I'm sure you won't be surprised, but yup I have a basement full of old Mac's. I really am trying to collect them all (or at least one of each), and they all work. I haven't had the chance, but the plan is to build an old Mac museum with an Appletalk network for the real oldies, and Ethernet for the newer ones (with internet for for those that can handle it). Then again I have an SE/30 with a NIC card and have run a browser on it's little 9" black and white screen before.
I have a couple Mac Pluses, and original 20 MB external HD for one, and an SE or 2. Tough I have quite a few machines, I'm missing the two "Holy Grail's" (128k and 512k), and as the years go by, the chance that someone I know might have one in their basement they would rather give to me than keep.
There is the 6100 I found on the curb (no jokes). The system worked and became quite the useful machine for a good 4 years. Some are special. I don't have my original Classic II, but I have one like it. I have an SE/30 I built from parts, and there's the IIsi.
The IIsi holds some sentimental value as it belonged to the father of some friends' who died long before his time. It was kinda cool when they gave it to me for my collection, he loved that machine, and he is one of the guys that made me such a big Mac head. A radio engineer by day, GW, was a damn funny and damn smart guy. I will also miss the strangely addressed pieces of junk mail that usually came with the middle initial "Q". This was one of GW's trademarks. He would get you on some mailing list or with a "Q" right there between your names. Someday it will sit at the center of the collection, among the LC's and Quadras. I'm proud to have his machine.
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Well, I have a 128k, 512k, Quadra 950, 2 clamshells, Centris 610, Classic, SE, another 512k with an internal hard drive (it's a mod), PM7500/400MHz G3, 3 PB5300cs, iMac G3 Grape 400MHz, 400MHz PMG3, TiBook 867MHz, 2 233MHz Series II Wallstreets, an LC II, and a IIcx.
What's your list include.
Nice list! Let's see I've named a few in the post but here goes:
2 Mac Pluses
1 or 2 SE's
2 SE/30 (one with 20 MB RAM and a NIC)
1 Classic
1 or 2 Classic II's
2 LC's
1 LC III (I need an LC II)
1 IIsi
1 Quadra 605
1 Centris 610
2 PowerMac 6100's (or Performa 6116's)
At least 2 PowerMac 7200's
1 PM 7500 (With a G3 in IIRC)
2 UMax s900 Towers
I had a PM 8500, I'm not sure where it is.
1 Bondi iMac (I think I still have it anyway.)
2 Slot Loading iMacs (1 Indigo, 1 Grape both need repair.)
I had PB 5300 (I think it is gone.) and a Pismo a friend now uses.
Then there is my day to day stuff.
That's what I can recall.
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