Don't have pictures of any of this stuff handy, but I'll probably take some and edit them in.
I have a "finds" thread on the MLA, but haven't updated it since 2020 so figure I'll post this year's finds here(at least the more interesting stuff)
In no particular order:
A friend was at the VCF East tag sale earlier this year, and was doing a video call with me to show me what was there, and as I spotted stuff I'd stop him and ask him to take a closer look, and ended up buying a few things from a couple hundred miles away
.He and his wife spent a few days here in July and they brought it all with them
iMac G3 Tangerine 400- I've always had a love of the tangerine color, but never managed to find one. Was sold as "not working", but he brought it home and it booted up fine. Forgot the exact price, but it was like $10-20. Have 9.2.2 installed on it now, and used it to play Bolo during the last game the MLA played
iMac G3 Indigo - honestly, the only reason I bought this was because in the video it looked grape. Don't know the specs, know it works fine, I think this is the 3rd indigo I have in my collection so probably will be getting rid of it
Xserve-early 2009 - It was cheap, don't really have a use for it at all, but it's an interesting machine, and I have a small server rack at home so it can sit in there and not take up more room in my house.
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Eric hooked me up with a Powercomputing Powertower Pro 180 recently. Don't have a particular use for it at the moment, but I've always wanted a clone and didn't have one in my collection at the time. Figure if anything it'd make a good bridge machine for my compacts.
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In an impuse ebay purchase, I bought a Nextstation Mono slab. Price was decent, I didn't realize how propritary everything was though. I haven't been able to get any video out of it(even with a monitor that does sync-on-green). My hope is that I can find someone localish that has the right stuff to test it, and I can at least verify if it works or not, but for now it sits on the shelf and looks cool.
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Stephen was at VCF West and was doing a stream showing the consignment area, and I spotted a TI99 4/a. Price was right at $10, and it's something I didn't have in my collection, so he picked it up for me. It was sold as untested/not working, but it booted up right away for me. I'm assuming the previous owner was trying to hook it up to a composite monitor using the RCA style RF output on it. Cleaned up nicely and I bought a flashcart for it
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2x Quicksilvers.(well sort of)
A few months ago a friend asked me if I wanted a "Mac g4", I said sure, and he popped open his trunk and there was a Quicksilver in there which he gave me for free. Dual 1ghz model. Works nicely. Then last weekend I was at my parents house, and ran into my Quicksilver I used in highschool in the mid 2000s. 733 model. I don't really need 2 Quicksilvers, and the 733 has at least some sentimental value to me, so I'm giving the dual 1ghz one to a local collector buddy who's been looking for one.
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Sun Ultra Enterprise E450
Giant Solaris SPARC based server, size of a mini fridge, dual 450mhz 64 bit SPARC CPUs. It's totally stupid, but unique. A friend of mine had it, was moving, and gave it to me for free. Weighs like 100+ pounds, awkward as hell to bring down stairs, even with 2 people. Never want to move this thing again
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Mac portable -
Non-backlit version, another impulse ebay purchase. Removed the old juicy caps, and managed to lift at least 1 pad(thought it was 2, but upon closer inspection one is fine). At first I was thinking the repair was above my skill level, but after looking at it more it definitely looks like something I can do(just need to block out some time where I can sit down and focus on this project).
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There's definitely more than just this, but most of it's random PC stuff(Went to the Computer Reset warehouse in Dallas earlier this year, lots of IBM clones, and an IBM PC JR). A Mac SE FDHD from a buddy, and other stuff that I don't remember
I have a "finds" thread on the MLA, but haven't updated it since 2020 so figure I'll post this year's finds here(at least the more interesting stuff)
In no particular order:
A friend was at the VCF East tag sale earlier this year, and was doing a video call with me to show me what was there, and as I spotted stuff I'd stop him and ask him to take a closer look, and ended up buying a few things from a couple hundred miles away
.He and his wife spent a few days here in July and they brought it all with themiMac G3 Tangerine 400- I've always had a love of the tangerine color, but never managed to find one. Was sold as "not working", but he brought it home and it booted up fine. Forgot the exact price, but it was like $10-20. Have 9.2.2 installed on it now, and used it to play Bolo during the last game the MLA played
iMac G3 Indigo - honestly, the only reason I bought this was because in the video it looked grape. Don't know the specs, know it works fine, I think this is the 3rd indigo I have in my collection so probably will be getting rid of it
Xserve-early 2009 - It was cheap, don't really have a use for it at all, but it's an interesting machine, and I have a small server rack at home so it can sit in there and not take up more room in my house.
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Eric hooked me up with a Powercomputing Powertower Pro 180 recently. Don't have a particular use for it at the moment, but I've always wanted a clone and didn't have one in my collection at the time. Figure if anything it'd make a good bridge machine for my compacts.
--
In an impuse ebay purchase, I bought a Nextstation Mono slab. Price was decent, I didn't realize how propritary everything was though. I haven't been able to get any video out of it(even with a monitor that does sync-on-green). My hope is that I can find someone localish that has the right stuff to test it, and I can at least verify if it works or not, but for now it sits on the shelf and looks cool.
--
Stephen was at VCF West and was doing a stream showing the consignment area, and I spotted a TI99 4/a. Price was right at $10, and it's something I didn't have in my collection, so he picked it up for me. It was sold as untested/not working, but it booted up right away for me. I'm assuming the previous owner was trying to hook it up to a composite monitor using the RCA style RF output on it. Cleaned up nicely and I bought a flashcart for it
--
2x Quicksilvers.(well sort of)
A few months ago a friend asked me if I wanted a "Mac g4", I said sure, and he popped open his trunk and there was a Quicksilver in there which he gave me for free. Dual 1ghz model. Works nicely. Then last weekend I was at my parents house, and ran into my Quicksilver I used in highschool in the mid 2000s. 733 model. I don't really need 2 Quicksilvers, and the 733 has at least some sentimental value to me, so I'm giving the dual 1ghz one to a local collector buddy who's been looking for one.
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Sun Ultra Enterprise E450
Giant Solaris SPARC based server, size of a mini fridge, dual 450mhz 64 bit SPARC CPUs. It's totally stupid, but unique. A friend of mine had it, was moving, and gave it to me for free. Weighs like 100+ pounds, awkward as hell to bring down stairs, even with 2 people. Never want to move this thing again
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Mac portable -
Non-backlit version, another impulse ebay purchase. Removed the old juicy caps, and managed to lift at least 1 pad(thought it was 2, but upon closer inspection one is fine). At first I was thinking the repair was above my skill level, but after looking at it more it definitely looks like something I can do(just need to block out some time where I can sit down and focus on this project).
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There's definitely more than just this, but most of it's random PC stuff(Went to the Computer Reset warehouse in Dallas earlier this year, lots of IBM clones, and an IBM PC JR). A Mac SE FDHD from a buddy, and other stuff that I don't remember
