Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
OKay, wait a moment, has anyone seen the last Flubber movie with Robin Williams? In the movie there are two compact macs shown, they are 128, or 512 compacts. Anyway, one has a blue screen, the one shown in the basement, and one has an Amber screen, the one shown in the kitchen, Also, you can tell that they are Working compacts. Also most of the old 128 logo pictures show blue screen CRT's, the first Mac TV commercial I remember, was a Blue screen Compact saying hello. Could some of these strange color CRTs in Compacts, be just working movie props ??? Think about it, an old B/W screened computer looks bad on TV, not to mention the setup time for a color PC system. When all the prop guy has to do is plug in a Amber Compact, and turn it on, with the startup folder full of what ever needs to be seen on the screen, no muss no fuss, go to the next thing on the 'To Do List'.It is another possibility. Dan M. I've seen several pics of early 128K Macs where the screen has a very blue tint, then later ones are pure white and black. That's probably more a fault of the photography than anything else. I can think of two other possibilities. It may actually be an 9 amber CRT substituted for the BW (I think this very unlikely) More likely, it is a coating on the monitor surface. If you were going to create a The guy selling it says the screen really is an amber one. While I'm quite aware of replacement CRTs (someone actually documented the replacement with a green CRT about three years back), I highly doubt someone trying to fake it would have put an amber coating on the screen. the pickle -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
At 19:10 -0500 on 16/07/02, Neal Wingate wrote: Simple. Magnetized CRT. My dad used to it all the time with old TVs. My two scents worth. Doesn't happen with BW CRTs. the pickle FAQ http://macfaq.org/index.shtml Software Archive ftp://download:[EMAIL PROTECTED]//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/ http://www.members.jmug.org/%7Ethepickl/archive/ _ -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
At 18:34 -0700 on 16/07/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: I've seen several pics of early 128K Macs where the screen has a very blue tint, then later ones are pure white and black. That's probably more a fault of the photography than anything else. the pickle FAQ http://macfaq.org/index.shtml Software Archive ftp://download:[EMAIL PROTECTED]//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/ http://www.members.jmug.org/%7Ethepickl/archive/ _ -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 18:34 -0700 on 16/07/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: I've seen several pics of early 128K Macs where the screen has a very blue tint, then later ones are pure white and black. That's probably more a fault of the photography than anything else. I can think of two other possibilities. It may actually be an 9 amber CRT substituted for the BW (I think this very unlikely) More likely, it is a coating on the monitor surface. If you were going to create a fake, that would be the easiest way. It might also explain the writing on the CRT - so no one will try to clean the CRT (because it would removed the 'valuable' indication that this is a prototype) with a solvent that might take the coating off as well as the marker. = - Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
At 14:04 -0700 on 17/07/02, Ed Murphy wrote: --- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 18:34 -0700 on 16/07/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: I've seen several pics of early 128K Macs where the screen has a very blue tint, then later ones are pure white and black. That's probably more a fault of the photography than anything else. I can think of two other possibilities. It may actually be an 9 amber CRT substituted for the BW (I think this very unlikely) More likely, it is a coating on the monitor surface. If you were going to create a The guy selling it says the screen really is an amber one. While I'm quite aware of replacement CRTs (someone actually documented the replacement with a green CRT about three years back), I highly doubt someone trying to fake it would have put an amber coating on the screen. the pickle FAQ http://macfaq.org/index.shtml Software Archive ftp://download:[EMAIL PROTECTED]//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/ http://www.members.jmug.org/%7Ethepickl/archive/ _ -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
I say an amber screen Mac 128 and 512k on ebay last month. I dont think they are rare. -- From: Vern Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Subject: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint ! Date: Mon, Jul 15, 2002, 9:54 PM Check this out on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2038082979 A Mac 128/512 ? Never heard of that one ! It has an amber screen ! Is this for real, and only 200 units produced ? Is this a real collector's item ? -- : - ) - Vern Andrews - - - - - Oregon Trail Descendant mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Andrews Research Education ~~ http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/VernAndrews/ http://members.fortunecity.com/vernandrews/indexresearch01.html -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
