FS: Mac LCII - Best offer by 2/3 + shipping takes it.
Don Bruder
To give anyone who's interested a starting point, I'd LIKE to get 20-25
bucks out of this beast.
The merchandise:
One semi-stripped Mac LCII. No drives (floppy died years ago, and I
never bothered to replace it, HD has already become part of the drive
farm on my main fileserver machine), no keyboard, no mouse, no monitor.
Includes 2 1MB SIMMs + soldered down RAM (3 MB total) and 1 VRAM SIMM.
(size uncertain - it was doing thousands of colors on a 12 inch monitor
if that tells you anything) 16 Mhz 68030 processor, with 68882 (floating
point) co-processor card tucked into the PDS slot. Someone handy with a
soldering iron could take the 68882 off the card it's on and put it
directly on the motherboard pads (effectively turning it into an LCIII,
if memory serves me correctly) to free up the PDS slot for other
(Ethernet, perhaps) uses with very little difficulty. I've been meaning
to do exactly that for years, but every time I think I've got the time
to do so, another project that's more urgent pops up on me.
Operationally, the machine is perfect other than lacking drives.
Cosmetically... Well, I'm a smoker, and I've had it for years, so the
case is slightly to heavily yellowed depending on exactly where you look
at it. No chips, dings, cracks, missing pieces, or anything like that,
just discolored. Why do I want to get rid of it? I've finally decided
that I've got no use for it anymore, and need the desk space for other
things.
The terms:
Payment in advance by USPS money order or cash only.
The price:
Highest offer (plus the actual cost of your chosen shipping method from
northern California) by 2/3 takes it. Buyer picks the shipping method,
carrier dictates what packaging will be needed. My guess is that USPS
would probably be cheapest/least demanding. I reserve the right to
reject any/all offers for any/no reason at my sole discretion. No
acceptable offers by 2/3 means the unit goes to the dump. Before I pitch
it, I figured I'd at least give somebody a crack at it if they want it.
To non-buyers: If you aren't interested, that's perfectly fine. Just do
us both a favor, and don't bother trying to play price-cop at me - I'll
simply ignore your attempt.
Send any offers to the email address on this message. (It's "in the
clear" so no de-munging is needed)
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David
Don Bruder wrote:
>
> To give anyone who's interested a starting point, I'd LIKE to get 20-25
> bucks out of this beast.
I am sure you would, but what were you smoking ??? when you wrote that?
>
> The merchandise:
> One semi-stripped Mac LCII. No drives (floppy died years ago, and I
> never bothered to replace it, HD has already become part of the drive
> farm on my main fileserver machine), no keyboard, no mouse, no monitor.
I bought an LCIII a while ago on ebay for A$15 = US$8.70 - It is in good working condition and
came complete with keyboard, mouse, HD etc etc
>
> To non-buyers: If you aren't interested, that's perfectly fine. Just do
> us both a favor, and don't bother trying to play price-cop at me - I'll
> simply ignore your attempt.
It is OK if YOU ignore me, it is the potential buyers that my post is aimed at. Just letting
them know the going price - it is the Mac thing to do.
Cheers
David
JETman
Hell, you can get a pretty nice IIci for $25.....
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Just Tooling Down The Internet Superhighway With my G4.......
Peter Kerr
>
> The merchandise:
> One semi-stripped Mac LCII. No drives (floppy died years ago, and I
> never bothered to replace it, HD has already become part of the drive
> farm on my main fileserver machine), no keyboard, no mouse, no monitor.
> Includes 2 1MB SIMMs + soldered down RAM (3 MB total) and 1 VRAM SIMM.
> (size uncertain - it was doing thousands of colors on a 12 inch monitor
> if that tells you anything) 16 Mhz 68030 processor, with 68882 (floating
> point) co-processor card tucked into the PDS slot. Someone handy with a
> soldering iron could take the 68882 off the card it's on and put it
> directly on the motherboard pads (effectively turning it into an LCIII,
> if memory serves me correctly) to free up the PDS slot for other
> (Ethernet, perhaps) uses with very little difficulty. I've been meaning
> to do exactly that for years, but every time I think I've got the time
> to do so, another project that's more urgent pops up on me.
