Here in Columbus vintage/older Macs are hard to come by. Every now and then I search through Craigslist for something I'm interested in (Powerbooks and Compacts). Found a Mac Plus listed with no cords/keyboard/mouse for $80 (way high) and got it for $40. The case is a little yellowed, but the analog board is strong and it booted straight up from a boot disk I made years ago (something my other compacts struggle with for whatever reason, aging drives I suppose). Bonus: it has 2.5MB of RAM!

My immediate goal (once I repair the keyboard I have) is to connect it up to my i7 iMac using a Keyspan USB->Serial adapter to use as a terminal, just for fun.

I also have a much less yellowed, empty Plus shell that I may swap this into, it's pretty yellowed.



-Alex