You might try posting over on the LEM swap list... Or at least starting a new
thread... (Including price, and shipping costs might help too :)
-Elliott Price
Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services
hobbittech.com/quoit
On Mar 9, 2010, at 6:04 AM, radiohea...@comcast.net wrote:
> anyone interested in a very nice Mac-color Classic that was previously owned
> by Lucas Fain, Harvard Lecturer ? It comes in the original box....great shape!
> Jeff
> Beverly, Massachusetts.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Holder" <sc...@iamscott.net>
> To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 9:02:24 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: Old System Longevity was: Re: Mac Plus: What's it Worth?
>
> On 3/8/2010 11:56 PM, James Fraser wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > --- On Mon, 3/8/10, Scott Holder<sc...@iamscott.net> wrote:
> > snip>
> >
> >
> >> It seems a shame to box it and never use it.
> >>
> > ...seems to indicate you get more enjoyment out of playing with the machine
> > rather than having it sit safely in a closet somewhere. Of course, I can't
> > see the expression on your face under both conditions, so I don't know for
> > sure.
> >
>
> Pretty much. Though I'm also admittedly coming from the perspective of
> never having had a computer/Mac/etc really worth collecting. My 128k is
> quite yellowed, has what appears to be a slight burn-in dot in the
> middle of the screen (almost looks like someone unhooked the sweeps and
> left it displaying a single dot for awhile), and it has Mac Plus ROMs in
> it (it was given to me with a Sad Mac code for bad ROMs. A swap with
> some Plus ROMs got it running again, with the bonus of being able to use
> 800k disks). I might feel a little differently if I had one of the
> pristine
> complete-in-box-with-all-paperwork-and-receipt-and-lock-of-hair-from-salesman
> type setups. As it is, I have a fun little hobbybox.
>
> My current project is to resurrect my Quadra 840AV. I have the feeling
> it'll end up somewhat collectible too in the end, though perhaps not
> quite as iconic as the 128k Macs. Mine is suffering the same
> collectibility problem as the 128k - yellowed face, dinged up case,
> missing CD bezel, damaged power button... It sometimes works! I'm
> suspecting a problem with caps or the SCSI chip.
>
> Scott
>
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