8 Sep
2005
8 Sep
'05
3:19 a.m.
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:37:44 -0400
"Teo Zenios" <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Stevens" <chenmel at earthlink.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: Various Macs for Sale
A schoolteacher from up in northern Indiana scarfed up a bunch of the
machines (the 6300s and 6500s) because he is deeply involved in a 'send
a computer home' program for some educational project. He's a Mac lover
and part of the 'plus' in sending home targeted Macintoshes is that the
kids won't 'goof off' with Windows games on them, or so he said. I got
a tidy little profit plus a school teacher got the hardware he needed
for his personal 'mission.'
At the auctions I go to, sadly, if it won't run a near-current version
of Windoze nobody pays ANY attention to it. (or maybe that's good, from
my point of view as a low budget hobbyist)
What a COOL find, that AWS 95.
I'm slightly interested in all of them.
Open everything. Plug everything in. Turn everything on.
I'll let you know which ones I'm interested in at the 'surcharge'
rate after your report. heh.
(last time I bought a skid of Macs of that vintage at an auction, it
was$1 and everybody looked at me funny for buying it. I didn't
regret my purchase one iota, btw.)
Not much of a market for old Macs these days. A month or so ago I was
looking for a Quadra 950 PS for my 2nd unit and a guy close to
Cleveland said he has a parts 950 I could have if I drove up and got
it (about an hour away). So I drove up there (grabbed the yellowing
950) and he started giving me other stuff like a brand new looking AWS
95 that was never used and included the full still sealed A/UX 3.x
software set with manuals and it had the rare 5 drive tray inside also
(all free). Same guy was selling an early PPC with monitor for $50 (no
I didn't want it).
I can see nobody wanting a skid of old Macs (most people just want a
specific model), did you keep the machines or resell them individually
on ebay?