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Found a boxed IIFX and an interesting thing inside

Posted by: hyperneogeo on 2022-09-12 12:13:33

So I purchased a boxed IIFX from Japan. Looks to be in good condition. Came with foam, boxed KanjiTalk 7, boxed Hypercard, boxed keyboard, mouse...all hooks. But the most surprising was this:

Apparently they sold the IIFX with stands in Japan...which would make sense since they were limited in space! I never knew this.

Posted by: LaPorta on 2022-09-12 13:17:08

You sure those weren't aftermarket added in after?

Posted by: hyperneogeo on 2022-09-12 13:30:33

I mean it's possible, but seems like an odd thing to make for such a niche product. These are metal too.

Posted by: Phipli on 2022-09-12 13:58:42

They'd be fairly cheap to belt out once you'd made the die. They're extruded aluminium. They'd also fit the II, IIx, IIcx and IIci, although the ci had feet anyway. They'd sort of fit the Q700 as well.

Posted by: jessenator on 2022-09-12 14:06:12

They were definitely a thing for keeping the larger II series off the ground. It's possible Apple resellers in Japan included them in a package deal, but they were never an Apple-made/sold product.

A member 3d scanned one and I cleaned it up for another forum member to have printed. Hopefully they've held up for you, @joshc

Posted by: Phipli on 2022-09-12 14:30:27

There is a chance they're a standard extrusion. Might be just cut to length, painted and appropriately sized pads added.

Posted by: Pushpull76 on 2022-09-12 14:30:34

Not Apple for sure, but I saw them once back in time, they were made for the Macintosh II/IIx/IIfx serie. Did you check if there is a mark somewhere on the stands?

Posted by: joshc on 2022-09-12 15:38:11

Heh, I know this one. Those are Kensington Macintosh II stands. They are not an Apple product and wouldn't have been bundled with a Mac II (unless the packing list states so - do you have the packing list?). These stands were made of metal and have little foam pads where the stands touch the Mac II, exactly like the one in your photo. Look up Kensington products in various Macworld magazines -- sometimes their ads or reseller ads listed them.

And yes @jessenator my 3D printed Mac II stands are holding up well, though they're not in use currently, but safely in storage until I have room to permanently set up my IIfx again.

@hyperneogeo Besides the stands, what else was in your box? Can you show more photos? I know you've got the Japanese version of a IIfx, but I'd love to see photos of the packaging and included documents/accessories. I'm working on collating this info together in another thread:

Mac IIfx manuals / accessories / packing list

Does anyone know exactly which manuals/accessories were packed with a IIfx? If anyone has a IIfx packing list, that would be helpful. I found these photos from someone who got a boxed/sealed IIfx but I don't have photos of everything. You can see a little pile of stuff there under the Thanks...

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Posted by: hyperneogeo on 2022-09-12 20:14:30

Heh, I know this one. Those are Kensington Macintosh II stands. They are not an Apple product and wouldn't have been bundled with a Mac II (unless the packing list states so - do you have the packing list?). These stands were made of metal and have little foam pads where the stands touch the Mac II, exactly like the one in your photo. Look up Kensington products in various Macworld magazines -- sometimes their ads or reseller ads listed them.

And yes @jessenator my 3D printed Mac II stands are holding up well, though they're not in use currently, but safely in storage until I have room to permanently set up my IIfx again.

@hyperneogeo Besides the stands, what else was in your box? Can you show more photos? I know you've got the Japanese version of a IIfx, but I'd love to see photos of the packaging and included documents/accessories. I'm working on collating this info together in another thread:

Mac IIfx manuals / accessories / packing list

Does anyone know exactly which manuals/accessories were packed with a IIfx? If anyone has a IIfx packing list, that would be helpful. I found these photos from someone who got a boxed/sealed IIfx but I don't have photos of everything. You can see a little pile of stuff there under the Thanks...

68kmla.org

Oh there was no documents in it. Only a copy of Kanjitalk 7 and Hypercard.

Posted by: ArmorAlley on 2022-09-12 22:51:21

Heh, I know this one. Those are Kensington Macintosh II stands.

I have those too. They came with a massively long mac video cable and ADB cable too.

Posted by: joshc on 2022-09-12 23:33:29

Oh there was no documents in it. Only a copy of Kanjitalk 7 and Hypercard.

Ah, shame. Not a complete boxed IIfx then. I am pretty sure a bundled keyboard was not a thing with the IIfx either, though a mouse was.

Which Hypercard bits did you get?

Posted by: Pushpull76 on 2022-09-14 05:56:27

Kensington Macintosh II stands.

Bingoooo

Posted by: hyperneogeo on 2022-09-14 16:23:56

Ah, shame. Not a complete boxed IIfx then. I am pretty sure a bundled keyboard was not a thing with the IIfx either, though a mouse was.

Which Hypercard bits did you get?