Alright, Tom replied. Should I buy one for $35 shipped?

Try writing to Tom Owad, who wrote the article I linked. A few years back he had crates of the things, NIB, which he couldn't get rid of. Rid of which he could not get. Whatever…

I make no guarantees, and this is the advice of an inveterate packrat. Grabbing half a system "just in case" the other half turns up is the precipice of the slippery slope to craz…

I like my B&W's but thats around the time Apple went trendy with form over function. Click to expand... / such gimmicky computers as the iMac & Cube (?) etc, b…

I just got a Classic II and it seems I might need to replace the caps too. I haven't the tools to open it yet so I don't know what's inside. What capacitors (type and quantity) wou…

THAT'S THE ONE! / VGA port?? Click to expand... IIRC it was only made in Blueberry / it shipped with a standard VGA connector Click to expand... Later models were also colo…

There is something cool about beige macs, I like my B&W's but thats around the time Apple went trendy with form over function. Click to expand... That'd be the effect …

I just got a Classic II and it seems I might need to replace the caps too. I haven't the tools to open it yet so I don't know what's inside. What capacitors (type and quantity) wou…

Basically when state entities such as universities, schools, offices, etc get finished with things like desks, chairs, projectors, computers, and so on they enter the surplus syste…

I just got a Classic II and it seems I might need to replace the caps too. I haven't the tools to open it yet so I don't know what's inside. What capacitors (type and quantity) wou…

It did not expand the lower resolutions to fit the display, it just displayed the resolutions using only one real pixel per one visible pixel and had massive black borders around t…

Ditto } What is this "surplus" of which you speak?

Yeah, I remember back in 1999 I went to an Apple Roadshow event they had here, where they used to demo the new stuff that had recently come out (in this case, it was the slot load …

The second generation Wallstreets were the ones that could drop video down to 640x480 and 800x600 if needed (a bit blocky at 640x480). Click to expand... It did not expand the …

My 13" 292Mhz Wallstreet acts up once every few months for a second and thats it (video), it is probably the fastest stock Wallstreet made because of the 83Mhz bus speed. The secon…

serial port/modem port Click to expand... Yep. I was just looking at that port the other day thinking "Now what am I going to use *that* for?" Click to expand... There are …

Does your Rev. 2 B&W still have the good old fashioned serial port/modem port Click to expand... Yep. I was just looking at that port the other day thinking "Now what a…

I hate you post. }

$20 working MDD's? You could make a little money flipping them on eBay, if you enjoy that kind of thing.

PDQ? /I'm not familiar with that designation/variation. Click to expand... Just so's you know, it stands for Pretty D___ Quick. :lol: With the Wallstreet the processo…

Very decent.

With the Wallstreet the processors are interchangeable and the processor module controls the bus speed. You also occasionally see a Wallstreet with an aftermarket 500mhz processor …

Would that town be Lizard Lick? I'm in between Raleigh and Wake Forest in the boonies myself. Click to expand... Lizard Lick?????????? :?: Nope, "The Peak of Good Livin…

As of the last few months, my mom's laptop has been dying. Nothing surprising considering it's a $500 toshiba budget machine. Regardless, this morning (thursday morning, the day su…

What's a Wallstreet PDQ? Click to expand... It's just the second Wallstreet model series (the models with L2 cache) Click to expand... Thanks, NOW I know what to look for! …