Hey, thanks! Now I have to go buy some torx bits and learn a little bit about the insides of these compact Macs...
scary.
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Mac 512k w/internal Hyperdrive... Rare? Valuable?
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Hey, thanks! Now I have to go buy some torx bits and learn a little bit about the insides of these compact Macs...
scary.
A good rule of thumb is, if it's rare in the US then it's probably doubly-rare in Japan. To get anywhere near $400 though, you'd have to clean it, and have the boxes and manuals for it.
Neat find
A good rule of thumb is, if it's rare in the US then it's probably doubly-rare in Japan. To get anywhere near $400 though, you'd have to clean it, and have the boxes and manuals for it.
Neat find
Yes, it was a neat find, I suppose, but I got it for free so I'm not concerned about final sale price.
No boxes, manuals, keyboard, or mouse.
Cool thread.
Ahh memories from 1980's and the Mac's of the time.
I bought the 128k Mac in 9/1984 via my sisters U of M discount.
Upgraded it to a MacPlus in 1986 ( they took the computer and returned same one with new logic board/etc).
Then I bought a GCC Hyperdrive FX/20 20MB External SCSI Hard Drive (I love that name, FX/20, so 80's computer speak) in 1987 or 1988 for ....$1,000.
Worked fine, I sold it with the computer in 1991 when I got my 1st PowerBook.
I still keep all my MacReceipts for every hardware purchase made since 1984.
One time in 1998 I added all them up, over $33k I spent from 1894 - 1998 on Mac's.
Ahh memories from 1980's and the Mac's of the time.
I bought the 128k Mac in 9/1984 via my sisters U of M discount.
Upgraded it to a MacPlus in 1986 ( they took the computer and returned same one with new logic board/etc).
Then I bought a GCC Hyperdrive FX/20 20MB External SCSI Hard Drive (I love that name, FX/20, so 80's computer speak) in 1987 or 1988 for ....$1,000.
Worked fine, I sold it with the computer in 1991 when I got my 1st PowerBook.
I still keep all my MacReceipts for every hardware purchase made since 1984.
One time in 1998 I added all them up, over $33k I spent from 1894 - 1998 on Mac's.
1890 - Dr. Herman Hollerith introduces the first electro-mechanical punched-card data processing machine. It is used to compile information from the 1890 US census.
1892 - Burroughs produces the first adding machine with a printer.
1899 - Magnetic recording is invented.
and not directly related... 1894 - The first Hershey Bar is sold. and has been fueling the coding and repair of computers everywhere since.
that is hilarious. right there. ha. old mac hardware sure gets you boys excited though!
Miniscribe Model?
I enjoyed seeing those internal GCC HyperDrive 20 photos (of the Mac Plus). One photo clearly shows the drive as having been manufactured by Miniscribe, but I couldn't see the rest of the sticker to make out the model. Is the Miniscribe drive mechanism Model Number shown anywhere?
Thank you.
By the way, we have this 68kML thread on the HyperDrive 20, showing several of my Mac512 photos.
I enjoyed seeing those internal GCC HyperDrive 20 photos (of the Mac Plus). One photo clearly shows the drive as having been manufactured by Miniscribe, but I couldn't see the rest of the sticker to make out the model. Is the Miniscribe drive mechanism Model Number shown anywhere?
Thank you.
By the way, we have this 68kML thread on the HyperDrive 20, showing several of my Mac512 photos.
I bought the second 128k Mac ever sold in Colorado in 1984. I eventually upgraded it like yours to 512k, double sided 800k floppy (basically a Mac Plus) and then added the 10Mb Hyperdrive which I upgraded to a 20MB version soon after.
I gave it away to a friend in 1988 who gave it to another friend who gave it to his son in college. The son eventually outgrew it and gave it back to his Dad who gave it back to me in 1996.
I still have it and it will never leave my possession. Still works. I even have the travel case and 800k external floppy drive. It has MS Multiplan still loaded.
(orig Mac > IIci> 8500> G4 Sawtooth> new Mac Pro).
I gave it away to a friend in 1988 who gave it to another friend who gave it to his son in college. The son eventually outgrew it and gave it back to his Dad who gave it back to me in 1996.
I still have it and it will never leave my possession. Still works. I even have the travel case and 800k external floppy drive. It has MS Multiplan still loaded.
(orig Mac > IIci> 8500> G4 Sawtooth> new Mac Pro).