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i just had a delightful ebay win, a PLUS!

i just had a delightful ebay win, a PLUS! Peripherals 26 posts Jul 16, 2012 — Nov 30, 2012
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#2 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 - 08:01
Congrats, i love the Plus, will probably be looking to get one in the future.

#3 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 - 08:18
Loving the trackball on that one!!! Congrats!!!

#4 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 - 10:00
Nice score...Kensington trackball too - very cool!

#5 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 - 13:07
$35! What a steal! I've seen the carrying cases go for $100!

#6 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 - 17:46
its funny when people make the "main" picture a crappy one in their ad…

sometimes just a little bit more effort can make all the difference, when you are selling something.

i started looking at the pictures, previously, i had just read the description,

i really did drop my sandwich, it was goobers peanut butter and jelly.

#7 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 - 18:34
It's funny, I saw that one listed in my "Recommend Listings" section. I was going to place a bid, but I have to buy AppleCare for my MacBook Pro.

#8 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 - 20:22
oh yeah , there is plenty of great deals to go around for all of us, sometimes you have to be patent!

The last lot i won was (5) Macintosh IIsi, one had the removable rom, the other had 18meg ram and network card, with riser and Math co,bnc/aui/10-Bt

i was going through a few of them last night and they all work, but only one of them has proper working sound,

also i won a Classic for 99 cents , that one works but has no sound,

#9 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 - 02:45
Congrats! I love the Plus.

#10 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 - 02:56
It doesn't look like a Plus to me, at least not originally. It looks like one of the upgraded models that started life as a 128K or 512K. Check the serial number under the machine. If it ends in P, it was a 128K, WP means it was a 512K, and A means I looked at the low light pictures and saw it incorrectly. But my money is on the upgrade.

To go one step further, you can see if it was an original Mac, or a 128K if it ends in P based on the month. F stands for Fremont, the next number is the year made in the 80s, then the next two numbers tell you which month it was made. So if it says F425...... you know it's an original mac. If its F451...... it's a 128K. I think the swap over was September 1984.

#11 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 - 04:17
What in the pictures makes you think it was an upgraded 128 or 512k? Personally if it is upgraded I would love it even more !

#12 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 - 04:30
The front bezel is a Macintosh 128k/512k one, not a Plus one (the Plus bezel has the Apple logo inline with the floppy drive slot, and says, "Macintosh Plus" on the front)

#13 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 - 04:46
Oh wow, Ya it was upgrade, :) . Wow wow,

Good eye, Wikipedia has a well written info about the upgrade.

Should I be happy, For some reason I am.

#14 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 - 04:58
I've got one, and I prefer it as it has a bit of history. So what is your one? What's the serial number tell you?

#15 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 - 05:58
I'll know once it gets here. It's in route.

#16 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 - 06:51
Haha, just like my Original Mac! Nice work brother, nice work!

#17 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 - 09:35
oh yeah , there is plenty of great deals to go around for all of us, sometimes you have to be patent!
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Definitely. I mainly only buy off of Craigslist thought. I love eBay, but old Macs can be found cheaper on Craigslist because of no shipping cost and being able to haggle. In fact, before I go to bed, I'm going to search Craigslist right now!

#18 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 - 17:16
just got this mac, the S/N is

F4010FPM0001

#19 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 - 17:35
Manufactured in: F => Fremont, California, USA

Year of production: 1984

Week of production: 1

Production number: 0FP => 533

Modell ID: M0001 => original Macintosh 1984 (128k)

Your original Macintosh 1984 (128k) was the 533th Mac manufactured during the 1st week of 1984 in Fremont, California, USA.

pretty interesting :)

#20 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 - 14:55
The floppy drive eject assm gear was stripped out, I Changed the whole floppy eject unit from a bad superdrive i had and it works great, I find it funny how the minimal 6.0.8 for Mac se did not work , I had to install minimal for plus, swapping floppies :-) . Glad it works, It's got 2.5 megs of ram, so I assume I can install 4meg no problem, The telephone cord keyboard is way different sounding feedback then what I'm used to

#21 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 - 21:01
does this still have extra value over a normal plus? because its an upgraded 128k?

#22 Wed, 1 Aug 2012 - 04:27
I haven't seen it affect pricing much at all, because most buyers won't care or know about the difference.

#23 Sat, 4 Aug 2012 - 08:40
It appears to be a telephone cord, but it is wired differently. Using an actual telephone cord can wreck things I hear. I remember trying once as a kid because the original one was a bit stretched out, but the phone handset cord I had did not fit.

To make matters more confusing, you can use an S-Video cable with an ADB keyboard.

#24 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 - 21:02
wow! first production run isn't it?

#25 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 - 21:36
yeah,

and this happens to be the one i am soldering a scsi cable to the SCSI chip,

:-p

So the only parts that are still from original production on this thing are:

CRT

Analog Board

Front Bezel

Mouse

Metal Frame?

Screws?

Wires?

Speaker/ speaker wire

RF main board shield?

Shows all the parts piece by piece, with steve jobs narrating :)

http://youtu.be/EWBsD554RXM

#26 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 - 21:58
That's really cool dude! How many people have one of the first 500 or so macintoshes ever made?! I think that would make it more valuable at least in terms of nostalgic value. Amazing find, and best of luck with your scsi upgrade. Check out my early 1986 Mac Plus thread in conquests here, i just uploaded a pile of pictures, the box is stunning

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