LOL! I know you don't really want one of these beasts, but they're pretty cool!
I just took a picture of my LaserWriter today before covering it up again. It sits under the side panel from a desk I found in pieces in a dumpster up in NYC many moons ago. Several moons before that, when I got my pet IIfx and then grabbed up all his siblings down near Chambers Street, I also grabbed a stack of the LaserWriters IIgs w/EtherNet and upgraded the IINTX that I already had with one of the Boards from the IIgs from the Investment Bank where the entire MacStack originated.
I've still got the original one I had, but I lost the pile of the EtherNet Upgrade Boards I got out of the rest somewhere along the way, never got the chance to sell them. The pickup roller in my IINTX was worn and hardened with age, but it was in much better shape than the high mileage board & Paper Tray donors.
I think I've still got a couple of replacement rollers from some Mac Reseller or other < cough > that are still "NIBag&B" but they're likely as hard as the original one was back then.
Moral of story: If anybody is set on getting the original, real deal that changed the face MacDom along with PageMaker, make sure you can get the rubber pickup roller replacement or that there's one in there that still works! It's a ROYAL P*I*T*@$$ to replace the suckers, which is why mine hasn't been changed yet. No hurries no worries, I expect EtherNet to be replaced before I get around to fixing mine! [
)] ]'> See if you can still get the service source and take a look at it before buying one of these monsters on eBay! [
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Can we still source those old Canon Engine Toner Cartridges? :lol:
If you're gonna by newer, get one a LOT NEWER!
Mine has an ancient 21" Sun CRT sitting on it and an LCD sitting in front of that . . .
Piccies will be up in a while . . .
I just took a picture of my LaserWriter today before covering it up again. It sits under the side panel from a desk I found in pieces in a dumpster up in NYC many moons ago. Several moons before that, when I got my pet IIfx and then grabbed up all his siblings down near Chambers Street, I also grabbed a stack of the LaserWriters IIgs w/EtherNet and upgraded the IINTX that I already had with one of the Boards from the IIgs from the Investment Bank where the entire MacStack originated.
I've still got the original one I had, but I lost the pile of the EtherNet Upgrade Boards I got out of the rest somewhere along the way, never got the chance to sell them. The pickup roller in my IINTX was worn and hardened with age, but it was in much better shape than the high mileage board & Paper Tray donors.
I think I've still got a couple of replacement rollers from some Mac Reseller or other < cough > that are still "NIBag&B" but they're likely as hard as the original one was back then.
Moral of story: If anybody is set on getting the original, real deal that changed the face MacDom along with PageMaker, make sure you can get the rubber pickup roller replacement or that there's one in there that still works! It's a ROYAL P*I*T*@$$ to replace the suckers, which is why mine hasn't been changed yet. No hurries no worries, I expect EtherNet to be replaced before I get around to fixing mine! [
)] ]'> See if you can still get the service source and take a look at it before buying one of these monsters on eBay! [] ]'>Can we still source those old Canon Engine Toner Cartridges? :lol:
If you're gonna by newer, get one a LOT NEWER!
Mine has an ancient 21" Sun CRT sitting on it and an LCD sitting in front of that . . .
Piccies will be up in a while . . .