Mac II Hard drive
Hey all, Looking into purchasing a Mac II (the original). There is no hard drive installed... i know it is SCSI, but is there anything specific to know, like physical size or termination, etc? Never owned a II anything before. Also, what do you think is a fair price? Thanks, Kyle- -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Mac II Hard drive
Hi Kyle, I don't know too much about termination for an internal SCSI HD, but I can say that the II case will accept any 3.5 or a half-height 5.25 drive. You'd want a 50-pin SCSI-1 or SCSI-2 (I know the SCSI-1 will work, not sure about SCSI-2) connector. I do believe that SCSI-2 also has a 50-pin connector. Someone can jump in and correct me on this... Because of the age of the machine, I cannot personally see paying more than $50 including shipping for a Mac II. Of course, I don't know what these machines are worth, and if they ARE worth more, then I am a cheapskate. :) Best, -Shaun On 10/19/05, Kyle Koerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Looking into purchasing a Mac II (the original). There is no hard drive installed... i know it is SCSI, but is there anything specific to know, like physical size or termination, etc? Never owned a II anything before. Also, what do you think is a fair price? Thanks, Kyle- -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Mac II Hard drive
You can put either a 3.5 or a 5.25 hard drive in a Mac II. I've seen both configurations in action. Brackets are available for either. Also make sure you have an additional floppy on hand in case the one you get has only one drive installed. Although this isn't necessary it's nice for making backups of important disks (and when disks get old they get unreliable so make your backups). A stock regular II can only use 800K drives though. I'm currently working on a II myself (it will be a server for a platoon of compact Macs I recently acquired). Make sure your II has a good video card and make sure you know how to solder batteries in. A II will not start if it doesn't have two good batteries. It uses the same small 3.6V batteries that most of the other Macs use. Scott --- Kyle Koerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Looking into purchasing a Mac II (the original). There is no hard drive installed... i know it is SCSI, but is there anything specific to know, like physical size or termination, etc? Never owned a II anything before. Also, what do you think is a fair price? Thanks, Kyle- -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Mac II Hard drive
Hi Scott, Thanks for your reply. Would the bracket from an LC III work? I have a spare. I would imagine so... I do not have an extra floppy drive, actually. The one I will be getting only has one drive. However, most of my disks are 1.4 MB, so an 800k drive won't be too much help ;-) I am working on getting an Apple 8/24 something video card, along with a few others... It seems to fit the bill. I can probably steal some PRAM batteries from other Macs, until I can make my own batteries. I think you are referring to the process of using AA batteries soldered together, right? Or, are the batteries in the Mac II soldered in? It didn't look like it... Anyone have any idea of value? Thanks, Kyle- On Oct 19, 2005, at 9:18 PM, Scott Baret wrote: You can put either a 3.5 or a 5.25 hard drive in a Mac II. I've seen both configurations in action. Brackets are available for either. Also make sure you have an additional floppy on hand in case the one you get has only one drive installed. Although this isn't necessary it's nice for making backups of important disks (and when disks get old they get unreliable so make your backups). A stock regular II can only use 800K drives though. I'm currently working on a II myself (it will be a server for a platoon of compact Macs I recently acquired). Make sure your II has a good video card and make sure you know how to solder batteries in. A II will not start if it doesn't have two good batteries. It uses the same small 3.6V batteries that most of the other Macs use. Scott --- Kyle Koerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Looking into purchasing a Mac II (the original). There is no hard drive installed... i know it is SCSI, but is there anything specific to know, like physical size or termination, etc? Never owned a II anything before. Also, what do you think is a fair price? Thanks, Kyle- -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Mac II Hard drive
Hi Shaun, I have a 160 meg drive from an LC 475 that I could probably spare, at least long enough for the project I am using this thing for. $40 - $50 shipped is in the range I am paying. It seems like a cool lil' machine. By the way, I have never seen one on eBay to check prices against. Thanks, Kyle- On Oct 19, 2005, at 9:03 PM, Shaun Reynolds wrote: Hi Kyle, I don't know too much about termination for an internal SCSI HD, but I can say that the II case will accept any 3.5 or a half-height 5.25 drive. You'd want a 50-pin SCSI-1 or SCSI-2 (I know the SCSI-1 will work, not sure about SCSI-2) connector. I do believe that SCSI-2 also has a 50-pin connector. Someone can jump in and correct me on this... Because of the age of the machine, I cannot personally see paying more than $50 including shipping for a Mac II. Of course, I don't know what these machines are worth, and if they ARE worth more, then I am a cheapskate. :) Best, -Shaun On 10/19/05, Kyle Koerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Looking into purchasing a Mac II (the original). There is no hard drive installed... i know it is SCSI, but is there anything specific to know, like physical size or termination, etc? Never owned a II anything before. Also, what do you think is a fair price? Thanks, Kyle- -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Mac II series was: Mac II Hard drive
Anyone needing Mac II series parts or systems please contact me I've inherited a quantity (mostly IIci's) and am more than happy to work something out with you, especially if you have something (Apple II's???) to trade. Same goes for LCs and LC parts. -Ben Franske Kyle Koerner wrote: Hi Shaun, I have a 160 meg drive from an LC 475 that I could probably spare, at least long enough for the project I am using this thing for. $40 - $50 shipped is in the range I am paying. It seems like a cool lil' machine. By the way, I have never seen one on eBay to check prices against. Thanks, Kyle- -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Mac II Hard drive
On 10/19/05, Kyle Koerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Shaun, I have a 160 meg drive from an LC 475 that I could probably spare, at least long enough for the project I am using this thing for. That would work perfectly! Are you planning on networking the II with other systems (like that nifty LC 475)? You might want to look into a Mac II with an Ethernet card already installed. Although, I am willing to bet money that the system will have one. This is all assuming that the other networked systems have Ethernet capabilities. $40 - $50 shipped is in the range I am paying. It seems like a cool lil' machine. By the way, I have never seen one on eBay to check prices against. It's a cool big machine! ;) I have a Mac IIfx and I just LOVE it. Okay, so that's quite a bit different than the II, but still, they share the same case. You would be buying this outright then? Reason I ask is that some sellers on eBay seem to be ripping the buyers off on shipping. Get this: I once saw someone trying to sell a PowerBook with a fixed shipping charge of $50!! Come on, there is no way that an eight pound PowerBook could possibly cost that much to ship. Unless it's shipped in a large iron box, or the packing materials are gold bars! Thanks, Kyle- I am curious about the PRAM batteries myself. Scott, are the batteries the kind that need to be soldered to the motherboard? This comes as no surprise, the early SE's had that kind of setup. And since the II came out with the SE... -Shaun -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Mac II Hard drive
on 10/19/05 8:46 PM, Kyle Koerner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Shaun, I have a 160 meg drive from an LC 475 that I could probably spare, at least long enough for the project I am using this thing for. $40 - $50 shipped is in the range I am paying. It seems like a cool lil' machine. By the way, I have never seen one on eBay to check prices against. Thanks, Kyle- I just sold three 160MB Apple HD's for $6 on eBay. r -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
