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| Posted by: zackl on 2020-04-20 09:11:03 Starting off a thread with this picture that was taken in ~2013 when I had gotten back into collecting. My "white whale" was always an 840av, couldn't find one without broken plastics or components. So over a year I put together a stack of 4 "donor" 840avs from craigslist, ebay, forum, etc. reflected in this picture below:  With the help from Charles aka Uniserver I got two of them working, one I sold at a discount to a forum member, the other I frankentsteined with the best plastics / components into the example below:  And finally found an original 840av box to keep it in - I'm still looking for a box in better condition if you happen to have one 🙂 View attachment 14085 More soon | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2020-04-20 09:37:10 I'm currently doing the exact same thing, but with a IIfx. On the hunt for a nice condition IIfx case, manuals, etc. I have a box and a IIfx in cosmetically really, really bad condition. Styrofoam chemically melted the plastic. 🙁 | |
Posted by: superjer2000 on 2020-04-20 20:06:40I'm currently doing the exact same thing, but with a IIfx. On the hunt for a nice condition IIfx case, manuals, etc. I have a box and a IIfx in cosmetically really, really bad condition. Styrofoam chemically melted the plastic. 🙁Hate to derail this thread but was it the original Apple styrofoam? Was the unit stored in a hot, humid or otherwise unique environment? I've got a 128k, a II and a few other units in their original boxes. I'd hate for the styrofoam to be eating away at the plastics. | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2020-04-20 20:11:28 @superjer2000 It's the original styrofoam as far as I can tell, but I don't know the conditions in which it was stored. | |
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