At 20:54 -0700 on 15/07/02, Vern Andrews wrote: Check this out on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2038082979 A Mac 128/512 ? Never heard of that one ! It has an amber screen ! Is this for real, and only 200 units produced ? Is this a real collector's item ? It may or may not be legit*. I'm leaning toward not. I suspect the case has been replaced - all the internals are those from a 512e - and as such, I can't verify the authenticity of anything inside it. The Not for sale stickers are likely a set-up to make it seem more authentic. Even the case may have been tampered with; the 43d week of 1984 would have seen very very few 128s, if any, being produced since the 512 had been introduced at that point and would have been in full production for quite some time prior. *I don't blame this seller for the possible fraud; he bought what he bought from a seller I suspect far more of suspicious activity. He's probably just trying to get his money back, which was about $250, IIRC. the pickle FAQ http://macfaq.org/index.shtml Software Archive ftp://download:[EMAIL PROTECTED]//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/ http://www.members.jmug.org/%7Ethepickl/archive/ _ -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
Why is the screen amber? The box it came in (if you look at the ebay photo) is showing a normal grayscale screen. Was this a typical thing for Apple to do...anybody know for a fact that this machine isn't just blinky? I've gotten an amber screen out of my IIsi when it's freaking out (of course that is a very different Mac, but not so different that it couldn't be possible that the same thing is happening with this unit...) I'v ejust never heard of the amber screen before... J.T I say an amber screen Mac 128 and 512k on ebay last month. I dont think they are rare. Check this out on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2038082979 A Mac 128/512 ? Never heard of that one ! It has an amber screen ! Is this for real, and only 200 units produced ? Is this a real collector's item ? -- : - ) - Vern Andrews - - - - - Oregon Trail Descendant -- Jason Trunzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brief messages may be sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: jason0trunzo Web Site: http://home.ozline.net/jktrunzo/ -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
Simple. Magnetized CRT. My dad used to it all the time with old TVs. My two scents worth. Neal ~~~ Fat Foot Bailey -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
Simple. Magnetized CRT. My dad used to it all the time with old TVs. My two scents worth. Neal ~~~ Fat Foot Bailey See! I knew that screen was boogied...there is no sensible reason why Apple would produce such an option...they prided themselves on their hi-res grayscale screens! J.T -- Jason Trunzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brief messages may be sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: jason0trunzo Web Site: http://home.ozline.net/jktrunzo/ -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
At 20:54 -0700 on 15/07/02, Vern Andrews wrote: Check this out on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2038082979 A Mac 128/512 ? Never heard of that one ! It has an amber screen ! Is this for real, and only 200 units produced ? Is this a real collector's item ? It may or may not be legit*. I'm leaning toward not. I suspect the case has been replaced - all the internals are those from a 512e - and as such, I can't verify the authenticity of anything inside it. The Not for sale stickers are likely a set-up to make it seem more authentic. Or it may be that the machine was not for sale because it's screen had been magnetized and was displaying in amber instead of it's intended gray scale... J.T -- Jason Trunzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brief messages may be sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: jason0trunzo Web Site: http://home.ozline.net/jktrunzo/ -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
--- Jason Trunzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is the screen amber? The box it came in (if you look at the ebay photo) is showing a normal grayscale screen. Was this a typical thing for Apple to do...anybody know for a fact that this machine isn't just blinky? Monochrome CRTs only have one color phosphor coating on the inside of the tube. No shadow mask either. Different phosphors give off different colors of light when hit by high energy electrons in a CRT. Could be that some company or government specified that computers they purchased had to have amber color monitors so Apple obliged. (Though I bet they aren't pleasant to use.) I've seen several pics of early 128K Macs where the screen has a very blue tint, then later ones are pure white and black. = http://www.junkscience.com All the Junk that's fit to Debunk! __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !
Check this out on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2038082979 A Mac 128/512 ? Never heard of that one ! It has an amber screen ! Is this for real, and only 200 units produced ? Is this a real collector's item ? -- : - ) - Vern Andrews - - - - - Oregon Trail Descendant mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Andrews Research Education ~~ http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/VernAndrews/ http://members.fortunecity.com/vernandrews/indexresearch01.html -- 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 The FAQ:http://macfaq.org/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
