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Parts needed for a 1983 week 47 Macintosh M0001
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No replies yet about anyone having a spare 128K motherboard or early power board they could sell me to restore Marcia's Mac...
So how about suggestions for whom to contact for these parts? I'm sure there must be individuals who are known in these groups to have lots of old Mac parts...maybe someone could provide me some contacts?
I actually bought a nice clean early (3rd week 1984) M0001 off Ebay last year that has the donor parts I could swap over, but I can't bring myself to part out a perfectly working unit when I know someone must have the individual boards available. And I'm certainly keeping my eyes open on Ebay for those, but figure asking on the message boards would be more productive.
Thanks!
Howie
So how about suggestions for whom to contact for these parts? I'm sure there must be individuals who are known in these groups to have lots of old Mac parts...maybe someone could provide me some contacts?
I actually bought a nice clean early (3rd week 1984) M0001 off Ebay last year that has the donor parts I could swap over, but I can't bring myself to part out a perfectly working unit when I know someone must have the individual boards available. And I'm certainly keeping my eyes open on Ebay for those, but figure asking on the message boards would be more productive.
Thanks!
Howie
You might want to try contacting ebay user danapplemacman
he may be able to help you tracking down the parts.
It may be a case of also trying a few of the vintage Apple forums
http://applefritter.com
http://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/forum.php
he may be able to help you tracking down the parts.
It may be a case of also trying a few of the vintage Apple forums
http://applefritter.com
http://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/forum.php
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The biggest problem youll find is most of our "parts" collections only go back to late 68K for ones we have more than a working machine + spares for 1 machines - My personal parts stash peters out at the Quadras, but hey, as said above, contact that eBayer, as well as any others you see offering stuff for 68K Macs, and they can possibly help - as well as the fine folks at 68kmla
Yup, the 68kmla would be the place to inquire. My 'spare parts' are only as old as the Mac Plus. (Well, and Apple IIc, which is the same age as the original Macintosh, but not the right line...)
Thanks for the all the tips. I'll post on those other sites about the parts.
Regarding other questions I forgot to answer in this thread:
The 512K motherboard that is currently in there isn't anything special. I was hoping it would be a proto or test board, but it is standard production. I believe when I boot up the Mac I get an error of some sort, so swapping out the motherboard seems like the easiest way to deal with it.
There are at least a couple of floppies with hand-written "System" labels but I haven't loaded any up to see what System/Finder versions they are. Likewise I think there may be an internal test copy of MacWrite/Paint in the stash. And several games I think may be internal copies because they have handwritten labels (and therefore I assume are not copy-protected). Marcia said the games publishers often shared pre-release versions with the Mac team members. If I encounter anything interesting, I'll be happy to find a way to share the disk images with you guys.
Howie
Regarding other questions I forgot to answer in this thread:
The 512K motherboard that is currently in there isn't anything special. I was hoping it would be a proto or test board, but it is standard production. I believe when I boot up the Mac I get an error of some sort, so swapping out the motherboard seems like the easiest way to deal with it.
There are at least a couple of floppies with hand-written "System" labels but I haven't loaded any up to see what System/Finder versions they are. Likewise I think there may be an internal test copy of MacWrite/Paint in the stash. And several games I think may be internal copies because they have handwritten labels (and therefore I assume are not copy-protected). Marcia said the games publishers often shared pre-release versions with the Mac team members. If I encounter anything interesting, I'll be happy to find a way to share the disk images with you guys.
Howie
Out of curiosity, where are you located? I'm sure someone local to you would be more than happy to image/duplicate the disks for you, so you could keep the originals safe, and work off copies.
Howie,
I'm sure you can find what you want at the MIT Flea Market ;-) It starts up in April: http://w1mx.mit.edu/flea-at-mit.
You anywhere near Boston?
Also, I know someone who may be able to help you (2 people in fact), but you'd have to email me off the forum for the names. User name at macdotcom will find me.
ilene
I'm sure you can find what you want at the MIT Flea Market ;-) It starts up in April: http://w1mx.mit.edu/flea-at-mit.
You anywhere near Boston?
Also, I know someone who may be able to help you (2 people in fact), but you'd have to email me off the forum for the names. User name at macdotcom will find me.
ilene
Thanks Ilene, I've gone ahead and sent you email. Please let me know if you don't get my messages.
To others:
Could someone do me a favor and post a link to this thread on the 68Kmla board? I tried registering to post it myself, but haven't received confirmation from the admins in several days.
A broader question about the parts I'm looking for: Is there any physical difference at all between a 128K motherboard that was made in 1983 versus one made by mid-1984? I know the early low-profile 68000 CPU changed, and maybe the Apple-logo RAM chips were no longer used, but other than that if I'm trying to restore Marcia's Mac to be closest to its original state, would that matter?
What about the analog/sweep board? Other than the cardboard shield changing from grey to white, would any non-revision 630-0102 board be physically identical to what was originally in there?
Thanks for continued comments on this...I'm thinking I might need to be a little more lax in what boards I'm willing to consider "right" for the restoration.
Howie
To others:
Could someone do me a favor and post a link to this thread on the 68Kmla board? I tried registering to post it myself, but haven't received confirmation from the admins in several days.
A broader question about the parts I'm looking for: Is there any physical difference at all between a 128K motherboard that was made in 1983 versus one made by mid-1984? I know the early low-profile 68000 CPU changed, and maybe the Apple-logo RAM chips were no longer used, but other than that if I'm trying to restore Marcia's Mac to be closest to its original state, would that matter?
What about the analog/sweep board? Other than the cardboard shield changing from grey to white, would any non-revision 630-0102 board be physically identical to what was originally in there?
Thanks for continued comments on this...I'm thinking I might need to be a little more lax in what boards I'm willing to consider "right" for the restoration.
Howie
I've read comments that these Presentation Macs were the first 100 full-production units to come off the assembly line, but I can't nail that fact down for sure (Marcia says she can't confirm that).
Does anyone have evidence to support or disprove that?
Was this fact documented on Folklore, and if so can someone link to the article?
If true, that would mean production of consumer-ready Macs began the 3rd week of November 1983, which would be Thanksgiving week in the USA.
Howie
Does anyone have evidence to support or disprove that?
Was this fact documented on Folklore, and if so can someone link to the article?
If true, that would mean production of consumer-ready Macs began the 3rd week of November 1983, which would be Thanksgiving week in the USA.
Howie
I got these from her. I see the ad is gone, it was pretty vague on what she really had.
Ended up being two complete 128k's in the original boxes, one looks unused.
Matching printer in box, unused.
2 Macintosh SE's like new - no box.
1 apple digital camera.
I had my aunt pick them up so i havent been back up to VA to see them in person, just pics my aunt sent.
talked her down from 600 to 300.