How many computers does one man need?
Say hello to the latest member of the family, bringing the total number of computers in the house to seven. There really is no need at all, is there! The latest addition is an old Macintosh Performa 630 from 1994. I went home this weekend to my find my dad playing with it. Apparently my uncle had finally given in and bought a replacement (PC that is!). My dad was going to throw it away. Instead I brought it home with me, much to Karen's delight.
My favourite part is probably the stickers. Don't know what to do with them. Should I dare put one on Cromarty (the iBook)? Maybe on the underneath? Maybe I'll keep them in the hope they'll be worth something one day?
Keeping with the theme I shall call the new machine Viking and probably give it to Karen's daughter, Quinn, to use. She already asked me if it was any good and then looked a little dejected when I told her it was older than she was. Maybe I could use it for something else. Anybody got any bright ideas?
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I love those machines, I wrote my UNI dissertation using one.
I was going to us A PC, but all the PC rooms were always full. So I stumbled into the MAC labs. There was hardly anyone ever there, and that was when my love affair with Apple began.
Although now I do not own a MAC, (infact I dont own any computers, just my company one !). If I were to buy a machine it ould be a MAC, especially as I have just put numerous patches, and service packs onto my Laptop !!
You could stick the stickers on your car...
Allen, I don't own a car. I get taxed enough as it is ;o)
Neil, relive those old memories! I have a Performa 630 going cheap...
Stick it on eBay
Paul. Maybe I will. The only one on ebay.co.uk is this one - {Link} - I shall keep a watch on it and see what it goes for. Be surprised if it's more than £70 though.
Thanks Jake, I am sorely tempted, now how do I persuade my partner that I really need this, rather than just wanting it.
If you put it on ebay, tel me, maybe I can say I bid on it by accident !!!
Jake, doesnt part of you want to keep it for sentimental value? Maybe thats just me. I stumbled across an old BBC Micro in my attic the other day ...
Jake, can it run Yellow Dog's Linux (probably not - the Performa's a Motorola chip, isn't it?)? You could have a new Puakma server! Heh...
Jake,
you should keep it and start an Apple museum.. seeing as you are such an Anorak, its seems appropriate that you have so many Macs :)
Gordon - it was made in the same year that I started using computers (1995) and that was Windows. It's hard to get sentimental over an OS I had never used until this Sunday ;o) You're right though, part of me does want to keep it hidden away somewhere for future fun.
Rob - It has one of these in it {Link} which I guess rules that out?
Chadwick - I nerd I am but an anorak I am not!
Bury it in the garden and in a few years you can have brand new apples you can give to Quinn, Karen, your dad and whoever else - but watch out for scrimpers - they'll getcha everytime!
Andy - that's if Teddy the dog doesn't dig it up first!
And what's scrimping? Do you mean scrumping!?
Stick them in your eyes for a week.
After that you could not see a windoze computer again.
.::AleX::
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I'll take it off your hands for the price of freight and carriage.... it will keep my three Amiga's company in my Amiga museum. :-)
Jerry
Incidentally, that thing came out the year I was selling computers for a retailer here in the US called Circuit City. I was the only salesman brave enough to actually demonstrate the Apple-talk networking capabilities. That little feat earned me a sale and a service call to go to the customers home and move all of her files from her older MAC to the newer one over the Apple-talk USB network. Pretty slick for its day - better than most of the PC's we were selling even then, except the DEC and NEC machines. (Might not seem like such a feat, but I was only new to PC's then too, having been a Commodore man for 14 years prior)
Jerry. You're probably better off looking on ebay.com are you not? No idea how much shipping across the Atlantic is but I bet it's more than those on the site...
'Pull the other one!'
Yep... And my wife would maime me.
It's funny - that particular model is actually slower than my Amiga 1200 which has a 68030 processor with MMU and FPU in it.... purchased in '92... no Apple-talk though.
You want my C64 with datasette? It's fine for playing Wizard of Wor and much more fun than a foul apple...
Hey.... My mates selling the base unit for one for ■20! I love old skool macs my self (was running an 8600/200) only replaced it a few months back (that thing could get 16 tracks and a scattering of plugins outta protools before falling over its self)... anyways, mail me if anyone wants it. Bob.