@cheesestraws, I've just thought.. lots of British trains have mains sockets. If they had enough power, you'd literally be able to use a compact Mac on a train - how hilarious!That’s what the Macintosh Portable is for 🙂 | |
Posted by: robin-fo on 2025-07-22 01:30:46@cheesestraws, I've just thought.. lots of British trains have mains sockets. If they had enough power, you'd literally be able to use a compact Mac on a train - how hilarious!I would actually have done that if it were already recapped! I guess a compact Mac doesn‘t draw much more power than a modern laptop charger… | |
Posted by: Snial on 2025-07-22 04:48:46I would actually have done that if it were already recapped! I guess a compact Mac doesn‘t draw much more power than a modern laptop charger…A Mac Plus has a 60W power supply. Mac SE is up to 100W. Mac Classic 76W. So, I would guess that a Plus or Classic could be powered on a train. | |
| Posted by: mikes-macs on 2025-07-23 11:39:52 You are not in any of the pictures. Are you sitting in the checked baggage compartment? | |
| Posted by: JT737 on 2025-07-23 12:10:08 Nice score @robin-fo ! Looks like it is in excellent condition. Did it have any PDS cards (like a video card) in it? And nice train as well! I guess that, for an American, I am lucky, as the town that I live in (Northampton, Ma) still has a train station in it. | |
Posted by: joshc on 2025-07-23 14:41:24A Mac Plus has a 60W power supply. Mac SE is up to 100W. Mac Classic 76W.I reckon an SE would be just fine too. The uprated PSU was for hard drive / PDS cards. | |
Posted by: robin-fo on 2025-07-23 22:31:50You are not in any of the pictures. Are you sitting in the checked baggage compartment?I'm usually behind the camera if you can't see me in the photo 😉. I actually haven't seen a luggage van in an SBB train for well over a decade now. | |
Posted by: robin-fo on 2025-07-23 22:38:08Nice score @robin-fo ! Looks like it is in excellent condition. Did it have any PDS cards (like a video card) in it?Thanks! I actually didn't even intend to buy it. But nobody has placed a bid beyond CHF 90 so I got it as a surprise... There were no cards inside and the HD was upgraded in the mid 90s (its head is probably stuck so I can't read any data on it) | |
Posted by: ArmorAlley on 2025-07-23 22:38:35It‘s finally time for my own Conquests thread…First Class too! Did you get an AEK in its original box? @cheesestraws: if you'd like photos of Swiss trains & stations, I can take some for you. We have no car and I am out & about on Swiss trains. | |
Posted by: robin-fo on 2025-07-23 22:51:06Did you get an AEK in its original box?No, it's a US M0116 (even with a sticker of some US computer shop!). A Swiss AEK 1 in original box would be really cool though! | |
| Posted by: robin-fo on 2025-07-24 08:29:03 Speaking of Mac transportation without car: I had to carry this for maybe 2km when I bought it last year:  | |
Posted by: ArmorAlley on 2025-07-24 22:31:21Speaking of Mac transportation without car: I had to carry this for maybe 2km when I bought it last year:Wow. They are heavy and 2Kms is a good 15 minute walk unencumbered. Well done you! | |
| Posted by: MacUp72 on 2025-07-25 00:06:56 there should be a @MacTravel pics thread | |
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-07-25 00:09:31there should be a @MacTravel pics thread "Macs on Tracks" for mac/train pictures? Anyone here volunteer at a heritage railway? ;-) | |
| Posted by: VMSZealot on 2025-08-02 04:07:19 I didn’t realise that the SE drew so little. The three pin socket in the back of my estate car can deliver up to 120W - so now I want to power, and use, a compact Mac in my car! | |
| Posted by: MacPlusMilford on 2025-08-04 14:07:20 Awesome vibe in these photos with the macs on the train. I wish we had better trains in the US. 😅 | |
Posted by: Snial on 2025-08-05 02:41:06I didn’t realise that the SE drew so little. The three pin socket in the back of my estate car can deliver up to 120W - so now I want to power, and use, a compact Mac in my car!We can take this a bit further. Lots of EVs provide V2L these days (Vehicle to Load), which means you can power mains appliances from an EV (e.g. if you're camping). A Mac Plus takes 60W. A typical modern EV has at least 50kWh of battery, so you could power your Mac Plus from a charged EV for: 833 hours, which is approximately 110 days or 30% of a year. We only have a 22kWh Zoe, so we could only provide 48 days worth (and it doesn't have V2L, so that's a bit moot). A Mac Plus's CRT is probably taking most of the power, so it's a pity you can't mod a Mac Plus and turn off the CRT completely. No spare VIA pins I think. Is that true? But if you could, then you could write a simple screen saver, let's call it CrtSleeper and reduce the average power consumption even further. | |
| Posted by: robin-fo on 2025-08-05 03:32:33 Some time ago I also considered replacing the SE‘s PSU with a big 4s LiPo and Pico PSU.. 😅. Would probably all fit into the original PSU cage and turning your mac into a „portable“ | |
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