Anyone collect classic Macs?

[AdamAnt316]

In my vast computer collection, a good part of it is made up of Apple Macintosh computers. The first one I picked up was a Mac SE, rescued from a school dumpster; a Mac Classic and Classic II (as well as enough parts to keep them all going) soon followed. Since then, I have expanded my Mac collection from one-piece Macs such as the Apple Lisa 2/Mac XL in my avatar (sadly, down for the count at the moment) all the way to semi-current Macs, such as the PowerMac G4 I am typing this on. Does anyone else on this board have any vintage (or otherwise) Macs to speak of?
-Adam

[Saabmeister]

I collect old macs.

I've got:

Apple IIc
128k (needs an OS)
2x Mac SE's
IIsi
IIci
IIfx (needs a power supply)
LC
LCII
LCIII
LC475 (needs...something)
Quadra 700
637CD
6300
660AV
Powerbook 1400CS
Newton
G3 Tower (Hey, it's vintage by now...)

[cyberfluxor]

I just have a MAC G3 desktop and that's all I plan on getting. I got it about 2yrs ago and it's like a big paper weight, in addition the OS-X 10.1 on it is unstable even after I do fresh reinstalls with full reformats. I'm planning on just installing BSD on it and storing my OS-X install discs somewhere far away.

[ice1605]

I do, and I hate Microsoft... but that is beside the point.
I have 2 LCIIIs, a broken Performa 2000, and a Mac Classic

[CaryMG]

*Raises His Hand*

I have a classic Apple "Macintosh" computer! lol

Here it is ....

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/CaryMG/AppleMcintoshSE30Computer.jpg
Apple "Macintosh SE/30" Computer (http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=162)


Later!
:) :) :)

[Griking]

I collect old macs.

I've got:

Apple IIc
128k (needs an OS)
2x Mac SE's
IIsi
IIci
IIfx (needs a power supply)
LC
LCII
LCIII
LC475 (needs...something)
Quadra 700
637CD
6300
660AV
Powerbook 1400CS
Newton
G3 Tower (Hey, it's vintage by now...)

I know it may be nitpicking but Apple II computers weren't Macs.

[Jorpho]

As I am moving soon, I shall have to somehow jettison my Performa 5260 CD, Quadra 610, and at least one of my 6100 PowerMacs. Not that I actually paid anything for any of them (well, aside from monitor adapters and Ethernet dongles).

[VicViper]

I have two working Macs: a G3 iMac and a PowerMac 6100/60. Both of these are in addition to the cases for a Mac Plus and a Mac Color Classic, which sit on my todo list to be aquariumified. Hardly a collection, but I'm happy with it. I still use the G3 from time to time, but generally only to play games (Mortal Pongbat and Realmz, for the most part.)

[Jorpho]

What is up with that proprietary video connector (apparently it's called hdi45) on the back of the first-generation Powermacs? Yes, Apple apparently included an adapter when you bought the computer (and woe to he who gets a Powermac without said adapter), but why bother at all? I've never seen hdi45 used anywhere else.

[VicViper]

What is up with that proprietary video connector (apparently it's called hdi45) on the back of the first-generation Powermacs? Yes, Apple apparently included an adapter when you bought the computer (and woe to he who gets a Powermac without said adapter), but why bother at all? I've never seen hdi45 used anywhere else.

Apple was manufacturing monitors which used that port, namely the AppleVision. They had a marketing name for the connector as well, the "Apple Multimedia Connector". I think they were running more than just one-way video over the connector, however I am not sure about that.

[Goodwill Hunter]

I've picked up Macs at thrifts and rummages for years, mainly because I couldn't pass up a working computer that was worth thousands of dollars in the past, for 5 bucks. It was also a hoot to see all of the personal information that people would leave on these things...Had I been an evil person, I could have caused a lot of headaches.

I would also swap out the memory and hard drives as I acquired bigger and better, and always had a pretty decent second and third Mac on hand. My best find was a Color Classic for 6 bucks at a Goodwill. It had obviously been tested by others, but left behind because it didn't power up when plugged in...lucky for me these people didn't know you needed a keyboard to turn on the Color Classic.

I souped up the CC with an LC motherboard and some other software tricks (I believe it's called a Mystic conversion), and still keep it around. Sadly, due to space issues I had to get rid of the rest and ended up selling nearly 20 systems for $70 through an Ebay pickup-only auction...boo hoo. Here's what my Mac shelf in the basement used to look like:

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4346/macsgo1.jpg

Still have the motherboard from an original 128k Mac that I'm going to turn into a wall clock some day.

Bring back the Scrapbook!

Rich

[ozyr]

Someday I need to actually catalog and take a picture of my Mac collection. I know it is up to at least 30-40 Macs and slowly growing (I just got an old Lime iMac a month ago).

I just love Mac, plus it comes in handy for my display at the Midwest Gaming Classic!

[boatofcar]

I've got a Mac Plus, my very first ebay transaction from 1998!