Just Picked Up a MINT IIci System

[pl1984]

Local seller had a mint IIci system for sale. His $200.00 asking price was too high so I decided to offer him $35.00 for it. He rejected it as he had another buyer who was offering him $125.00 for it. Since I don't have any real use for it I had to pass as that was still too high. A couple of days later he informed me the system was still available and I could have it for my $35.00 offer price. He and his wife were cleaning out the house and they just wanted to be rid of it. This morning I went to pick it up and I have to say this thing is in like new condition.

So what did I gt for my $35.00? Let me tell you:

• Macintosh IIci with the cache card. I do not know how much RAM is installed as I have yet to fire it up. However all eight slots are populated so I am guessing 8 MB. Unfortunately the seller removed the hard drive (for security reasons) so I need to purchase one. He did leave the sled and mounting screws so all I need is the hard drive.
• Apple Extended Keyboard II and associated ADB mouse.
• Apple CD300 external CD-ROM drive.
• Macintosh Color Display
• StyleWriter II printer.
• All the necessary cables to put it together.
• All the original software for the system and the peripherals.
• All the original manuals. What a difference from what we get today. The Macintosh Users Guide is one nice spiral bound manual.

The only thing I didn't get were the original boxes for the system and peripherals but I did receive the box for the display. You can probably guess the seller was the original owner and he took excellent care of it. I did need to blow out some dust bunnies. I'll be hooking it all up later today to fire it up (he did test it before posting it for sale and it does work).

I doubt you could find a nicer IIci system for the price. I was hesitant to even buy it for $35.00 as I have no use for it other than to play with it and have it "in my collection". But I figured why not, it's only $35.00 and I'm sure I can find someone who would want it if I decided not to keep it. I'll try to post pics later.

 

[CooperBox]

Not only Mint, looks so new it's transparent........!

 

[tpivette89]

Love the IIci... was the top of the line in '89 if I remember correctly.

I picked up a fully working unit (desktop, monitor, keyboard, mouse) for $75 a few years back. Was a bit yellowed, but booted right up. Love those flying toaster screen savers.

Here is a photo of my setup after I applied a single coat of redrobright. Monitor is set on top for comparison. One of these days, I'll dust it off, and upgrade it for some retro gaming goodness!