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Posted by: chiptripper on 2022-10-11 16:44:08 Hi! First: claanu = chiptripper now. (I'm working on a vintage Mac project and figured my username should match.) I've been finding lots of stuff lately, so I'm making a thread. Earlier this month I bought a sad, broken IIGS. It's clearly had a rough life and I paid a lot for it. Why? Here's a hint:
Posted by: chiptripper on 2022-10-11 16:52:30 Contents: -AE GS RAM -Roger Wagner -Sandwich II SCSI -IIGS Video Overlay Card -ComputerEyes (video capture card?) -ZipGS Accelerator. And the thing even boots, ROM3.
Posted by: Juror22 on 2022-10-11 18:53:11 I bought a sad, broken IIGS. It's clearly had a rough life and I paid a lot for it. Why? It is just chock full of goodies isn't it? If mine had looked like that inside, I wouldn't have let it go to someone else!
Posted by: chiptripper on 2022-10-14 13:22:46 It is just chock full of goodies isn't it? If mine had looked like that inside, I wouldn't have let it go to someone else! To be honest I'll probably let this one go too. The IIGS was just a hair before my time, by the time I got interested in Apple stuff the computer labs were full of Color Classics and LCs. So I'll probably test and fix these cards (video overlay card definitely needs a recap) and put them up for grabs.
Posted by: 3lectr1cPPC on 2022-10-14 14:05:37 I hope you pulled that PRAM battery!
Posted by: olePigeon on 2022-10-14 19:51:20 I always associate the IIgs with the Police Quest game because my friend got a IIgs for Christmas one year, and we watched him play the game. I think I was 10 or 11 years old. Good times. 🙂
Posted by: chiptripper on 2022-10-21 15:24:57 Sad conquest, check out the TAM I just received. Seller did a poor job, one layer of thin bubble wrap between components, small box. All very avoidable. Computer itself is in OK shape, but it was pristine before it shipped. Bummer.
Posted by: 3lectr1cPPC on 2022-10-21 15:26:28 aww rats... that always hurts to see, especially being a TAM...
Posted by: Durosity on 2022-10-22 06:38:44 Man that sucks. I’d be pissed. That said I just got a Q660av in the post and it was in a box.. with no bubblewrap at all.
Posted by: tecneeq on 2022-10-22 10:11:01 Many people have no clue, it's best to give them a hint that lack of care might cost their money (if bought via Ebay). I hope this wasn't your money!
Posted by: jessenator on 2022-10-22 10:25:40 sadness 🙁
Posted by: Durosity on 2022-10-22 14:36:42 Many people have no clue, it's best to give them a hint that lack of care might cost their money (if bought via Ebay). View attachment 47798 I hope this wasn't your money! Yeah I usually send a message about it when I pay.. in this case though fortunately whilst the front has been smashed the rest is fine, so I’ve swapped it with a spare one I luckily had. The machine was actually very cheap and whilst I could request a return via eBay frankly even as it arrived it’s worth more to me than a refund.
Posted by: chiptripper on 2022-11-09 12:53:23 TAM actually came back together nicely. Took it apart and re-bonded the CD cover with acetone, and rebuilt the shattered “foot” of the Bose unit using acetone, Tamiya putty, and approximately one million shattered bits of ABS. I was terrified of disassembling thIs thing but it wasn’t as bad as I expected. Happy with the results.
Posted by: chiptripper on 2023-03-04 13:55:22 Absolutely the cleanest battery bomb I've ever come across. This Quadra 700 will probably live again. The floppy drive took the hit though, completely nuked.
Posted by: jessenator on 2023-03-04 15:33:19 My former 700 was a bomber as well. Yours is definitely better off 🙂 RIP fdd
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2023-03-04 15:42:45 Oh wow, that's incredibly constrained, isn't it!
Posted by: CC_333 on 2023-03-05 13:08:51 It looks like that drive's spindle motor took most of the damage, but hopefully the electronic board and other parts are salvageable. c
Posted by: chiptripper on 2023-03-05 20:05:14 Yeah most of the drive is salvageable too, even the housing if I can work up the energy to sand and paint. Good thing too, I have three or four of these FDDs waiting on parts.
Posted by: joshc on 2023-03-06 05:49:33 Ooh that's like the Power Mac 7100 I had where the CD drive took all the battery explosion and protected pretty much everything else. Nice. RIP to your SuperDrive though.
Posted by: chiptripper on 2023-10-21 22:55:10 Bought a G3 desktop on a hunch and found this delight inside, OrangePC 660 with a 400 MHz AMD K6.
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