Got a B&W G3 (my first non beige Mac) for free locally. Needs 2 new handles (fell off a table), but the rest is in very good condition. G3-300/512K 128MB RAM (I upped it to…
I just got word that I can pickup two G3 BW towers and a G4 tower tomorrow from a local Freecycle post. I'm told the two G3s may run and the G4 at least needs a new hard drive. T…
Hey there everyone... It's been a while since I've posted. I wanted to say to those who've PM'ed me, I will follow-up with you in time. My mind's been all over the place as well as…
68kMLAHardwareby classic mac 500Tue, 23 Oct 2007 - 22:15
I just won an ebay auction on an iMac DV for $11. 400mhz, 64mb ram, maybe a 40gb hard drive. Local pickup hopefully tomorrow. It has the original box and software CDs too. Mor…
Atari 800XL in original box - practically brand new!
Atari 1050 disk drive in original box - practically brand new! Still has Kmart sales receipt from 1985.
Apple IIe (non-enhanc…
68kMLAPeripheralsby Mike RichardsonMon, 22 Oct 2007 - 00:20
Here's a program you don't hear about every day. I bought a brand new in-box copy (with a blank registration card!) on eBay. My intent is to use it for bulletin boards and such, es…
68kMLAPeripheralsby Scott BaretSat, 20 Oct 2007 - 22:59
Went to a local school fete before and lib'd an LCII and a PC of some description for $5.
Teacher who was on the stall said she also owned an SE, but I couldn't convince her to pa…
Picked up, with the help of the giver, two 20-21" monitors. One Rasterops
and one Radius. The two computers had the video cards in them. The MacIIfx has a Rasterops Paintboard Li …
68kMLAHardwareby MaconthemoveFri, 19 Oct 2007 - 22:12
Got a call from work asking if I wanted some PowerBook 190s. They came with AC adapters (one's dead.) One 190 works fine, the other has a dead display? Nothing shows up, but it chi…
68kMLANetworkingby PinstripesThu, 18 Oct 2007 - 00:36
Picked up a PowerMac 9500/132 for free in the Quokka (local free for sale paper). Power supply was dead but the machine was loaded! Had more than 300MB of RAM (3 x 64MB chips plu…
PowerBook 140
Newton MessagePad (original model)
Huge box of floppies
Traded an AirPort card. Met him in a Fry's parking lot.
Unfortunately, either everything broke after he ga…
68kMLAHardwareby Mike RichardsonWed, 17 Oct 2007 - 06:06
So I put out a call for "old Macs, any condition" on the Melbourne, Australia freecycle group, and I was completely inundated with offers.
Apart from the amazing pair of Powerbook…
68kMLAPeripheralsby BunsenMon, 15 Oct 2007 - 09:42
They wanted $20 for it, but since they couldn't show me that it really worked, I offered $15. The machine itself had decent wear and tear, but still looked pretty good. Since the…
68kMLAHardwareby dudejediknightSat, 13 Oct 2007 - 21:14
Hi,
I've just acquired a mac plus (nothing strange there) with an extremely strange external hardrive.
It's a paradise scsi 20 mb external hardrive. It has two connectors, a SCSI…
68kMLAHardwareby nahuelmarisiSat, 13 Oct 2007 - 00:14
It seems Apache 2.2 broke a few things with the .htaccess files from previous versions, so when my host upgraded today the forums went down. Oops! Hopefully it won't happen again!
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I went to the Goodwill Clearance Center today. This is where they take all the stuff that doesn't sell elsewhere. They put it all in bins, and put the bins out on tables. When the …
68kMLAPowerPCby Mike RichardsonThu, 11 Oct 2007 - 20:32
Got one of these on a call today. They had a B&W G3, and a biege. They wanted one of them for their family (still running off a PM 6100 which I may be able to have later as…
68kMLATroubleshootingby iamdigitalmanWed, 10 Oct 2007 - 23:32
Just picked up a Lombard 333 Powerbook and a Tangerine iBook 300 = $0.
The Lombard has 128MB/4G/CD -no DVD decoder- and the iBook 64MB/6G. Both in perfect working order.
I've gi…
Previous 68kmla user "Anhaedra" signed onto the IRC channel using the name "Torbar203" and sent some really bad links. Idk if theres anything anyone here can do about it, but I'd …
68kMLATroubleshootingby TorbarSun, 7 Oct 2007 - 03:22