Wednesday, August 23, 2006
2006 update
Toward the end of the 2006 school year, we gave away about nine more Mac systems, mostly PowerMacs with modems or ethernet for cable. It is more work to prep these than the simple compact Macs with ImageWriters I used to give away, and the recepients are not as satisfied. Yes, they can get on the web, but cannot access many of the popular sites these days, even with Mozilla WamCom.
Still trying to figure out how best to sell off extra stuff. Probably going to post systems on Craig's list (Orlando) and Yahoo auctions (because they are free), and parts on LEM swap list and 68kmla.net trading post (also free). eBay only makes sense for items that may fetch a good price. These include Quadra 840AVs, a IIsi with a ROM SIMM, the AEHD+ floppy drive, and maybe Quadra 650s set up for A/UX. And there seems to be demand for ethernet interfaces.
My personal computing has moved to beige G3s but I'm still on Mac OS 9.1. Both systems have Jaguar installed on a second drive but both Jaguars have problems. I also have 2 spare beige G3s. The laptop I use, a 190cs, is starting to have display issues. I have 2 blueberry clamshells needing a little work which should take over.
The classic Macs to keep include several accelerated SEs, 2 Color Classics with 550 logic boards, 2 LC 575s, 2 Quadra 700s, and an 8500 with the DOS card. My AppleShare IP server is a 7100/80, but I might switch it to a 6100 with G3 card to use less power and space.
Still trying to figure out how best to sell off extra stuff. Probably going to post systems on Craig's list (Orlando) and Yahoo auctions (because they are free), and parts on LEM swap list and 68kmla.net trading post (also free). eBay only makes sense for items that may fetch a good price. These include Quadra 840AVs, a IIsi with a ROM SIMM, the AEHD+ floppy drive, and maybe Quadra 650s set up for A/UX. And there seems to be demand for ethernet interfaces.
My personal computing has moved to beige G3s but I'm still on Mac OS 9.1. Both systems have Jaguar installed on a second drive but both Jaguars have problems. I also have 2 spare beige G3s. The laptop I use, a 190cs, is starting to have display issues. I have 2 blueberry clamshells needing a little work which should take over.
The classic Macs to keep include several accelerated SEs, 2 Color Classics with 550 logic boards, 2 LC 575s, 2 Quadra 700s, and an 8500 with the DOS card. My AppleShare IP server is a 7100/80, but I might switch it to a 6100 with G3 card to use less power and space.
