I am told that later in the week I am going to be given a (dead screen) Mac Plus, a matching external HD, a IIfx in a Mac II case, a wide carriage ImageWriter printer, an early 21" monitor with its matching Nubus card, along with a large quantity ($40,000 in original prices paid, the fellow tells me) of 68k software. I may not take the monitor, as I have a condition called "Large CRT Fatigue" at the moment, but we'll see.
I had vowed recently to cut back, or to keep myself to PowerBooks, as I have something like 60 machines of one sort and another in various corners of the house, most of them working splendidly; I scarcely need more. But I really could not resist this offer, especially as the chap giving it away was about to chuck it all in the trash: moving, and needing it out, he could not think what to do with it all. Well, I've lots of storage.
What I don't have, though, is an ImageWriter, so a rare-ish wide carriage one is an interesting find. Nubus cards are always fun; I gather that this one connects to the monitor by BNC or some such. The IIfx will be a worthy companion for my IIci in System 6-land. Software, especially boxed with manuals (I hope), I REALLY like. I really, really like them when they're Claris titles I don't have. Will report on this in due course.
The Plus, however, is new territory for me. Despite longtime Macintosh usage, I have, in fact, no experience of working on anything as old as the Plus, so I may want to pick some brains through the next few months.
These conquests will for the moment, however, have to go into a "to do" pile, as there are some house renovations awaiting. My missus wants the ensuite bathroom gutted, a Velux window put in, etc. And I've just bought a 30 year-old sailboat that needs some TLC before the frost comes....
Lucky thing it's a long winter once the frost does come.
I had vowed recently to cut back, or to keep myself to PowerBooks, as I have something like 60 machines of one sort and another in various corners of the house, most of them working splendidly; I scarcely need more. But I really could not resist this offer, especially as the chap giving it away was about to chuck it all in the trash: moving, and needing it out, he could not think what to do with it all. Well, I've lots of storage.
What I don't have, though, is an ImageWriter, so a rare-ish wide carriage one is an interesting find. Nubus cards are always fun; I gather that this one connects to the monitor by BNC or some such. The IIfx will be a worthy companion for my IIci in System 6-land. Software, especially boxed with manuals (I hope), I REALLY like. I really, really like them when they're Claris titles I don't have. Will report on this in due course.
The Plus, however, is new territory for me. Despite longtime Macintosh usage, I have, in fact, no experience of working on anything as old as the Plus, so I may want to pick some brains through the next few months.
These conquests will for the moment, however, have to go into a "to do" pile, as there are some house renovations awaiting. My missus wants the ensuite bathroom gutted, a Velux window put in, etc. And I've just bought a 30 year-old sailboat that needs some TLC before the frost comes....
Lucky thing it's a long winter once the frost does come.