MacPlus Server? — #26

Post #26 by Quadraman

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Troubleshooting
Post Date	Wed, 9 Apr 2008 - 05:33
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/macplus-server.12241/

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Ah, but the original compacts were designed under the influence of the first coming of Jobs. They were supposed to be a work of art first, a functional computer second.

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Yes, you're coming late to the party: Jobs was long gone by the time the Plus came to market and certainly by the time the SE & Platinum Plus with the revised analogue board hit the streets. There was no love lost at Apple to prevent them from sticking a fan in there and mitigating their repair costs.

Aoresteen, you are quite right and I have two of them, a Kensington System Saver and a much more elegant one that fits flush inside the handle area, but I forget the name, maybe MacCool. There were many others, but those are the two most common I have seen. Larry Pina's book has a whole chapter devoted to doing it yourself as I think Tom Lee's paper does ... And don't forget the Mac Chimney. ;-)

No, sorry. The Plus is clearly modeled after the original 128k and 512k machines. Same case, same lack of a fan. Things didn't change until the SE was introduced. Also, Jobs left Apple in September 85, the Plus was released in January 86. Jobs would have still been with Apple at the time the Plus was being developed unless you think Apple could have pulled off designing, testing, marketing and everything else that needs to be done in preparation for a launch of a new product in under 4 months.