Restoration Service?

[AJFlutie]

Hey guys, so I saw this photo

And I’m like, yeah I want this. I want a Macintosh like this that can run MacPaint, MacDraw, MacWrite, Chess, and Tetris.

Reading up on buying vintage Macs, sounds like a nightmare if it’ll actually run properly which leads me to ask is there expert out there that takes Macintoshes and restores them for resale? I would be very interested … possibly a Macintosh Classic, restored inside and out (No Yellow), and came with the software mentioned. I’ve even seen some mods that have SD drives in it now with all software?

Anyways really interested in a modded restored Mac that can look like that photo above and hope someone offers this service.

 

[killvore]

Hello and welcome! That is a great setup and I can totally understand why this would spark the urge for something similar

I don't know of such a service, though such "fully restored" machines do show up. Maybe you can make a Want To Buy post eg. "WTB recapped compact mac in good condition"? There's also 68kmla which has a similar "WTB/WTS"-section. I definitely recommend getting one with an SD card, huge quality of life improvement! Some of then even have WiFi.

Make sure you say what area you are in, there was one just listed here in Norway but I suspect that might not be applicable due to shipping costs - and risks! CRTs are fragile

Also - although the Classic has a very nice and distinctive look, you might also consider the SE (not the SE/30) if you can stomach it. The SE has a PDS slot so you can fit an ethernet card if you want to get files on or off it easily, or allows you to mount an accelerator if 8MHz 68000 is just too pokey for your needs.

Good luck - and careful, this might be the start of a bigger collection