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The Absolutely Apple Macintosh IIfx
Yes, try to find an Apple TPD to go with that. Keep the Apple Color Monitor but add an Apple Workstation Card (that's the one for the TPD) or a suitable third party card.
The TPD is important because so much graphics work is/was based around A4/US Letter in portrait layout. You would have assembled the page on the TPD, with palettes and the content to be imported on another monitor. Even if the page was in colour, you'd have done the layout on the mono TPD for convenience.
The TPD is important because so much graphics work is/was based around A4/US Letter in portrait layout. You would have assembled the page on the TPD, with palettes and the content to be imported on another monitor. Even if the page was in colour, you'd have done the layout on the mono TPD for convenience.
Great setup!
All you need now is some '80s office furniture to go along with it:
All you need now is some '80s office furniture to go along with it:
not trying to start an argument with you…
i simply do not believe you paid 100 us dollars or even pounds for all of what is in the picture…
i need a break down as to where you got each item, and how much you paid +shipping or +gas
i think you will find that you have much more invested then a hundred bucks.
i simply do not believe you paid 100 us dollars or even pounds for all of what is in the picture…
i need a break down as to where you got each item, and how much you paid +shipping or +gas
i think you will find that you have much more invested then a hundred bucks.
A lot of the items came from FreeGeek Vancouver. Their prices on anything that is not modern are damn good. For example, the CD SC and the modem cost $10 and the IIfx was $15.
The other local source is The Hackery. I used to work for them and know them well. When they get especially interesting things in (like the One Scanner or the LaserWriter IIg) they ring up me and a friend and if we show interest, we buy it. The One Scanner was a $5 + some computer work, the IIg was free, and the monitor, keyboard, and cables were all free.
For everything else I had a stockpile of stuff I had been making for almost seven years. Back when I had a paper delivery job I had to make $30 a month go a long way. that was also back in the time when stuff like SE/30's and such sold on ebay for next to nothing. All my NuBus cards and the likes all came in a massive lot. That did technically cost me $150 but we are talking for a lot that filled a 20'x4'x4' crawlspace and consisted of computers, cards, software, documentation and part of a kitchen sink, a few NuBus cards from the lot is technically a couple of dimes worth.
Trash80: I'm extremely interested in just the cable. Like I said before, I'll veer away from extreme purity by using some non-apple Nubus cards.The network card I currently have installed is perfect.
The other local source is The Hackery. I used to work for them and know them well. When they get especially interesting things in (like the One Scanner or the LaserWriter IIg) they ring up me and a friend and if we show interest, we buy it. The One Scanner was a $5 + some computer work, the IIg was free, and the monitor, keyboard, and cables were all free.
For everything else I had a stockpile of stuff I had been making for almost seven years. Back when I had a paper delivery job I had to make $30 a month go a long way. that was also back in the time when stuff like SE/30's and such sold on ebay for next to nothing. All my NuBus cards and the likes all came in a massive lot. That did technically cost me $150 but we are talking for a lot that filled a 20'x4'x4' crawlspace and consisted of computers, cards, software, documentation and part of a kitchen sink, a few NuBus cards from the lot is technically a couple of dimes worth.
Trash80: I'm extremely interested in just the cable. Like I said before, I'll veer away from extreme purity by using some non-apple Nubus cards.The network card I currently have installed is perfect.
If they call you about a DOA Portrait Display and you can ship me just the plastics, I think I've got a cable and adapter that might work already. Otherwise I need a replacement cable, as I said before.
BTW, mine is the DA-19 <-> 13W3 version, if you need 13w3 <-> 13W3, then I can't help you out anyway. Dunno, what's on the back of Apple's Portrait Card?
Your NIC is likely period perfect for the setup anyway, AAUI came about later, IIRC.
BTW, mine is the DA-19 <-> 13W3 version, if you need 13w3 <-> 13W3, then I can't help you out anyway. Dunno, what's on the back of Apple's Portrait Card?
Your NIC is likely period perfect for the setup anyway, AAUI came about later, IIRC.
Rats.
Yeah, I need the 13w3 - 13w3 version of the cable. The real Apple portrait display card has 13w3 as well however I have only ever seen one of the Apple cables years ago when it was cut up to make a Y-cable for a NeXTstation Color.
Yeah, I need the 13w3 - 13w3 version of the cable. The real Apple portrait display card has 13w3 as well however I have only ever seen one of the Apple cables years ago when it was cut up to make a Y-cable for a NeXTstation Color.