A gentleman asked if we wanted some old Macs. Here's what showed up (along with some Commodore breadboxes).
Donation yesterday to Twin Cities Free Geek!
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Yowza. Break out the capacitors and soldering irons for those SE/30s, though.
The Monitor /// makes me sad because mine was stolen out of my storage unit in a burglary. The actual Apple /// itself was probably too heavy for them to lift, fortunately.
The Monitor /// makes me sad because mine was stolen out of my storage unit in a burglary. The actual Apple /// itself was probably too heavy for them to lift, fortunately.
It will be a bit before these are triaged and ready for sale. I'll try and update here, or they may also show up on the FGTC online store. You can find that at Freegeektwincities.org.
That's cool. I'll have him keep his eyes peeled on the store's page and await your update.
We went through the first batch of SE machines today. Four went into the retail store at $75 each. None are perfect; all boot, but either had no SCSI drive to begin with, or the failed one was romoved, maybe the floppies need clean/lube. Nothing too serious. There were also a couple of battery bomb victims were the HDs were removed, and then put out as "as-is" prices for $10.
There remains a couple more SEs that need some work, and then a batch of Mac Plus machines and some 512K and 512KE machines. Those might not make it out until after Thanksgiving. Depends on what volunteers are able to work on them.
There remains a couple more SEs that need some work, and then a batch of Mac Plus machines and some 512K and 512KE machines. Those might not make it out until after Thanksgiving. Depends on what volunteers are able to work on them.
Awesome to see. I keep thinking that we are eventually going to run out of vintage machines to pass out... but then hauls like this show up.
I stopped by on Sunday with a donation of a couple of PC's and receivers, and left with three of the SE machines that had non working floppy / SCSI drives to be parted out for a reloaded SE project ...the one with the sticker on the screen was one of them 
....Such a cool store I will be back for more Retro Mac goodies
....Such a cool store I will be back for more Retro Mac goodies
I stopped by on Sunday with a donation of a couple of PC's and receivers, and left with three of the SE machines that had non working floppy / SCSI drives to be parted out for a reloaded SE project ...the one with the sticker on the screen was one of them
It was great to meet you and help you grab the project machines - and I hope that extra RAM comes in useful
Defiantly will ....and my MacEffects order is waiting for me when I get home tonight....reload SE board and clear SE30 case ......I will be having fun over Thanksgiving....Thank you for your help and I look forward to spending some time as a retro Mac volunteer once my day job allows a little more free time..... I have been talking up Free Geek to my students .....so yo might see some additional volunteers in the weeks ahead...especially in the retro gaming and audio areas. Thank you again!