Picked up the II today, driving all the way to the northwest side of Cleveland to do so.
The seller didn't have the keyboard or mouse but said he'd look for them. As luck would have it, I found an ADB II mouse I didn't know I had on Saturday night in a bag of cables, plus I have an original Extended keyboard not connected to anything. He said he would mail them to me once he found them.
I haven't attempted to plug it in yet. The logic board looks OK--no battery leakage. There's only one floppy drive, although I just pulled a floppy from an SE I stuck a hard drive in so I'll install this in the II.
There's a 5.25" MiniScribe hard drive inside!! I never knew MiniScribe made a drive of this size, so I'm excited to see what I've got here.
Card-wise, the only thing installed is a video card of some sort. It's an Apple card, and I haven't looked at it closer yet, but the monitor I got is a NEC designed for Macs. It's the first I've ever seen like it; i may try it on the LCII I'm redoing until I get the II up and running.
Looks like a great 10,000th birthday present to myself if I do say so :ii:
Additionally, the trip was a pleasant one. I got a chance to catch up with one of my best friends in the education field and enjoyed some time off from the daily grind before coming home to return to exactly that. Since I have a gap in the day tomorrow, I may look at the II a little more carefully and get some pictures.
The seller didn't have the keyboard or mouse but said he'd look for them. As luck would have it, I found an ADB II mouse I didn't know I had on Saturday night in a bag of cables, plus I have an original Extended keyboard not connected to anything. He said he would mail them to me once he found them.
I haven't attempted to plug it in yet. The logic board looks OK--no battery leakage. There's only one floppy drive, although I just pulled a floppy from an SE I stuck a hard drive in so I'll install this in the II.
There's a 5.25" MiniScribe hard drive inside!! I never knew MiniScribe made a drive of this size, so I'm excited to see what I've got here.
Card-wise, the only thing installed is a video card of some sort. It's an Apple card, and I haven't looked at it closer yet, but the monitor I got is a NEC designed for Macs. It's the first I've ever seen like it; i may try it on the LCII I'm redoing until I get the II up and running.
Looks like a great 10,000th birthday present to myself if I do say so :ii:
Additionally, the trip was a pleasant one. I got a chance to catch up with one of my best friends in the education field and enjoyed some time off from the daily grind before coming home to return to exactly that. Since I have a gap in the day tomorrow, I may look at the II a little more carefully and get some pictures.