Powered up the SE a few days ago... works great! Came with 4 MB RAM and a 120 MB aftermarket upgrade HD.
Freecycle definitely takes some persistence. What possibly helped for me was that I was willing to take any Apple stuff off their hands and that I would wipe the drives safely for them. Also, if people see that you're giving away stuff as well they are generally more willing to give stuff to you.
In addition... made two big scores!
Got another reply to my Freecycle ad, this time with a Mac II and IIsi, monitors, cables, a box of unopened software, and a HP Deskwriter. I am meeting the guy on Friday and helping him wipe his data off.
Also got a Color Classic today at the local college electronics flea market. It was kinda in rough shape. The front badge was snapped off at some point and the motherboard ports had some corrosion (probably sat outside for a little). Took a pretty big gamble, as the guy didn't know if it worked and sold it to me for $35, but it wound up booting to a stock 4 MB/80 MB configuration.
http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/902948_633177766708882_32452264_o.jpg
Freecycle definitely takes some persistence. What possibly helped for me was that I was willing to take any Apple stuff off their hands and that I would wipe the drives safely for them. Also, if people see that you're giving away stuff as well they are generally more willing to give stuff to you.
In addition... made two big scores!
Got another reply to my Freecycle ad, this time with a Mac II and IIsi, monitors, cables, a box of unopened software, and a HP Deskwriter. I am meeting the guy on Friday and helping him wipe his data off.
Also got a Color Classic today at the local college electronics flea market. It was kinda in rough shape. The front badge was snapped off at some point and the motherboard ports had some corrosion (probably sat outside for a little). Took a pretty big gamble, as the guy didn't know if it worked and sold it to me for $35, but it wound up booting to a stock 4 MB/80 MB configuration.
http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/902948_633177766708882_32452264_o.jpg