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I've earned my right to post here, just got a macintosh classic!!!
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Congratulations 
. I think they've aged remarkably well aesthetically. Still really well-proportioned. They still look cool to me anyway .
. I think they've aged remarkably well aesthetically. Still really well-proportioned. They still look cool to me anyway .
Free is always better, but you were willing (and happy!) to pay $50, so I'd say that was a good deal. And, you can boot it into 6.0.3 from ROM by holding down Command + Option + X + O keys during startup.
From the pic it looks in very good condition so $50 seems ok. The first mac I ever used was a Plus and I have very fond memories of them. Sweet find
lol, nothing because i'm still waiting for it to come from colorado, thats the picture from ebay. the seller has good communication and good feedback so im confident. as soon as it gets here ill take some real pics.
AWESOME!
That was the first Mac I actually purchased, as they were the new "Low Cost Macs"..
Here's one of the commercials for it - enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOKE0SiDcjI
That was the first Mac I actually purchased, as they were the new "Low Cost Macs"..
Here's one of the commercials for it - enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOKE0SiDcjI
AWESOME!
That was the first Mac I actually purchased, as they were the new "Low Cost Macs"..
Here's one of the commercials for it - enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOKE0SiDcjI
thanks for that!! it should be coming within the next few days, im like peeing my pants waiting for it.
The machine looks great. Several years ago my dad was the technology director for an education co-op. Basically they had multiple school districts that paid dues to belong to the co-op and in those dues that would get services and they should share the cost. These services including numerous things like transportation, special education, accounting, and of course technology. The technology was a large part of what the co-op did. It was much cheaper for all the schools to upgrade computer labs at the same time and so the co-op could order 1000 machines and get them at good prices.
These upgrades each time led to the old machines being put on pallets and stored in a warehouse.
Sadly, around 2000 and 2001 the schools began to migrate to PCs. This led to all the Apple computers to be cleared out. With that they decided to clear out the warehouse and have an auction. Very few people bid on this old Apple gear (and there was a number of other stuff in the mix). A company was paid to properly recycle the computer equipment. At that time I was living with my parents and didn't have room for any more computer equipment. So missed out on the chance to get my Mac Classic.
Good find! I can't wait to have one! They are great looking machines and it would be nice to use one as a terminal (surely there is a good telnet App for the old OS).
These upgrades each time led to the old machines being put on pallets and stored in a warehouse.
Sadly, around 2000 and 2001 the schools began to migrate to PCs. This led to all the Apple computers to be cleared out. With that they decided to clear out the warehouse and have an auction. Very few people bid on this old Apple gear (and there was a number of other stuff in the mix). A company was paid to properly recycle the computer equipment. At that time I was living with my parents and didn't have room for any more computer equipment. So missed out on the chance to get my Mac Classic.
Good find! I can't wait to have one! They are great looking machines and it would be nice to use one as a terminal (surely there is a good telnet App for the old OS).
WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!
awsome machine! hope everything is still in working order, gotta love playing those classic games.
get "Spetre". its the best game :O
goodluck with the Macintosh, that was the first Mac our house ever owned too. its great!
awsome machine! hope everything is still in working order, gotta love playing those classic games.
get "Spetre". its the best game :O
goodluck with the Macintosh, that was the first Mac our house ever owned too. its great!
I got one a few years back, and I'd came with an apple stylewrighter III colour printer. Exactly how I was meant to use a colour printer with a grayscale monitor, I never quite figured out.
looks like an extension, you can probably find it in the Extensions Folder somewhere in the System Folder. goodluck finding it lol.
what are extensions?? if it makes it easier, the computer came with a disk called "system startup disk", will that disk allow me to completely reinstall the os?
yup it should do, any true classic addict would know to include proper reinstall disks.
extensions are just that, they can extend the system to perform better/look better. seems like that clock is doing that, if you go into the Control Panel menu (when you hit the apple button up the top left) you MIGHT be able to find it there somewhere..
thanks, im actually gonna go and look up some instructions on how to reinstall the os on that. i want to make it mine... it still has the old owners name on the hd folder. and its an ugly name too.."terry".