A bit of insight on the floppy drives... There were five different non-Powerbook external 3.5" drives produced by Apple during the 1980s and 1990s that plugged into the floppy dri…

Love the wood paneling Is that an old ImageWriter? Nice touch

there is no description of what exactly the insert/eject mechanism should do. For instance, does it 'sink' a few mm when you put in the disk, or does it stay put? Click to expa…

Thanks Mac128! Yes, I've been to that website you linked to; the pictures are a bit fuzzy, however, and there is no description of what exactly the insert/eject mechanism should d…

But from my research about these drives, I found that they will not work on my Macintosh 512k without special software, which can only come from a floppy disk that has to be insert…

Most thrift stores for some reason have this aversion to computers. Click to expand... While it is disappointing, I can understand why thrift stores don't want to sell computer…

Most thrift stores for some reason have this aversion to computers. Click to expand... While it is disappointing, I can understand why thrift stores don't want to sell computer…

Very well written. Enjoy that machine.

Nice haul. The Mac looks like its in good condition, with no yellowing. Looks like it comes with some good accessories too...are those game controllers ADB? :O Click to expand.…

Hi, Thanks JRL; I've actually been watching those for a while now. But from my research about these drives, I found that they will not work on my Macintosh 512k without speci…

x2 cheap compatible 800k drives: Linky

The Goodwill here rarely sells computers. However, one time I went there, they had tons and tons of them. Two Sun Ultra 5s, ~15 PCs, and ~5 laptops (including a heavily upgraded P…

Nice haul. The Mac looks like its in good condition, with no yellowing. Looks like it comes with some good accessories too...are those game controllers ADB? :O Click to expand.…

Very nice. Its always really nice to have a machine like that, that you have such fond memories of, come full-circle and be gifted to you.

. . . recoupment? I'm not sure what to call my latest . . . re-acquisition! When I was in Philly, my (very wonderful) ex-wife brought down a few boxes of goodies. My Bell &a…

Most thrift stores for some reason have this aversion to computers. Goodwill, while not serving our particular interests well (crushing old Macs), is actually the only store I've …

Very nice. Congrats!

Seems like a good deal to me, little if any yellowing.

Nice haul. The Mac looks like its in good condition, with no yellowing. Looks like it comes with some good accessories too...are those game controllers ADB? :O Click to expand.…

Nice haul. The Mac looks like its in good condition, with no yellowing. Looks like it comes with some good accessories too...are those game controllers ADB? :O Click to expand.…

I have never seen an actual computer at the Goodwill here in Ohio, just keyboards, printers, scanners, monitors, and some cards.

Nice haul. The Mac looks like its in good condition, with no yellowing. Looks like it comes with some good accessories too...are those game controllers ADB? :O

I talked to a lady at my local Goodwill today...She said unless the computer is brand new, the hard drive is taken out, the parts are stripped and sold off...So there's really zero…

NICE! :O

I have never seen a Clearance Center. They operate "Clothing Stores" and stores called "ComputerWorks" around here, but there may be a large repository of donated items that isn't…