Don't worry, not going to post the five pages of conquests that I've listed over at 68kMLA. Mainly going to list what I've received since late 2021, after I decided to make my //e useable again.
Going back to November of last year:
First conquest was a disk ][ for $35 from eBay seller commanderscott. Second also came from him about two weeks later. AppleWorks 2.0 reference manual for $0.31 or some ridiculously low bid price.
Third came from @agg24 at 68kMLA. That being the Centris 650 he was offering in his trading post ad over there with all the systems in Springfield, OH. Paid him $40, received a somewhat yellowed Centris 650 via UPS. Also bought a TB drive for my A1286 MBP. Would've gone SSD, but they still command a decent price for the size I wanted. Got a Seagate BarraCuda for $39, plus shipping and tax. That would be number four.
Fifth was a Macintosh SE owner's guide for $0.69 from commanderscott. While I was picking up that manual, I dropped off my old Mac Pro for recycling. Sixth item was off the 'bay - an A9M0331 ADB mouse. Number seven was a DEC-branded Quantum LPS240S that came out of a IIci. Eight and nine were a M2980 and ADB Mouse II from the same eBay seller who sold me the hard drive - local guy. Ten was a Sony MacView LX adapter so I could use the Dell monitor I have with the Centris 650 and the IIci that I need to pick up from a friend. Eleven was a Quadra 650 nameplate. Twelve: M0115 AEK for $70, plus shipping and tax. Thirteen: extra-long T15 screwdriver bit to replace one I either rehomed or lost along the way. Fourteen is the 33MHz 68040 from @K24a1 on 68kMLA. Fifteen is the CD-ROM bezel that @Taddy supplied to me.
Sixteen is a set of five meowTOAST CR2032 PRAM battery adapters from @GeekyBit - apparently the PO screwed up, so I wound up getting another five as well. Passed the extra five to a couple friends who are also into vintage Macs. Seventeen is a couple of Broderbund Science Toolkit Master Module software packages from someone in Oregon. Kept one, and passed one onto a friend. Eighteen is the IIci I mentioned in the previous paragraph that's at a buddy's apartment in Beaverton, Oregon - got it for $60 off OfferUp. Recapped, functional, but needs some parts, like the power switch button on the rear, a cache card, and the programmer's switch assembly. Also needs to have an OS installed on the drive in it.
Nineteen: two SCSI cables (one external, one internal), USB floppy drive, and power cord from RE-PC. Twenty: the basketcase Plus from @tafkar on 68kMLA. All items were picked up at the Tukwila RE-PC location. Twenty-One: a IIvx/Centris 650 floppy drive bracket - same as what an SE has, btw). Twenty-two: a Sony MP-F75W-02G that needs an eject motor assembly - motor doesn't work, drive works fine otherwise, after I gave it a quick cleaning. Twenty-three is a pair of Centris 650 CD-ROM drive rails. Twenty-four is the SE Superdrive I picked up a few days ago. Twenty-five is an item I found in a closet... UltraSCSI to 50-pin Centronics SCSI cable with a terminator. Twenty-six is the AppleCD 300i that I forgot I had. Found it in our bonus room in a box.
Going back to November of last year:
First conquest was a disk ][ for $35 from eBay seller commanderscott. Second also came from him about two weeks later. AppleWorks 2.0 reference manual for $0.31 or some ridiculously low bid price.
Third came from @agg24 at 68kMLA. That being the Centris 650 he was offering in his trading post ad over there with all the systems in Springfield, OH. Paid him $40, received a somewhat yellowed Centris 650 via UPS. Also bought a TB drive for my A1286 MBP. Would've gone SSD, but they still command a decent price for the size I wanted. Got a Seagate BarraCuda for $39, plus shipping and tax. That would be number four.
Fifth was a Macintosh SE owner's guide for $0.69 from commanderscott. While I was picking up that manual, I dropped off my old Mac Pro for recycling. Sixth item was off the 'bay - an A9M0331 ADB mouse. Number seven was a DEC-branded Quantum LPS240S that came out of a IIci. Eight and nine were a M2980 and ADB Mouse II from the same eBay seller who sold me the hard drive - local guy. Ten was a Sony MacView LX adapter so I could use the Dell monitor I have with the Centris 650 and the IIci that I need to pick up from a friend. Eleven was a Quadra 650 nameplate. Twelve: M0115 AEK for $70, plus shipping and tax. Thirteen: extra-long T15 screwdriver bit to replace one I either rehomed or lost along the way. Fourteen is the 33MHz 68040 from @K24a1 on 68kMLA. Fifteen is the CD-ROM bezel that @Taddy supplied to me.
Sixteen is a set of five meowTOAST CR2032 PRAM battery adapters from @GeekyBit - apparently the PO screwed up, so I wound up getting another five as well. Passed the extra five to a couple friends who are also into vintage Macs. Seventeen is a couple of Broderbund Science Toolkit Master Module software packages from someone in Oregon. Kept one, and passed one onto a friend. Eighteen is the IIci I mentioned in the previous paragraph that's at a buddy's apartment in Beaverton, Oregon - got it for $60 off OfferUp. Recapped, functional, but needs some parts, like the power switch button on the rear, a cache card, and the programmer's switch assembly. Also needs to have an OS installed on the drive in it.
Nineteen: two SCSI cables (one external, one internal), USB floppy drive, and power cord from RE-PC. Twenty: the basketcase Plus from @tafkar on 68kMLA. All items were picked up at the Tukwila RE-PC location. Twenty-One: a IIvx/Centris 650 floppy drive bracket - same as what an SE has, btw). Twenty-two: a Sony MP-F75W-02G that needs an eject motor assembly - motor doesn't work, drive works fine otherwise, after I gave it a quick cleaning. Twenty-three is a pair of Centris 650 CD-ROM drive rails. Twenty-four is the SE Superdrive I picked up a few days ago. Twenty-five is an item I found in a closet... UltraSCSI to 50-pin Centronics SCSI cable with a terminator. Twenty-six is the AppleCD 300i that I forgot I had. Found it in our bonus room in a box.
