Just a small correction, it wasn't a 5300 upgrade it was a 2300 upgrade for the duo.
> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 21:01:43 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Some general questions > > On 1/7/2014 10:39 AM, Tom Frikker wrote: > > Hello, > > I just acquired a new mac lot, and had some questions: > > 1. One of my Mac 128k's (I have 2) has a MacSnap RAM expansion board and > > a SCSI card/cable. Are these upgrades rare at all? If I were to sell > > this mac, should I sell it as upgraded, or downgrade it and sell them > > separately? > > If it's all functional and you have the software to use the upgrades, > I'd leave it all together. > > > 2. One of my beige Mac Pluses has a Mac 128k style front bezel instead > > of the normal Mac Plus bezel. There is no serial number on the bottom > > (the tag is gone), and internally, the machine is a Plus. Would there be > > any reason it would look this way (is it upgraded in a weird way or > > something)? Or did someone just switch the bezel for an unknown reason? > > Apple made upgrade kits for some models that pretty much amounted to > changing the engine in a car by swapping the radiator cap to a different > vehicle. ;) > > IIRC there was a Plus upgrade kit for the 128K, 512K and 512Ke which > included the Plus mainboard and a new back shell. > > There were also kits to upgrade a IIcx or IIci into a Quadra 700 by > replacing the case and mainboard. Probably was one to go from IIcx to > IIci prior to the release of the Q700. > > For the Powerbook Duo line there was a 5300 upgrade which at least > included the mainboard, possibly the lower case half too. The 5300 board > was built to work with any screen used on any model of Duo. If you see a > Duo 5300 with a trackball, especially if it doesn't have the screen the > production model had, it's most likely an upgraded older Duo. Or it > could just be a franken-duo built from whatever bits laying about that > could be plugged together. I used to want to have a 5300 with the case > top swapped from an earlier model just so it'd have the trackball. > > -- > -- > ----- > 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] > To leave 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/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- ----- 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] To leave 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/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
