2 Apr
2004
2 Apr
'04
4:24 p.m.
With the talk in the past about the serial numbers for older Macs. I have a
couple questions, that perhaps could be answered here, or point me in the
right direction.
A few years ago I picked up a old Plus to convert into an aquarium (I know,
I know; but it was a fun idea). I had never quite seem a Plus like this
before. It had a Sticker to denote it was a plus. It did not have printing
or a platic label. It was simply a sticker.
Now, Plus was stolen (why people stole it was beyond me), but I am still
curious of the history that Mac may have had.
I'd love to hear of any thoughts or such. I still have the keyboard and
mouse from it, but I trashed the dot-matrix years ago. It was also an apple
printer, but I was never able to id it. Wasn't and LQ or a first gen
imagewriter. Very wide but not descript. Thoughts on that?
Thanks for all.
Chris
3 Apr
3 Apr
11:42 a.m.
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Chris Saunders wrote:
A few years ago I picked up a old Plus to convert into
an aquarium (I know,
I know; but it was a fun idea). I had never quite seem a Plus like this
before. It had a Sticker to denote it was a plus. It did not have printing
or a platic label. It was simply a sticker.
Hmm, *maybe* a prototype? Which may have been the reason it was stolen
(if the dirty thieves perhaps knew what it was).
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12:11 p.m.
On Saturday 03 April 2004 12:42, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Chris Saunders wrote:
Hmm, you seem to know a little too much about this, so I say Sellam MUST
have been the one to steal it!!
Dirty thief! ;)
Pat
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A few years ago I picked up a old Plus to convert
into an aquarium
(I know, I know; but it was a fun idea). I had never quite seem a
Plus like this before. It had a Sticker to denote it was a plus. It
did not have printing or a platic label. It was simply a sticker.
Hmm, *maybe* a prototype? Which may have been the reason it was
stolen (if the dirty thieves perhaps knew what it was).
2:34 p.m.
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
On Saturday 03 April 2004 12:42, Vintage Computer
Festival wrote:
I would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for those darned kids!
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On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Chris Saunders wrote:
Hmm, you seem to know a little too much about this, so I say Sellam MUST
have been the one to steal it!! A few years ago I picked up a old Plus to convert
into an aquarium
(I know, I know; but it was a fun idea). I had never quite seem a
Plus like this before. It had a Sticker to denote it was a plus. It
did not have printing or a platic label. It was simply a sticker.
Hmm, *maybe* a prototype? Which may have been the reason it was
stolen (if the dirty thieves perhaps knew what it was). 
3 p.m.
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Chris Saunders wrote:
> A few years ago I picked up a old Plus to convert into an aquarium (I know,
> I know; but it was a fun idea). I had never quite seem a Plus like this
> before. It had a Sticker to denote it was a plus. It did not have printing
> or a platic label. It was simply a sticker.
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Hmm, *maybe* a prototype? Which may have been the
reason it was stolen
(if the dirty thieves perhaps knew what it was).
Or a conversion?
If Apple upgraded the machine, how did they label the upgraded one?
If third parties swapped parts and upgraded, how would they label?
12:48 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Saunders" <chris(a)udderdestruction.net>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 5:24 PM
Subject: Looking for mac Plus info
With the talk in the past about the serial numbers for
older Macs. I have
a
couple questions, that perhaps could be answered here,
or point me in the
right direction.
A few years ago I picked up a old Plus to convert into an aquarium (I
know,
I know; but it was a fun idea). I had never quite seem
a Plus like this
before. It had a Sticker to denote it was a plus. It did not have printing
or a platic label. It was simply a sticker.
(following is from :
http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com/msg11292.html
"If it's a Mac Plus motherboard, there will be an external SCSI connector on
the back. My compact Mac is an original that was upgraded (Apple offered an
upgrade kit that included a new motherboard and a new back to accommodate
the added connectors, but it also had a sticker that said "Macintosh Plus"
on it)."
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5:24 p.m.
A few years ago I picked up a old Plus to convert into
an aquarium (I know,
I know; but it was a fun idea). I had never quite seem a Plus like this
before. It had a Sticker to denote it was a plus. It did not have printing
or a platic label. It was simply a sticker.
Now, Plus was stolen (why people stole it was beyond me), but I am still
curious of the history that Mac may have had.
At one point there was an upgrade kit for the Mac 512 to the Mac+. I
think it included an exchange logic ('digital') board and a new back
cover (since the I/O sockets are totally different). You used the old
PSU/video ('analogue') board, CRT, drive and front panel.
I assume you also got a label to stick on the front to say it was now a
Mac+. THis sounde like what you had.
-tony
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