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Posted by: John8520 on 2009-10-05 18:55:58
I'll make this first post brief 'cause I know all you nuts are just in it for the pictures.
Normally I'm not to interested in pre-SE macs, but when I was given an offer for a 512ke with a "boatload of stuff" (for free) it was kind of hard to turn down. Nah, it was impossible to turn down! In any case, it belonged to a friend of my dad's who bought it new way back when and used it as a regular workhorse until it was replaced somewhere down the line with whatever replaced it and then tossed back into its boxes to wait until today!
As of this writing I have not yet turned it on, but so far, this is what I have inventoried:
- The 512k Enhanced, serial F6403GUM0001E and manual
- Original (presumably) keyboard and mouse (including that ridiculous RJ11 cable) Somewhat worn, but nothing terrible, a bit of cleaning would be fine.
- ImageWriter II, with manual and power cable (and a plastic cover)
- Few hundred sheets of tractorfeed, silverfish free
- Two boxes of floppies, looks like system disks and some games and software, haven't gone through it all
- Few manuals and books about Macs in general and Microsoft Works
- Kensington system saver in the box, with a cover
- Peculiar little mouse caddy stickied to the side of the mac, Kensington branded
- Two of those yellow dummy floppy disks
- An external 800k drive, also with the manual and cover
- Two boxes of 3M computer cleaning stuff? I dunno I haven't looked.
So, as I said I've never had a pre-SE mac before, so this will be quite an adventure, and I'll be spending more time than usual in the compact mac forums. Similarly, I have not yet fired it up as I knew you guys would be wanting a baseline report as soon as possible.
In case you missed the link at the top, here's another link to the pictures, which will be updated as I go along.
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Posted by: John8520 on 2009-10-05 19:11:20
Quit update time: it works beautifully, I just booted the guided tour floppy and am having waaay too much fun! Why can't new computers be this awesome!?
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Posted by: agg23 on 2009-10-05 19:28:26
WOW! 8-o :O
What a great find! Nice setup you have got there and you can't beat the price.
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Posted by: John8520 on 2009-10-05 19:47:44
Thanks!
Another update - The imagewriter works grandly, completes self test and loads tractorfeed happily. Not surprisingly, both ribbons are mostly dried up, so tomorrow morning ima hit up office depot and get a new one.
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2009-10-05 19:49:11
Very nice! :O I wonder what the "Macintosh Support Package" is?
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Posted by: John8520 on 2009-10-05 20:03:01
According to the box, it (The Macintosh Support Package) originally included the following:
- Flip 'n' File /Micro 10 Diskette Storage Box
- 3M Clean 'n' Safe screen cleaner
- 3M Clean 'n' Safe platen cleaner
- 3M Post-it note pad
- Diskwriter two-ended computer pen
- Some floppy disk offers
Pretty cool. I have everything but the postit notes and pen here!
An issue has come up, though - the external drive won't inject disks. I can push them in most of the way, but about 2mm still stick out. Ideas?
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Posted by: Gil on 2009-10-05 20:17:20
Incredible! :O
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Posted by: John8520 on 2009-10-05 20:59:50
Well I'm a genius. Putting one of my spare SE 800k drives in the case works like a charm. I think the original drive is just gunked up, it doesn't look physically damaged and is slowly starting to work free.
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Posted by: tom7447 on 2009-10-06 02:27:50
That is amazing.
especially to me in Australia, we just simply don't get hauls like that.
those boxes are in brilliant nick too.
hang on to all that original packaging. I for one am very jealous.
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Posted by: Hotdog Zanzibar on 2009-10-06 07:41:23
Amazing! I'm not much of a pre-SE guy either, but I recognize a beautiful find when I see one. The boxes look like they're in remarkably good condition. Better condition than my Mac Pro box, even (thanks, FedEx). 🙂
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Posted by: ken27238 on 2009-10-06 10:23:08
info on your mac from the early mac serial number decoder site:
Your Macintosh 512e (M0001E), with serial number F6403GUM0001E, was the 4040th manufactured during the 40th week of 1986 in Fremont, CA.
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Posted by: protocol7 on 2009-10-06 10:42:14
That's an amazing haul! Especially with all the packaging. Congrats :approve:
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Posted by: John8520 on 2009-10-06 11:41:51
Here's a video for those interested - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdPbXm12lWg
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