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Local Prison Computer Drive

68kMLA Peripherals 16 posts Nov 22, 2008 to Dec 2, 2008

#1 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 - 23:03 68kMLA

The local prison, in cooperation with a local nonprofit, hosted an electronics recycling drive. Under the hopes of maybe scoring something, I went and volunteered...

Dreams can come true:

-Mac SE FDHD, pristine condition, 6.0.4, 1MB RAM, original power cord, the lady that gave me permission to take it got my phone number and will collect the original manuals for me.

-Box o' shite: A few old processors (486 SX and DX, Pentium 1), tins full of DIPs and SIPs, 30 pin SIMMs, 72-pin SIMMs

-box o' shite 2: Zip disks and zip drive

-Acer keyboard, c. 1993, old style clicky keys, I'm using it right now, works perfectly.

-AppleDesign 'board w/ ADB Mouse II

-AT to PS/2 adapter that I've been looking for for a while.

Now, unfortunately, the supervisor wouldn't let me take anything with a HD in it, as she didn't know what I'd do with the data. The only reason I got the zips and the SE is by asking the original owner. This means I missed out on a Pismo, and a Thinkpad. I also sliced my wrist on a computer, but it was worth it. Let the "I hate you" comments commence!

:b&w:

EDIT: Awww, shame on me! I forgot to mention the TWO unopened boxes of 5.25" floppies and the half used box of 3.5" floppies!

#2 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 - 23:56 68kMLA

> I also sliced my wrist on a computer, but it was worth it.

dare I mention...

You're Doing it Wrong!

#3 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 - 00:02 68kMLA

Good haul. It would have been better with the Pismo though, but still.

#4 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 - 01:11 68kMLA

Offer to take the HD out of the Pismo and Thinkpad (about five minutes work for each)?

JB

#5 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 - 01:12 68kMLA

Offer to take the HD out of the Pismo and Thinkpad (about five minutes work for each)?
JB

If that.

#6 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 - 03:27 68kMLA

No way, no how. They already hauled everything off, they are gonna refurbish some of this stuff, anyway. I doubt they care about the Macs, though, so I don't understand why they didn't let me

#7 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 - 04:16 68kMLA

My old university has prisoners rip apart older machines they have and then the parts go to be recycled. Could be that Pismo is pieces parts in a sorter by now.

#8 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 - 04:25 68kMLA

Well, they were gonna have inmates refurbish the proprietary machines (the newer Dell Optiplexes that came in), the CRTs were gonna be scrapped and sold in parts, LCDs wre gonna be repaired, the older machine were probably gonna be brutally ripped into pieces and dissolved in an acid solution so the gold can be spared, G3 included (I'm calling it G3 cause I've never actually seen a Pismo and Wallstreet close up to be able to tell the difference. I now realize that was all one sentence. :]

#9 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 - 04:32 68kMLA

I call both PowerBooks "PowerBook G3" because they are.

#10 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 - 10:14 68kMLA

> I also sliced my wrist on a computer, but it was worth it.
dare I mention...

You're Doing it Wrong!

LMAO

but anyway nice haul

#11 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 - 00:06 68kMLA

It gets better! The lady brought the stuff:

SimCity BOXED

Beyond Dark Castle BOXED

Microsoft Works 2.0 in envelope with user manuals

Macintosh SE Tour and Setup disks in original envelope

System 6.0.4 User Guide

Mac SE Owner Guide

Mac Utilities User Guide

Imagewriter II user guide

HyperCard user guide

Hypertalk beginners guide: intro to scripting

HyperCard in original envelope

Old Apple logo sticker sheet all intact

2 Imagewriter ribbons (1 black & 1 color)

I have some stuff to back up tonight!

#12 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 - 00:08 68kMLA

> I also sliced my wrist on a computer, but it was worth it.
dare I mention...

You're Doing it Wrong!

Click to expand...

LMAO

but anyway nice haul

I've become the laughing stalk of the forum! how will I live with myself? Slices wrist on computer again.

#13 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 - 18:40 68kMLA

Well, most of the disks worked, but not the Guided tour, oh well.

#14 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 - 05:34 68kMLA

Well, most of the disks worked, but not the Guided tour, oh well.

I can give you a working Guided Tour disk in a couple weeks. (Remodeled the house; all my gear is stored in boxes under the stairs at the moment.)

#15 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 - 17:28 68kMLA

Well, most of the disks worked, but not the Guided tour, oh well.

I can give it to you tomorrow. I backed mine up a day or two ago. :beige:

#16 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 - 02:34 68kMLA

Thanks Dog Cow, I got the PM.

Many disks were corrupt according to my Mac Plus (the SE has some RAM problem at the moment, It was my accident :I ).

The SE boots fine but has problems with some things, so I made a copy on the SE. The guided tour is screwed. Plus or SE.