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Star Trek Creator's Macintosh Plus to Be Auctioned
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agree - it will end up selling for much much more obviously - has "collector" written ALL over it for various reasons and is an excellent historical piece of technology.
As Ivoid said before (i think it was him), these did not have hard drives. they ran off of floppy disks.
Although i never owned one (seeing as they stopped making them 3 years before i was born), i would think that this one would go for more than $1200 just for the model number.
After I buy this Mac Plus I'll put it on the shelf next to my abacus and slide rule.
Hmmm.... I wonder how many floppy discs it will take to hold a Snow Leopard installation.
Hmmm.... I wonder how many floppy discs it will take to hold a Snow Leopard installation.
Portable
I carried my SE/30 (the SExy Mac) back and forth from home to my fourth grade classroom for 5 years (no, not in 4th grade for 5 years, TAUGHT 4th grade for 5 years). Other than a permanent lurch to the left from carrying the bag on my left shoulder it was GREAT and yes it was classified as a "portable" at the time.
I carried my SE/30 (the SExy Mac) back and forth from home to my fourth grade classroom for 5 years (no, not in 4th grade for 5 years, TAUGHT 4th grade for 5 years). Other than a permanent lurch to the left from carrying the bag on my left shoulder it was GREAT and yes it was classified as a "portable" at the time.
Anyhoo, this is cool, and it's amazing to think that my PHONE has like 10 times the power of that high-end computer!
Can't wait to see what the future will bring!
PS: I got a Power Mac for £3 last year, still have no idea if it works!
Bid now at $2750 with 20 days to go. Follow the auction yourself here:
http://www.icollector.com/item.aspx?i=8632599
http://www.icollector.com/item.aspx?i=8632599
Um.... No hard drive in this Mac. In the ancient days of computing, they had to boot from floppies.QUOTE]
I grew up with this computer and we had an external HDD so we didnt have to boot from disks.. the HDD was HUGE, about the whole footprint of the mac plus... Ive still got the machine and it turns on but the CRT is dead so i get no image... i would LOVE to get it working in like new condition if not for anything else, just for the novalty of it. but its not worth putting any money into a machine that cant do... well anything really by todays standards.
The Mac Plus was my first Mac: I remember buying one with all my hard-earned money I saved one summer working at McDonald's when I was going into my sophomore year in high school (1989-90). Oh wow, the memories!
About two years later I got an aftermarket hard drive that one stuck on the back of the Mac Plus, almost piggybacking on it...don't remember what it was called, but using that I could boot off the hard drive and not have to rely on the floppy.
Anyone remember what that hard drive was called?
Not much of a price for a collectors item. A Mac 128k was $2500 new, without the carrying case (I have one), and that was with 1984 dollars, which were worth somewhat more.
Too bad it does not include a Vulcan hard drive.
In all seriousness though I think these were only made for the Apple II lines.
In all seriousness though I think these were only made for the Apple II lines.
That computer is actually at the Star Trek experience in the Hilton in Las Vegas, along with tons of other props and memorabilia.
Star Trek
I just want to say that the Star Trek franchise and all the episodes were some of the best television ever made. Not only was it sci-fi it really had great plots and philosophical stories.
Don't know why i felt like that needed to be shared.
I just want to say that the Star Trek franchise and all the episodes were some of the best television ever made. Not only was it sci-fi it really had great plots and philosophical stories.
Don't know why i felt like that needed to be shared.
"Screens" were their shields, remember
Perhaps I'm the only person here who still owns a (working) Mac Plus, so I'll ask the most pressing question that I haven't seen posted yet...
Does the monitor still work?
and if so...
ON VIEWER, LIEUTENANT!
Perhaps I'm the only person here who still owns a (working) Mac Plus, so I'll ask the most pressing question that I haven't seen posted yet...
Does the monitor still work?
and if so...
ON VIEWER, LIEUTENANT!
Don't you mean was at the ST:Experience? I suppose it's all in a non-descript warehouse in the desert, waiting for the re-opening... or perhaps one Dr. Jones.
Is it upgradable to Snow Leopard ?
No, you dummy, you KNOW that is only supported on Intel processors.
No, you dummy, you KNOW that is only supported on Intel processors.
Hey, if Microsoft produced these, Windows 7 would run on it, and _better_ than the original OS.
my first PC had 512K, I remember adding some chips into some empty scokets to upgrade it to 640K, and swapping the 8088 processor for a 8086. Removing a 5.25" floppy and adding a 10MB hard drive.
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I would purchase this Mac.
I have a friend who is a teacher, who used her Mac Plus until year 2004 as her MAIN machine.
Not kidding.
I had to explain to her the necessity of email...
So I "updated" her to a 266mhz iMac G3 tray load with more ram and bigger hard drive. To run her old OS8 or OS9 programs and files.
She's still on that machine and I have to explain to her how she needs Panther or Tiger because the old internet explorer for the Mac no longer works.
Not kidding.
I had to explain to her the necessity of email...
So I "updated" her to a 266mhz iMac G3 tray load with more ram and bigger hard drive. To run her old OS8 or OS9 programs and files.
She's still on that machine and I have to explain to her how she needs Panther or Tiger because the old internet explorer for the Mac no longer works.
LOL...
You being from Vancouver, BC would understand that my fav is Stargate...
(thought many of the Star Trek shows were sort of boring. For me, really depends on the individual episode).
I say the expected auction price is pretty low for this one.
I saw an Antiques Roadshow and some guy gave an original Mac signed by Woz a price of $4K - $6K. He has no clue though (I say maybe $400 - $600). Woz signs a lot of stuff and he didn't date his signature on the unit - so he could've signed the computer recently.
I had two of these, one with 2 meg ram and one with 4 meg. Had two external HDs, one was 40 the other 80.
They were more portable than the Mac Portable, really handy to carry.
IMHO these were the first Macs worth having for actual day to day use.
They were more portable than the Mac Portable, really handy to carry.
IMHO these were the first Macs worth having for actual day to day use.