What If I ship my working portable to you, will you let me take your Portable off your hands ?
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Dr. Hawkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Des Hay <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just out of interest I was wondering if anyone had seen or used any > > Pre-release versions of the Finder OS? > > Did anything like this survive ? > > > > > > Earliest version I recall using was Finder 1.1g which has the Silicon > Vally > > background picture on a Mac 128k > > The early 90's devloper disks had systems going all the way back to > .1. One of the reasons I've kept my 128k (but my brother turned it to > a 512KE) is to someday play with these. I want to say that they have > .1 to .9, then 1.0, 2.x, and so forth, but it's been over fifteen > years . . . But I'm sure that I couldn't have thrown away "Night of > the Living Disk" :) [The developer cds at the time had this type of > smart-aleck moviesh names. Also "Lord of The Files.".] > > Have I mentioned recently that I'll offer a complete MacPortable > backlit 4/40 (I've found the bottom! It worked before the fuse blew, > but it doesn't seem to now :( ), a performa 475 (I think), another > pizzabox believed to be a fairly early powermac (no front plate, but > an IOU to send it if I ever find it), a 640x480 mac monitor believe d > to work, a 40M or 80M drive that belonged to one of the last two > computers, a scsi zip dive, any stray sims I can find (out of 8x1M, > and a few others), and (drumroll, please!) an original scsi cd drive > (you get to figure out how to use the potentiometer to fix the timing) > to anyone who can make an image of the hard drive from the portable. > > The catch is that this drive can't leave my possession until blank, as > it is believed to have old client information on it. I'd also want a > few diskettes read . . . And if there's an Imagewriter II around, > I'll throw that in (I really don't know). Oh, and a Deskwriter from > the first batch shipped with appletalk, and howevermany cartridges I > can come up for it. (No promises that all the pieces are there for > that one, but I think so). > > I can be found almost anytime in Las Vegas, but am on occasion in San > Jose (usually Christmas), Phoenix (sporadically), and San Diego (once > a year or so, but I control when). > > > > -- > These opinions are mine. Noone else may have them without paying my > retainer. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
