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And it works! It had a 270MB IDE drive and 24MB of RAM.
I upgraded it to a 420MB drive (I have an 850MB I
might put into it) and a 500MB external SCSI drive
(this is old crap I have laying around). Also
upgraded the RAM to 52MB, the max it can hold.
It has an ethernet card, which works fine.
I installed System 7.5.3 with Open Transport and
Netscape 4.05...in fact I'm using it to post this.
I also installed Sound Trecker to play .mod files
since mp3s are out of the question with a
68LC040/33.
This was obviously a school computer at one point..
also on the pile was an Imagewriter II (I haven't
seen one of those since I graduated HS in 1995).
Before I got this thing out of the trash, I didn't
know much about Macs. I also didn't particularly
like them either. I'm sort of taking a liking to
this one, if only because it was in the trash and
it WORKS PERFECTLY...and it's something to play
around with. (Next I might see if I can install
the Novell Netware client on it to get it to print
to my Laserjet III)
After I found out the specs on this thing I was
almost tempted to put it back where I got it...
then I decided to see if I could at least get a
web browser installed on it to maybe do something
useful with it...
Brian
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If you ever decide you don't want it, send it to me! Finding old, unwanted Macs is a great thing! (I haven't yet, but someday I will.)
Why would they trash that thing? It's worth at least $25 alone, and if not then they could have donated it to somebody who needs it.
Matthew
98.5 Contour SE V6
It has spent 1.5 years under the wrong identity ;-)
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Cool. I've been thru my share of Macs through the years. Mostly PowerBooks though. Great find! Especially good that you had the extra HD and RAM sitting around.
I love my Mac. (Currently a PowerBook G3/400 Pismo)
Kerry
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91 Isuzu Impulse XS Kammback, Handling By Lotus
Victoria, BC, Canada
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Now you find out that they threw it out not because they thought it was old but because the dog had soiled it!!
Currently: 2002 ztw focus wagon, black, manual. Yippee it sucks!!
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'98 Mystique LS V6 MTX
"Unprofessional driver, wide open course."
#9 - Hitting .400 for ever
"Wake up the damn Bambino; I'll drill him in the ass." -- Pedro Martinez
"The MTX75 was not designed to be a drag racing transmission" -- Terry Haines
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Macs suck. Sorry. Never been a fan. Have only admired one macintosh because it was sturdy like a tank but I'm selling it now. Its a Quadra 950 with a 2.1gig seagate barracuda SCSI drive(7200RPM) and a CDROM and an Asante Friendlynet adapter (so you can use ethernet). Its got 40mb RAM. The only thing I wont be sending is a monitor.
Who ever wants it would be paying shipping. I want $100(US) for it and of course the buyer would pay for its shipping. It works and is in good shape. Can send pics. I just dont have space anymore for huge old computers in my collection. The oldest thing I wish to keep is my OLD 8-bit 64K Atari computer and drives. Anyway the mac has has OS 8.0 on it.
anyone interested, email me at tlazarof@rogers.com
PS. I'm in Toronto, Canada just in case you were wondering what shipping would be like.
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Good find, a cheap way to get a Mac!!
Keith W
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Lt. Denim Blue
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Firestone SZ 50 EP's-2nd set!
Free stock filter box mod
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Right where a Mac belongs!  My high school used nothing but Macs. Nice computers, when they worked, which wasn't often.
P. Valdez 1998 VW Jetta TDI 1.9L I4 direct injection turbo diesel 5 speed manual no mods, no money AIM:PackRatTDI My exhaust smells better than yours.
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Haha I rememeber those! Not bad for basic stuff like Word Processing...slow by today's standards. Let me know if you need help, I've had Macs since I was 6.
Dan Parmelee
1999 Acura Integra SiR-G coupe
"I heard Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms"
"Word, bitch! Phantoms like a muhfuka"
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u'll be finding my old powerbook 520c on the trash heap soon too
95 contour se...dark blue...monsterflow air filter...remanuf atx...wiring harness recall or bust!!!96k miles...motorcraft awsf32pp plugs & red ford racing 9mm wires...kvr black plated cross-drilled rotors & carbon fiber pads...currently undergoing renovation...excuse our dust!!!
are my dodgers for real????
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