5 Dec
2016
5 Dec
'16
6:49 p.m.
I'm not really active in any of the classic computing communities apart
from classiccmp, so I would appreciate it if others
could pass this
message around and see if this computer ended up in the hands of a
fellow
collector.
A good friend of mine who lived in Spring, TX (north of Houston) owned a
black Macintosh TV (1993 vintage). During a move many years ago (late
2010), it mistakenly ended up turned in as ewaste. I only found out late
this year (2016) that this had happened.
Given how rare/uncommon these machines are, chances are very high that it
ended up resold on eBay or similar instead of being scrapped. I have no
records of the serial number of the machine, but according to my archives,
I installed Mac OS 7.6.1 on it on May 5, 1998. It was also upgraded with
an 8MB SIMM but still had the factory hard drive.
If by some chance a fellow collector ended up with it, and if it still has
its hard drive and files intact, my friend would really like to obtain a
copy of her files (a disk image of the hard drive would be ideal). I
happened to still have a backup of the machine on a zip disk from May 24,
1998, but she had continued to use the machine off and on for many years
after that. I would also just like to know that the machine didn't end up
scrapped.
5 Dec
5 Dec
7:18 p.m.
They sold 10,000 Apple TVs. That's a lot.
You lost track of one ten years ago, and have given no real methodology for
discerning it from any other- the number out there with OS 7.6 or 8mb of
ram will be significant.
Perhaps you should go door-to-door, or hang flyers. It would probably yield
better results.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote:
I'm not really active in any of the classic
computing communities apart
from classiccmp, so I would appreciate it if others could pass this message
around and see if this computer ended up in the hands of a fellow collector.
A good friend of mine who lived in Spring, TX (north of Houston) owned a
black Macintosh TV (1993 vintage). During a move many years ago (late
2010), it mistakenly ended up turned in as ewaste. I only found out late
this year (2016) that this had happened.
Given how rare/uncommon these machines are, chances are very high that it
ended up resold on eBay or similar instead of being scrapped. I have no
records of the serial number of the machine, but according to my archives,
I installed Mac OS 7.6.1 on it on May 5, 1998. It was also upgraded with an
8MB SIMM but still had the factory hard drive.
If by some chance a fellow collector ended up with it, and if it still has
its hard drive and files intact, my friend would really like to obtain a
copy of her files (a disk image of the hard drive would be ideal). I
happened to still have a backup of the machine on a zip disk from May 24,
1998, but she had continued to use the machine off and on for many years
after that. I would also just like to know that the machine didn't end up
scrapped.
--
Ian Finder
(206) 395-MIPS
ian.finder at gmail.com
7:29 p.m.
On Mon, 5 Dec 2016, Ian Finder wrote:
They sold 10,000 Apple TVs. That's a lot.
You lost track of one ten years ago, and have given no real methodology
for discerning it from any other- the number out there with OS 7.6 or
8mb of ram will be significant.
Perhaps you should go door-to-door, or hang flyers. It would probably
yield better results.
[Sorry Jay, but I'm going to do this on-list.]
Wow, Ian, you sure are helpful! Would you be willing to help me print up
and distribute those fliers?
<insert giant ascii finger>
:)
10:25 p.m.
On 12/5/2016 6:49 PM, Tothwolf wrote:
I would also just like to know that the machine
didn't end up scrapped.
You might look up John Keys in the Houston area for
other collectors
around there. He may still listen on the list. Not sure if he is
active, but he had a lot of connections there.
There were a couple of list members who replied when I asked for Austin
Tx places to visit that might help you as well since Austin is close
enough to Houston that the airport out of Houston is considered a long
run alternative (so I was told), so they may know.
The collectors and E-waste folks in Austin as it exists now I'd put a
low chance of it being saved by someone that will see this. So maybe
hit all the craigslists with your information and offer a small reward,
post photos, etc. There is no charge, and Austin, San Antonio, Houston
and Dallas, Ft. Worth would be worth hitting.
Good Luck with it.
thanks
jim
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