My Reply follows quote. On 27/03/2002 17:03 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Benson) >On Wednesday, March 27, 2002, at 04:57 AM, Keith Johnson wrote: > >> I recently passed an eBay auction which consisted of a Performa 475. >> Or at least that's what the seller said it was. The picture showed a >> flat pack Mac, LC-style case (ribbed front) with "Macintosh Performa" >> inked on it. Below that was a sticker (not a typical Mac badge, just >> a sticker) that said "Performa 475" in Apple Garamond. I considered >> bidding on it only to see what it really was. The auction ended at >> $4.75 or so, and the seller immediately removed the pic from the >> listing. Maybe he just needed the web space. > >Hmm... suspicious in the extreme. The 47x Macs never had ribbed fronts, >they had moved the flat pack over to, as Bob F said, the manual inject >drive and smooth front with the gaping floppy disk chasm.
Hmmm. I have one that says "Macintosh Performa" on the left side of the case, printed on in the "usual" Apple font. On the "foot" of the LCIII style case is a plastic "sticker" the same color as the case that says "Performa 475." It has an "auto inject" drive. >> I've never seen a Mac that only said "Performa" on it, but I assume >> early Performas may very well have been sold that way. If so, what >> models were sold that way? Has anyone else seen the model number on a >> sticker as described above? Is it possible that early 475s may have >> been manufactured with the original LC-style case? See above. >No. The LCIII+ and up had newer style cases AFAIK, even some 25MHz >LCIIIs had it. I suspect it was Photoshoped. The Mac Performa 46x and >47x were the same in ever case detail to the equivalent LC but the >sticker the says "LCxxx" says "Performa XXX", a cunning economy move by >Apple to save having to run batches of different case lettering, instead >they just gave factories piles of stickers and blank cases that just >said "Macintosh" on them told them to stick the appropriate label on >appropriate machines. > >Ron S. Provided a perfect description: > >> I have a genuine Performa 475 in front of me. The Performa 475 >> badge is >> actually printed on a thin plastic rectangle that is placed in a small >> recess, the same size and shape as the sticker. The word Macintosh is >> printed directly on the plastic face above it. The Apple logo is above >> Macintosh. The front is not ribbed. I have one of these too. Identical description. I would get them out and read the serial numbers but they are at the bottom of a "stack o' Macs" and it would take me a half hour to dig down to them. Ken Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://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
