I can report back that I what I collected today was more limited than originally anticipated, as the chap decided that he would keep most of his collection. The software I had hoped for was, however, all still boxed, with manuals - mostly games. He's going to hand it on to a family member, which is fair enough.
What I did get, however, was:
1. The IIfx in a Mac II case, with, I am told, 8 MB of RAM. It will not turn on (does it need a working battery?), but apart from dust and a good clean, is in tolerably good shape. No time to test more fully or to tinker tonight. Two older Nubus cards were inside: a Relax Technology Nubus card which drove the 19" monitor that I mentioned a couple of days ago (but did not take), and a Mass Micro Systems Quickimage 24, which was a high end video frame capture card c. 1990. It has s-video input, among other things, and is (I gather from Googling) capable of display on a TV via s-video. (We all yawn today, but in 1990, that one bit of Nubus gear would have set you back about $1000.)
2. A two button Kensington Turbo TrackBall. Nice, clean condition, which is good, as my existing Kensington four button TrackBall looks like crap as far as the plastics go.
3. A Mac Plus with 4MB in pretty darned good shape plastics-wise, i.e., largely un-yellowed. Platinum, not beige. It came with a new service part DB9 Mouse that we unearthed for the purpose, but - alas! - no keyboard. The Plus was offered to me as a machine with a dead monitor. I turned it on, adjusted the brightness knob at the bottom left, and - lo and behold - it works perfectly, sound and all. Now I just need a keyboard. I was unable to add the matching external scsi drive to the list, though I would have loved to do so; however, the chap decided to hold onto it for the one older Mac he was keeping, a 6360. Apparently there was a 1GB drive in the case, which originally had held a 20 or 40 MB drive or some such.
4. A Kensington System Saver in really excellent condition. This came attached to the Mac Plus.
5. An ADB keyboard, but we will not get too excited about that.
Apart from the obvious, is any of this of special interest? In particular, is the Kensington System Saver something to love, honour and cherish as long as we both shall live? And, does anyone have a working Plus keyboard going spare?
What I did get, however, was:
1. The IIfx in a Mac II case, with, I am told, 8 MB of RAM. It will not turn on (does it need a working battery?), but apart from dust and a good clean, is in tolerably good shape. No time to test more fully or to tinker tonight. Two older Nubus cards were inside: a Relax Technology Nubus card which drove the 19" monitor that I mentioned a couple of days ago (but did not take), and a Mass Micro Systems Quickimage 24, which was a high end video frame capture card c. 1990. It has s-video input, among other things, and is (I gather from Googling) capable of display on a TV via s-video. (We all yawn today, but in 1990, that one bit of Nubus gear would have set you back about $1000.)
2. A two button Kensington Turbo TrackBall. Nice, clean condition, which is good, as my existing Kensington four button TrackBall looks like crap as far as the plastics go.
3. A Mac Plus with 4MB in pretty darned good shape plastics-wise, i.e., largely un-yellowed. Platinum, not beige. It came with a new service part DB9 Mouse that we unearthed for the purpose, but - alas! - no keyboard. The Plus was offered to me as a machine with a dead monitor. I turned it on, adjusted the brightness knob at the bottom left, and - lo and behold - it works perfectly, sound and all. Now I just need a keyboard. I was unable to add the matching external scsi drive to the list, though I would have loved to do so; however, the chap decided to hold onto it for the one older Mac he was keeping, a 6360. Apparently there was a 1GB drive in the case, which originally had held a 20 or 40 MB drive or some such.
4. A Kensington System Saver in really excellent condition. This came attached to the Mac Plus.
5. An ADB keyboard, but we will not get too excited about that.
Apart from the obvious, is any of this of special interest? In particular, is the Kensington System Saver something to love, honour and cherish as long as we both shall live? And, does anyone have a working Plus keyboard going spare?