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Few Random finds from abandoned building
Posted by: erichelgeson on 2020-06-07 22:49:31
Simone I know had an abandoned computer repair shop, though mostly PC, there were a few Macintosh things there.

  • Mac Golf (no disk)
  • File Maker Plus manuals + Software
  • 24x SCSI LaCie CD Rom drive
  • 2x ADB mice
  • bunch of random disks
  • Ergonomic keyboard
  • Classic II 🙂
  • PC: Parallel Zip Drive,[SIZE=1.4rem]ISA SCSI card,[/SIZE]Another ISA card I have no idea what it is

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Posted by: Daniël on 2020-06-07 23:01:38
Ooh, nice finds! That Classic II looks fantastic. The Coreco Imaging ISA card is likely a frame grabber card, if Google results are anything to go by.

Posted by: erichelgeson on 2020-06-07 23:09:09
The Classic II was actually picked up a bit before yesterday. It's been cleaned and re-capped - works (and looks) great. This was my 2nd and last "browse" of the building before it sold.

Posted by: PotatoFi on 2020-06-08 01:16:53
That Classic II looks great!

Posted by: Nathan on 2020-06-08 01:42:36
Aside from the Classic II that CD drive strikes me as the most useful/valuable thing there. Plenty of Macitntosh computers that came out prior to the mid-1990s (1995?) came without a CD drive, the ones that did are some variant of 2x/4x/8x and far from 24x, and some later models didn't yet have one by default (optional).

Posted by: jessenator on 2020-06-08 01:45:18
Never used one, but I'm fascinated by the Adjustable Keyboard. Nice find!

Posted by: olePigeon on 2020-06-08 01:47:48
@jessenator  I used to have one, but I sold it.  It's a great looking keyboard, but its 2-key rollover was unbearable.  You can't play most games with it.

Posted by: jessenator on 2020-06-08 01:54:17
2-key rollover was unbearable
That's gonna be an oof from me, dawg. Good to know!

Posted by: Fizzbinn on 2020-06-08 02:36:17
2-key rollover was unbearable
Is the Adjustable Keyboard the only Apple ADB keyboard with that limit? 

Posted by: olePigeon on 2020-06-08 10:04:23
As far as I know.

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