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| PowerBook 520c! | |
| Posted by: oneboyarmy on 2011-01-17 07:05:17 Last week I randomly decided I needed a nice "new" old PowerBook to play with. I have a Duo 2300c but it does get a bit cumbersome to use without hooking up the mini-dock and various attachments. It's also in storage right now! Thanks to a quick eBay stop and a few days worth of watching, I scored a PowerBook 520c - with maxed RAM (36MB) for only $19.99. I only put in a single bid, and was the only bidder. The seller is shipping to me today via UPS so hopefully I'll have it before end of week. I definitely consider the RAM a big plus considering how hard it would be to find an upgrade. It also has the manuals included - but no mention of media. Oh well! Now all I need is an HDI30 to DB25 SCSI cable or adapter so I can plug in an external CD-ROM drive. |) | |
| Posted by: IIfx on 2011-01-17 08:12:24 My first laptop was 520c I got in 2004. I still have it, but my 540c has replaced it. The 36mb RAM card is rare, and out of the 5 5xx I had, only the 540 had it. | |
| Posted by: Bunsen on 2011-01-17 08:18:40 Good score, excellent price, especially with the maxed RAM - it's impossible to find separately! | |
| Posted by: oneboyarmy on 2011-01-17 08:21:28 I got my shipment notice - it should be in my hands on Thursday!! 🙂 | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2011-01-17 22:41:56 That RAM alone is worth the price. Nice score. | |
| Posted by: oneboyarmy on 2011-01-27 20:49:32 It's here! A few pics from the iPhone:  The full spread. (Yes, even came with the original stickers!)  About this computer.  This made me giggle just a bit. So yeah. Aside from one of the feets being broken, this machine is awesome and feels incredibly snappy with OS 8. | |
| Posted by: J English Smith on 2011-01-28 08:03:53 Score! Looks like it was never even used. I love the form factor of the Blackbirds. | |
Posted by: trag on 2011-01-28 09:11:34That makes me giggle too. I had an Apple Visa card way back when. The maximum reward one could accumulate was something like $1500, IIRC. I had about that much, a little less, when Montgomery Wards cleared out stock of the 520C for $499 each. I managed to find three of them, which I purchased. Then I redeemed my Apple Dollars from the card using that purchase. So the 520Cs were essentially free. Then I sold the three 520C for about $1000 each. So in a quick week, I netted almost $3000... Ah, the good old days... | |
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