>
Regardless of sentimental value &c ;-)
most LC family I have seen had an enet PDS card with the 68882 copro
all in one. Just putting the copro on the mobo wouldn't make a LC3,
because the LC2 had only a 16bit bus, which made a real LC3 nearly
twice as fast. I think Apple still had IIci or fx or vx or somesuch in
the pipeline, and they held back on a full 32bit pizzabox...
Don't quote me, but I think there's an "issue" with the ADB on these
that discourages NetBSD from running, so diminishing the possibilities
for a firewall/web/mail server.
But the power supplies are still fetching $10 - 15, and the pizzabox
was one of Apple's design high points, so a bit of plastic surgery and
you've got a backup tape drive, dvd player, whatever...
Steve Wilbur
<us...@host.domain> wrote:
> Don Bruder <dak...@sonic.net> wrote:
> > The merchandise:
> > One semi-stripped Mac LCII. No drives (floppy died years ago, and I
> > never bothered to replace it, HD has already become part of the drive
> > farm on my main fileserver machine), no keyboard, no mouse, no monitor.
> > Includes 2 1MB SIMMs + soldered down RAM (3 MB total) and 1 VRAM SIMM.
> > (size uncertain - it was doing thousands of colors on a 12 inch monitor
> > if that tells you anything) 16 Mhz 68030 processor, with 68882 (floating
> > point) co-processor card tucked into the PDS slot. Someone handy with a
> > soldering iron could take the 68882 off the card it's on and put it
> > directly on the motherboard pads (effectively turning it into an LCIII,
> > if memory serves me correctly) to free up the PDS slot for other
> > (Ethernet, perhaps) uses with very little difficulty. I've been meaning
> > to do exactly that for years, but every time I think I've got the time
> > to do so, another project that's more urgent pops up on me.
oh good lord man. Throw that thing away and consider yourself lucky you
dont' have to pay a disposal fee.
Mark
LC-II... my first mac (remembers fondly...)
remembers fondly the image of LC-II sailing out the window as his first iMac
arrives
well I'll say this... that LC-II lasted longer than my first iMac
> In article <300120031718242630%us...@host.domain>, Peter Kerr
> <us...@host.domain> wrote:
> > Don Bruder <dak...@sonic.net> wrote:
> > > The merchandise:
> > > One semi-stripped Mac LCII. No drives (floppy died years ago, and I
> > > never bothered to replace it,
"Steve Wilbur" <ultra...@cluemail.com> wrote in message
news:ultramafic-29...@192.168.0.100...
Ura Dippschitt
Don Bruder <dak...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
> To give anyone who's interested a starting point, I'd LIKE to get 20-25
> bucks out of this beast.
Good christ man! Give the worthless pos away to someone less fortunate.
All that typing and shipping fuss isn't worth 20 bucks. God! Are you
that hard up for cash? Get a job at McDonalds!
Steve Wilbur
Ura Dippschitt <You.Are....@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> In article <ZvEZ9.62738$Ik.24...@typhoon.sonic.net>,
> Don Bruder <dak...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > To give anyone who's interested a starting point, I'd LIKE to get 20-25
> > bucks out of this beast.
See my previous message about throwing it away and considering yourself
lucky you don't have to pay a disposal fee.
Also note, I REGULARLY pick up old (x100, etc.) powermacs at the local
thift store for , $30. I recently picked up a P6400 and P6500 (well
equipped) for a total of $70.
Mark
needed a little work (the CRT was busted) so I got a regular SE (free)
swapped the board in (voila! instant SE/30), added a network card deal and
it flies. Mostly it sits on a shelf in my un official Mac museum (DOH! I
shouldn't -a tossed that LC-II) along with a PB 520.
It's fun to boot up that SE/30 (which cost over 5k new)... a computer that
is way old and way better than any PC of that time.
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