ISU Surplus Haul - $9

#1 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 - 19:04

2GB 50 Pin SCSI HD

2X 18GB 68pin Cheeta drives (10k RPM)

And.........

A Quadra 840AV

- Yellowed a bit

- No RAM

- NO HD

- Missing floppy and CD bezels

BUT it has an absolutely massive NuBus video card from Radius.

All for $9

#2 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 - 19:15

Cool, the second best 68k Mac. }

But why all of the emphasis on No HD? You got a HD with it. They just gave you the opportunity to pick the one that you wanted off the shelf and install it yourself. Now try doing that at an Apple Store.

#3 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 - 19:39

Haha - It would've been a bonus if it had the HD in it. With the SCSI HDs there running for 20 cents per GB I guess I'm not going to complain

#4 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 - 23:52

Cool, the second best 68k Mac. }

What's the best?

#5 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 - 01:13

Cool, the second best 68k Mac. }

Click to expand...

What's the best?

Your favorite. :-D

#6 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 - 01:15

Your SE/30 seems like a good Mac.

#7 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 - 01:49

Ok, so the Quadra did in fact have RAM, just no HD. I added one and it's happily running 7.6.1.

Anyone know where I can get the floppy and CD drive bezels?

#8 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 - 15:52

Try olde-mac-milt on ebay

#9 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 - 02:16

But why all of the emphasis on No HD?

Probably just held down Shift a touch too long. When I'm moving from a capitalized two letter first word to an all-caps second word, I know I sometimes accidentally capitalize the entire first word.

#10 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 - 02:30

Yeah I jumped the gun on the shift. I was too excited for getting all this stuff... ISU Surplus has been quite dry of vintage macs recently.