Posible conquest: LCIII!

Best of luck. Just one little bit of advice - never post a link on here to something that you wish to bid on. I think most people here are pretty good about not bidding on something that someone is seriously interested in, but its still a good policy to go by. For that reason I personally only post links to auctions that I either have already won, or have no interest in bidding on.

OK!

Gah, I have to admit I had my eyes on that before. xD

I am very tempted on that one. But I'll leave it.

A few people have posted items from ebay that I was looking at myself (before they mentioned it).

There is no such thing as dibs on ebay auctions so be carefull that you might tip off somebody who will get into a bidding war with you.

Good luck winning the acution (I am not bidding).

Awesome!!!!!!!

it's *MINE*



Now to update my sig.

Congrats! The Macintosh LC series are great Macintoshes.

Can you point me to a monitor adaptor? All I have is 1 VGA monitor. preferbly cheap, as i only have $10.15 left after the LCIII

Yeah, it can use a mouse only.

And Mike R. had one in his store, but they're gone.

I thought you needed a KB to turn it on?

I allready have a mouse.

Um... http://www.adoptamac.com/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=104&osCsid=ca361f47e9205f673767f2d5a6d55ca3

http://www.adoptamac.com/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=116&osCsid=ca361f47e9205f673767f2d5a6d55ca3

(Not sure if my mouse still works.)

EDIT: oh, you mean he had a VGA adapter?

EDIT 2: when I ebay "vga db-15 adaptor" i get VGA gender changers!

No, the LC series uses a simple flip of the switch to turn it on.

And glad to see you found one based on your TP post!

I thought you needed a KB to turn it on?

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The entire LC pizza box series does not have soft power, unfortunately. This means there is a flip switch on the back, like the Compact series. Therefore you cannot power it on "remotely" via keyboard.

I thought you needed a KB to turn it on?

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The entire LC pizza box series does not have soft power, unfortunately. This means there is a flip switch on the back, like the Compact series. Therefore you cannot power it on "remotely" via keyboard.

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Why unfortunitly? I prefer "Hard Power"

OK... I have come up with a name for it: Treebark

I have no idea how that popped up in my head, but it stuck there.

Why unfortunitly? I prefer "Hard Power"

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Each to his own - it's a matter of personal preference I suppose, but I do just find soft power to be a nice convenience, especially for machines setup in such a way that it becomes more difficult to reach around the back for the power switch.

It's here!!!!!!

I'm uploading pics as I type this!

Nice!

Enjoy your Macintosh LC III!

OK... The ProDrive ELS HDs are the good ones, right?

Pics still uploading. 13%

Unfortunately, you are wrong. The Quantum ProDrive ELS that was originally installed in my Macintosh LC 475 died a while back. The Quantum ProDrive LPSes/LTs are the good ones and are really reliable. Best of all, you can find them almost everywhere.

I might be willing to let go of one of one of my 300 MB SCSI HDs for a reasonable offer.

I've owned.....5 ProDrive ELS's over the years, one of which was brand new (it was in our LCIII, which Dad bought brand new back in 1993). All of them are dead. I've also owned.....3 ProDrive LPS's over the years, 2 of which are still going strong. As JRL said, with Quantum drives, ELS = bad, LPS = good.

especially for machines setup in such a way that it becomes more difficult to reach around the back for the power switch.

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Perhaps with all these advances in technology they'll work out how to put a power-switch on the front!

Soft-power can be a bugger when after a power-cut the machine insists on turning itself on. I have a number in my rack like that, the problem then is they all start up then blow the trip switch on the rack.

Oops! My uploads hung and only the first couple of photos were uploaded.

Forgive my ignorince here, but IIRC, aren't the "pizza box" macs one of the few without capiciters?

...And (finally) Pics!

No, the pizza box series does definitely have caps, and when you hear a squeaking sound, it's likely that they are going.

I doubt yours has that problem since it would have been mentioned by the seller though.

Aah. I'm assuming the caps are on the bottom of the mobo?

Also, what model(s) dont have caps?

And the caps appear to be fine. No squeaking noises here!

Nah, the caps are on the top, like the small "can" like thingies you see on the motherboard.

I believe every Mac has caps, but the SE/30/Classic II/Classic/SE/IIci/II/IIx/IIfx/LC I/II/III/maybe 475/Quadra '040s are the ones that are more prone to them leaking.

Even if you don't hear squeaking/a lack of loud sound, it is still a good idea to check the motherboard for leaking caps (if you see something that looks like dried Coke on the motherboard, it is cap leakage).

I know what caps look like. there are none on the top of the mobo. It looks like the 68030 chip is on the bottom too.

I know what caps look like. there are none on the top of the mobo.

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:lol: You obviously don't know what they look like. I can see them on your photos quite clearly. This is what they look like:

Oh.... I was looking for the big black-with-a-white-stripe gas tanks standing on their soldered on contacts