French KeyBoard

#1 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 - 00:21

Discovered a Mac carrying case in the back of the cave and inside found this interesting package.

A 128k badged 'thin' Mac with a french KB, a square plug mouse, and apple logo power cord.

The diskette drive needed a little lube. It's working well now.

Pretty sure the case hadn't been opened before.

Please see my gallery titled "Thin 128k, Fench KB "

https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/gallery/album/55-thin-128k-french-kb/

#2 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 - 00:37

Nice find! I think the early special language keyboards are cool from a collectors standpoint. Also the "Macintosh 128k" is not super easy to find. Since the 512k was out, most opted for that instead. Even though I own many 128k and numerous 512k, I have yet to have one badged like you have there.

#3 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 - 01:25

unity said:
Nice find!

Thanks. I'm delighted.

This pup has been stored in ' the cave ' since the late 90's, and haven't looked at carefully since then.

Unfortunately, the previous owner engraved [discretely] both the hard case and KB with an identifier.

Also unfortunately, just sold this matched set "box" .

All contents were in French including manuals and software.

The diskettes had many read errors and I didn't know if they could be "repaired".

Suddenly realize that the computer and box probably were stored together : (

#4 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 - 01:49

Damn

The French materials would have been a huge bonus as part of the system.

#5 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 - 07:48

Is the tape working ?

The Original French tape voice was from a Radio lady named Kriss.

Both sides can be downloaded here:

http://www.aventure-apple.com/france/audiomac/audiomac1.html

#6 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 - 08:51

Excellent !

I remember that voice now, typical 80's… les radios libres.

Very nice find .