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Posted by: techknight on 2012-05-17 16:23:04
picked up a macintosh classic at the hamvention today. Has a ram card, its HDD, etc...
Guess what. I got VERY lucky because it has the Maxell red battery. but it hasnt leaked yet! pulled and tossed for good.
There was a perfect condition LC575 setting there as well. I contriplated on getting it, and decided against it because I really dont have the room. I want it, but i cant.
He has a couple Kaypros with boxes of software, and has some Apple IIe units, and a PPC 6100 with DOS card, Still there. I got in today because I had a dealer pass. the actual vending starts tomorrow.
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Posted by: Arthegall on 2012-05-17 16:39:06
How much does he want for the LC575? I have connections in Dayton.
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Posted by: techknight on 2012-05-17 17:52:54
$25 bucks I think.
there was a quicksilver G4, MDD G4, and a few powermac G5s. some DP, some not. and a couple parts ibooks. one 12", one 14"
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Posted by: mcdermd on 2012-05-19 08:48:32
My brother is there and made connection with a former Apple tech. He said he had a Techstep he wanted to get rid of. Does anyone have one? Is it actually still useful in troubleshooting?
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Posted by: Arthegall on 2012-05-19 08:52:10
http://www.forcedperfect.net/hardware/other/techstep/
It would be helpful to know which ROM packs it has.
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Posted by: techknight on 2012-05-19 16:12:59
Was your brother a vendor? I may have ran into him and not realized it.
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Posted by: mcdermd on 2012-05-19 20:27:12
Yeah, he was at a vendor booth but I forget which one. He would have had some SDR stuff running on Mac OS X and iPad.
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Posted by: Scott Baret on 2012-05-19 20:37:39
Not sure what is better here...the Classic or the fact you got a non-leaky Maxell! They seem harder to find than Lisa 1s!!!
Is it me, or have there been a lot of Classics liberated recently?
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Posted by: techknight on 2012-05-19 20:48:07
Ya, I ran into him. But since I didnt know who he was, we never made a connection. I wore the hillbilly fest shirt if he remembers it.
Well, the battery upon closer inspection was just starting to leak. No evidence on the board, but you can see wet spots inside the wrapper toward the top of the battery. There were a couple classics there last year, but I never messed with it. I decided to grab one this year because all the other ones that were obtained, and a few months ago cruising ebay they were pretty high for awhile. They seemed to have fallen though.
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Posted by: mcdermd on 2012-05-19 20:58:09
Cool, man. I just asked and he said he was at the TAPR booth.
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Posted by: uniserver on 2012-05-19 21:31:50
i like the classic,
25 for a good LC575, to me that sounds like a great deal!
i need to start going to these hamventions...
serious question though...
is there something wrong with us, that we like to collect these old mac's?
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Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2012-05-19 23:20:02
No . . .
a) it's fun and a learning experience . . .
B) it probably costs most of us less in a year than greens fees for the summer . . . much less the collection of crap that goes along with that game . . .
c) compare the cost of collecting for a year to one ski weekend . . . or the collection of crap that goes along with that activity . . .
d) compare the time spent to here and playing with our toys to watching the dreck on TV . . .
e) anybody got a bass boat and the collection of crap that goes along with that activity?
f) a ski tow boat and the coll . . .
I rest my case! [😀] ]'>
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Posted by: mcdermd on 2012-05-19 23:56:09
Damn, and here I was thinking of fixing up the boat in the garage. Now you're telling me I have to give up Macs if I do.
Whoever said a boat is a hole you throw money into was probably right.
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Posted by: TheIanMan85 on 2012-05-20 16:16:29
I used to sell marine parts. Boat=Bust Out Another Thousand. That's just talking about the parts, even the yearly maintenance stuff. Then there's the cost of fuel. Before I worked there I wanted a boat. Now I'm just glad my Dad has one I can go out on with him on a few weekends per summer.
Skiing I like doing on the cheap. Passes are free if you work for the mountain. My skis are like 8 years old...I don't go blowing four figures on the latest and greatest every year. Let me tell you, getting paid to ski and drive snowmobiles was awesome. Except for the pay... But what it lacked in dollars it made up for in job satisfaction. Now I know plenty of people who have day pass vouchers to give out!
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Posted by: Mk.558 on 2012-05-20 18:01:55
Whoever said a boat is a hole you throw money into was probably right. There was a guy in LA County who was or might still be restoring some 1920s racing yacht. Major structural damage. The catch?
He was doing it in his yard, right in the suburb. A judge ordered it removed. The gent says it gives him satisfaction. I could probably agree...but at what cost?
What about jetskis? Or are those Bust Out Another Tithe?
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Posted by: TheIanMan85 on 2012-05-20 18:20:56
Jeez Every Time Something Kills Itself 😛
Too lazy to use bold. I just made that one up. That's all I could think of as far as some sort of thing about jetskis costing money. Who's got a better one? 😀
I've never touched one or looked up costs on them or their parts though. Then again if you really want an expensive hobby, own an airplane. Aviation parts make marine parts look like chump change. Not that I own a plane, or ever have or will. But some guy I talked to when selling marine parts apparently did own one, and gave me some examples to Google. Ouch. 8-o
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Posted by: Bunsen on 2012-05-22 12:50:13
There are stranger things people collect.
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Posted by: techknight on 2012-05-22 19:05:20
I always thought those mechanical push mowers were cool. we used to have one long ago. With the price of gas these days, why not?
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Posted by: Scott Baret on 2012-05-22 19:16:42
There are actually people who collect traffic lights, too.
I have one I bought from my municipality; my intent is to use it in a classroom as a behavior modification system. I bought a controller board for it and probably will swap the incandescent bulbs for LEDs.
When I did some research on it, I found people who have 20+ lights (practically whole intersections). Some of these guys are also into road signs.
Then there's the guy who collects Texas Instruments calculators. I found the page when I was looking up a calculator I was planning to use with a student.
Personally, I collect Pittsburgh Pirates bobbleheads. I usually only display the guys currently on the team; the rest are in my closet. (As I type this, I'm being watched by Joel Hanrahan, Andrew McCutchen, Neil Walker, and Nate McLouth). I also collect coins (which is a family hobby; I'm a fourth-generation collector) and baseball cards (third-generation collector).
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