Man oh man - did I have a good week!
Early this week, I purchased a PowerPC 7600/132 off Marktplaats; the Dutch version of Ebay/Craig's List. It is a bit of a gamble, since the seller didn't have a monitor to test it. I don't have one either, so I'm currently waiting on a Apple-to-VGA adapter to test out the machine. I'm sure it'll be fine. It gives the lovely single bootup chime, followed by an OS 'ding' a while later. Probably a date-and-time-is-gone-time-to-replace-PRAM notice.
I also just bought a recently cleaned and guaranteed working Performa 400 / LCII. I was hesitant to pick it up since I obviously own some far better machines like my G3 and the new PPC... but I just wanted it for the collection anyway
It's a Dutch seller as well, so I expect to have it on my rack by wednesday or so.
I also managed to 'liberate' (steal) some old cables from the radio station where I work. We recently ditched some old equipment like old CRT's and some cabling. Sadly, we were never a Mac company. There were a few servicable CRT's in there, but they were mostly off-brand, lacking cables or with the wrong kind of plugs. I did manage to find a really nice VGA cable and some wacky 9/15 pin serial cables in two different configurations. I'm sure they'll come in handy one day
What's more... oh yes. Apple iMac Yum poster from Ebay! I recently added an Indigo iMac G3 to the collection. I really enjoy colorful artwork, so I figure an appropriate iMac poster would look pretty neat in my office. Hoping to receive that one next week; it's coming from the US.
All in all, I have a good week ahead of me. Plenty of arrivals and some cool 'new' gear to test.
Early this week, I purchased a PowerPC 7600/132 off Marktplaats; the Dutch version of Ebay/Craig's List. It is a bit of a gamble, since the seller didn't have a monitor to test it. I don't have one either, so I'm currently waiting on a Apple-to-VGA adapter to test out the machine. I'm sure it'll be fine. It gives the lovely single bootup chime, followed by an OS 'ding' a while later. Probably a date-and-time-is-gone-time-to-replace-PRAM notice.
I also just bought a recently cleaned and guaranteed working Performa 400 / LCII. I was hesitant to pick it up since I obviously own some far better machines like my G3 and the new PPC... but I just wanted it for the collection anyway
It's a Dutch seller as well, so I expect to have it on my rack by wednesday or so.
I also managed to 'liberate' (steal) some old cables from the radio station where I work. We recently ditched some old equipment like old CRT's and some cabling. Sadly, we were never a Mac company. There were a few servicable CRT's in there, but they were mostly off-brand, lacking cables or with the wrong kind of plugs. I did manage to find a really nice VGA cable and some wacky 9/15 pin serial cables in two different configurations. I'm sure they'll come in handy one day
What's more... oh yes. Apple iMac Yum poster from Ebay! I recently added an Indigo iMac G3 to the collection. I really enjoy colorful artwork, so I figure an appropriate iMac poster would look pretty neat in my office. Hoping to receive that one next week; it's coming from the US.
All in all, I have a good week ahead of me. Plenty of arrivals and some cool 'new' gear to test.