Most will know about the mammoth conquest jsarchibald carried out and shared with us in July - viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16410.
Anyway, I've just recently returned from the same property thanks to jsarchibald putting me in contact with the owner.
I am lucky enough that the company I work for has another main office located in Sydney NSW, meaning I travel there a few times a year for work. This time I had a server instal to coordinate and carry out so planned to be in Sydney for four days. The instal/migration went unbelievably smoothly so I left the office two days early and made the 6 hour car journey into regional NSW.
When I arrived there, the only word to describe it was "overwhelming." I have never seen so much vintage Apple equipment in one place.
The property owner was more than happy to let me sift through his collection and take whatever I wanted and obviously I wanted to take as much as possible.
I left the property with two full pallets, all neatly shrink-wrapped and ready for freight back to WA over the next week.
Here's a picture:
Not everything I took is for myself. I picked up a lot of stuff with a fellow collector/enthusiast in mind but what I managed to pickup included:
1x Apple IIc
3x Mac Plus
3x Mac SE
1x Mac SE/30
3x Mac Classic II
3x Mac II
1x Mac IIvx
2x Mac IIci
2x Mac IIcx
1x Performa 6300 with AV and TV tuner
1x PowerMac 6500/275
2x Mac DuoDock
1x Centris 650
1x Centris 660AV
1x Quadra 840AV
1x 6100/66
1x 7100/66
1x 8100/110
1x 7220/200
2x Apple Modem 1200
1x Apple HD20SC
1x Apple external tape backup
1x Apple ImageWriter
2x Apple ImageWriter II
2x Apple OneScanner
2x Apple Color OneScanner
1x StyleWriter
1x Color StyleWriter Pro
1x Color StyleWriter 2500
1x Color StyleWriter 4500
a huuuuge box full of over 20 PowerBooks where I noticed: 145B, 150, 190, 1400, 5300 and iBook G3's
and a stack of Apple promotional papers, adverts, posters and pamphlets plus anything else I've forgotten about!
If anyone else is seriously interested in visiting the property I'll post up a list of what's left there. I *may* make the journey again as I had to leave a lot of things behind (could have done with another ute or a trailer really). If I ever make the trip again I *may* transport items into Sydney so long as you either pay postage from Sydney to wherever you are or if you can collect from Sydney in person. Depends how things go once the pallets arrive in Perth.
I'll post a few more pictures of the equipment saved once it arrives in Perth.
Anyway, I've just recently returned from the same property thanks to jsarchibald putting me in contact with the owner.
I am lucky enough that the company I work for has another main office located in Sydney NSW, meaning I travel there a few times a year for work. This time I had a server instal to coordinate and carry out so planned to be in Sydney for four days. The instal/migration went unbelievably smoothly so I left the office two days early and made the 6 hour car journey into regional NSW.
When I arrived there, the only word to describe it was "overwhelming." I have never seen so much vintage Apple equipment in one place.
The property owner was more than happy to let me sift through his collection and take whatever I wanted and obviously I wanted to take as much as possible.
I left the property with two full pallets, all neatly shrink-wrapped and ready for freight back to WA over the next week.
Here's a picture:
Not everything I took is for myself. I picked up a lot of stuff with a fellow collector/enthusiast in mind but what I managed to pickup included:
1x Apple IIc
3x Mac Plus
3x Mac SE
1x Mac SE/30
3x Mac Classic II
3x Mac II
1x Mac IIvx
2x Mac IIci
2x Mac IIcx
1x Performa 6300 with AV and TV tuner
1x PowerMac 6500/275
2x Mac DuoDock
1x Centris 650
1x Centris 660AV
1x Quadra 840AV
1x 6100/66
1x 7100/66
1x 8100/110
1x 7220/200
2x Apple Modem 1200
1x Apple HD20SC
1x Apple external tape backup
1x Apple ImageWriter
2x Apple ImageWriter II
2x Apple OneScanner
2x Apple Color OneScanner
1x StyleWriter
1x Color StyleWriter Pro
1x Color StyleWriter 2500
1x Color StyleWriter 4500
a huuuuge box full of over 20 PowerBooks where I noticed: 145B, 150, 190, 1400, 5300 and iBook G3's
and a stack of Apple promotional papers, adverts, posters and pamphlets plus anything else I've forgotten about!
If anyone else is seriously interested in visiting the property I'll post up a list of what's left there. I *may* make the journey again as I had to leave a lot of things behind (could have done with another ute or a trailer really). If I ever make the trip again I *may* transport items into Sydney so long as you either pay postage from Sydney to wherever you are or if you can collect from Sydney in person. Depends how things go once the pallets arrive in Perth.
I'll post a few more pictures of the equipment saved once it arrives in Perth.