Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2021-07-05 Thread Barry Cross
Hi This is to everyone here and anyone who may happen on this Post thread. The Quadra 700 has now found a good home, the bloke picked it up yesterday. Many thanks to everyone who has shown interest. Best Regards Barry Cross On Friday, July 2, 2021 at 2:46:29 PM UTC+1 squ...@pobox.com wrote: >

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2021-07-02 Thread squ...@pobox.com
Hi Barry, I have a friend in the UK who would like to provide your Quadra 700 with a loving new home. If you email me at square...@fastmail.com I will forward your contact info to him. (This group seems to be invisible now and he can't join it.) Thanks On Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 7:14:47 PM

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2021-06-29 Thread Barry Cross
William Nil desperandum Its not taking any space, and currently no one else has really taking that much of an interest. Absolutely no need to apologise for anything. Barry On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 at 16:37, William Bowles wrote: > Hi Barry > > Thanks for holding on to the quadra but with all the

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2021-06-29 Thread William Bowles
Hi Barry Thanks for holding on to the quadra but with all the lockdown rules it has set me back a bit and i have to say Thank you again but if someone else wants it let it go as i will have no way of getting down to collect it anymore . Again Sorry William Bowles On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 11:06

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2021-06-24 Thread Barry Cross
Andy Are you in the Uk? Barry On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 18:27, Andy Stocker wrote: > I’m neither William nor Barry but you can call me interested in a Quadra > 700. I have one, but the motherboard got melted by a popped battery. > > Some trivia > The q700 may look like a iici but the rear port

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2021-06-24 Thread Andy Stocker
I’m neither William nor Barry but you can call me interested in a Quadra 700. I have one, but the motherboard got melted by a popped battery. Some trivia The q700 may look like a iici but the rear port layout is incompatible The Quadra 800 motherboard can be used as a drop in replacement, no

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2021-06-24 Thread Barry Cross
Just rechecking these old messages, and I am afraid that I got the wrong William, my apologies to William Stillwell. It was William Bowles that I was trying to contact. On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 17:32, Barry Cross wrote: > William > > I don't know why but I thought that you lived here in the UK. >

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2021-06-24 Thread Barry Cross
William I don't know why but I thought that you lived here in the UK. Barry On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 17:13, William Stillwell wrote: > I would love it, but sadly, i am in the US and the cost of trying to get > it would far exceed the value. > > William Stillwell > > > Board Member - Inspiration

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2021-06-24 Thread William Stillwell
I would love it, but sadly, i am in the US and the cost of trying to get it would far exceed the value. William Stillwell Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization - Tampa's Premier Maker Space. Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida Arcade &

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2021-06-24 Thread Barry Cross
William How are you? I hope all is well. Are you still interested in the Quadra? Barry On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 21:03, Barry Cross wrote: > William > > I will take the going rate for it in its present state, as its been a good > machine when it was working. > > Barry > > On Saturday, July 11,

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-30 Thread Barry Cross
William I will take the going rate for it in its present state, as its been a good machine when it was working. Barry On Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 5:13:22 PM UTC+1, Barry Cross wrote: > > I have an old Mac Quadra 700 which has long since given up the ghost, and > I have reluctantly decided

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-16 Thread Thomas Pfaff
to: > vintage-macs@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Thomas Pfaff > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 15, 2020 8:01 PM > *To:* vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700 > > Hi. Yep am planning on moving to tantalum in my IIci. > I understood your reply completely... so

RE: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-15 Thread Wesley Furr
Mouser/Digikey/etc. Wesley _ From: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintage-macs@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Pfaff Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 8:01 PM To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700 Hi. Yep am planning on moving to tantalum in my

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-15 Thread Thomas Pfaff
Hi. Yep am planning on moving to tantalum in my IIci. I understood your reply completely... so thank you! When I worked at Ample Computerz I bought a Quadra 900 among other machines... they were cheap for employeez. Turned out they were cheap all around- the case was always falling apart and

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-15 Thread wesley
I have a Q700 I picked up at a recycling center and tried a while back to get working, but didn't have any luck, but also didn't spend much time on it, could be a bad power supply. At any rate, my recollection is that on the one I had at least, the capacitors on the motherboard were all

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-15 Thread Thomas Pfaff
Curious... do you know if the capacitors on the Quadra 700 mamaboard do better than the ones in the IIci and such? Capacitors from the pre-china days tend to have very long lifespans but Apple got an early start on shipping "lesser componentry" on their boards. Thomas On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-15 Thread Barry Cross
William That's no problem the Quadra is safe here for when ever you can collect it. As for the G3 I made the mistake in getting rid of my original one as it only needed another CD drive. The replacement has a different motherboard, with a wide SCSI connection so my Hard drive {from my old G3}

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-14 Thread William Bowles
Hi Barry. That would be great if you could hold on until I am allowed to travel to get it. I will gladly pay you the going rate for a working 700 and as for the file I should be able to get it plugging the drive into my G4 with a scsi card I have. as for the keyboard and mouse and monitor i

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-12 Thread Barry Cross
William I am really not bothered I have had it so long it doesn't owe me anything. Absolutely anything at all. The only reason I have kept hold of it and tried to get it working is because I have a file on it that I was working on, a sort of 1st draft of a document. If you ever get it going I

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-12 Thread William Bowles
Hi Barry i'm in middlesbrough near newcastle ill check the distance and drive time because im interested what price would you be asking for her William On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 1:58 PM Barry Cross wrote: > William > > If you check my Postcode out you'll pinpoint my location. > > Barry > > On

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-12 Thread Barry Cross
William If you check my Postcode out you'll pinpoint my location. Barry On Sun, 12 Jul 2020 at 03:07, Barry Cross wrote: > William > > In North Wales, LL34 6NG > > Barry > > On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 at 18:17, William Bowles > wrote: > >> Hi Barry >> >> >> Where in the uk are you . >> >> >>

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-11 Thread Barry Cross
William In North Wales, LL34 6NG Barry On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 at 18:17, William Bowles wrote: > Hi Barry > > > Where in the uk are you . > > > William > > On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 5:13 PM Barry Cross wrote: > >> I have an old Mac Quadra 700 which has long since given up the ghost, and >> I have

Re: Apple Mac Quadra 700

2020-07-11 Thread William Bowles
Hi Barry Where in the uk are you . William On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 5:13 PM Barry Cross wrote: > I have an old Mac Quadra 700 which has long since given up the ghost, and > I have reluctantly decided to part company with it. > > I am a pensioner living in the UK without my own transport or