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| Guess the haul! | |
| Posted by: joethezombie on 2016-12-15 10:52:33 Got lucky on Craigslist today, and filled the Jeep! Total cost? The gas to get there.  | |
| Posted by: MJ313 on 2016-12-15 11:06:38 Your good fortune is starting to vex me greatly. lol | |
| Posted by: EvilCapitalist on 2016-12-15 11:18:08 I see a IIsi, IIcx/i, an Xserve, a G4 tower, a LaserWriter, and what looks like two Apple Network Servers. What did I miss / mis-identify? Also, echoing MJ313, man I wish CL in my area wasn't completely tapped out. The oldest I ever see around here is maybe a G3 iMac. | |
| Posted by: Compgeke on 2016-12-15 11:26:28 Looks to me like two ANS, a Quick Silver, XServe G4 (it has 4 drive bays), Quadra 700 (no II in that case had AAUI afaik), 13" RGB monitor, Mac Classic (II) and a Laserwriter 16/600. Edit: Forgot the IIsi. | |
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2016-12-15 12:00:05 Quadra 700 is a dead giveaway with only 2 Nubus slot covers and AAUI built in. | |
| Posted by: ScutBoy on 2016-12-15 13:29:06 Why are the good ones always in Idaho! 🙂 | |
| Posted by: techknight on 2016-12-15 13:57:55 Because theredahoes. Sorry, I had to. Anyways, Nice acquisition. Jealous... | |
| Posted by: rsolberg on 2016-12-15 15:20:12 By my eyes that could also be a SE or SE/30. What's in the file box?! | |
| Posted by: joethezombie on 2016-12-15 16:07:01 You guys are good! Nearly got them all. Granted a few tidbits were out of frame, like the 5200 in the passenger seat and the Cinema Display... The story-- I saw the ad on Craigslist and it only mentioned the ANS. He needed someone to come get it before it gets recycled. So I called the guy up and said, "Don't recycle it! I'll come get it!" During casual conversation, I mentioned I would take any old Apple gear he has. He said I would regret that remark. When I got to his house, he had several items in the garage for me: 2 ANS700/200 2 LaserWriter Pro Original Xserve G4 13" AppleColor High-Resolution Monitor Classic II Toaster Performa 5200CD IIsi Q700 PowerMac G4 1GHz DP (he said it was "tricked out" with a processor upgrade) M8149 Cinema Display He also had a nice collection of toaster Macs he wouldn't part with, a couple of SE/30, Color Classic, etc.. The file box is full of ANS parts and pieces. He has another file box full of more ANS parts and pieces he forgot about, but I'll go back and pick it up next week. YAY! | |
| Posted by: belgaonkar on 2016-12-15 16:32:05 By any chance did that box of pieces include another ANS power supply? 🙂 | |
| Posted by: rsolberg on 2016-12-15 17:03:29 That sounds like a fun haul. Glad it found you. | |
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2016-12-15 17:24:02 The ANS 700 is something everyone wants and something nobody wants to pay to ship. | |
| Posted by: ScutBoy on 2016-12-15 18:32:19 Do tell when you sort out your ANS pieces/parts. There's a few spares I wouldn't mind having if you are willing to sell... | |
| Posted by: joethezombie on 2016-12-16 08:13:44 I will inventory the ANS pieces, and yes belgaonkar, there is a spare power supply in the box of pieces. But I think the second ANS only has one power supply installed, the first one has two. So I think that spare one might have something wrong with it, otherwise it would be installed? You guys wanting parts, you should know I have absolutely no knowledge on the ANS series *AT ALL*. I've never used one, have never seen one, and didn't know they existed until a recent thread on this site. It's going to take me a while to figure out what pieces I need, and another long while to decide on what I can pass along. The guy did pass along a huge binder full of detailed instruction on how to get YDL running on the beasties, which I assume is currently installed. They came with no AIX software or materials. | |
| Posted by: ScutBoy on 2016-12-16 16:21:38 Here's one place to start for ANS info http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ans/ Google will be your friend for others. | |
| Posted by: maceffects on 2016-12-16 17:47:55 If you happen to have a DAT drive I'd be willing to pay a price that is more than fair 😉 | |
| Posted by: joethezombie on 2016-12-16 20:21:53 Did someone say DAT?  So one unit is a 700/200, and the other is a 700/150, although the /150 has been upgraded with a 200 processor board.   The /200 boots up Yellow Dog. I was told the other one works as well, but the key mechanism has exploded to pieces. Maybe I can epoxy them back into a working unit? | |
| Posted by: just.in.time on 2016-12-16 21:38:25 Neat machine! | |
| Posted by: EvieSigma on 2016-12-16 21:39:49 I really like that little backlit LCD display with system info. Reminds me of the processor speed displays on old PCs with turbo buttons. | |
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