I've gotten a surprising number of responses to my question about Mac IIs, etc. I'm out of town, and will reply individually after I return.
--Mike Mike Bergman www.prospecthillforge.com www.vintagedancers.org/teadance www.isebastiani.com reply-to: eclec...@mit.edu On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Michael Bergman <eclec...@mit.edu> wrote: > I am trimming my collection, and have a number of machines that *I* > have no further interest in. On the disposal pile right now are 2 Mac > IIs (sans disks or memory) and a 610. Others will be following. > > My question is: does anyone have any interest in these > "non-collectable" machines? Are they more collectable than I think? > Do *you*, gentle reader, want them for the cost of shipping from > Eastern MA? > > In general, I am keeping compact macs, macs with video or audio editing > capabilities, and unusual machines (such as a 68000, Inc., souped up > IIfx designed for the prepress market). Some of the low-end video > editing machines (like the 660 AV) will eventually be in search of > homes as well. As I dig deeper, I expect some Quadras and PPCs to surface. > > I also have some garden-variety peripherals, such as Zip and Jaz > disks, that I think are not worth trying to find homes for, but should > just be disposed of. Likewise some older mac-compatible printers, > such as various flavors of Epson. > > The machines I am asking about are, in general, machines that I think > are neither old enough, unusual enough, nor rare enough to be worth > preserving for historical reasons, and not new enough or powerful > enough to be work setting up for use (given that I have other machines > that are more interesting/powerful). > > Anyone disagree with my assessment that I should just recycle these? > > > Mike Bergman > www.prospecthillforge.com > www.isebastiani.com > reply-to: eclec...@mit.edu -- -- ----- 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
