Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh, serial number MW75051K8HA (mfgd. Dec. 2007, week 50, #393 that week). OS 7.6.1 disk. Upgrades include 128 MB RAM (max), 400 MHz G3 Sonnet Crescendo card, Sonnet USB/Firewire card, Apple twisted pair ethernet card. The latter three are housed under the expansion back panel.
Unit boots and runs OS 9.1, which I installed using an external Apple SCSI CD drive. LCD is bright and free of blemishes. 2GB SCSI hard drive passed Disk Utility's bad sector test. The Sonnet cpu card works, and the Extension is installed. Floppy drive works. Keyboard is complete and works but shows some signs of use in the wrist rest area. TV tuner works. USB/Firewire card works. Overall cosmetic condition is good-very good, but signs of use/wear include a few scuffs on front painted areas, wear on top outside corners of speaker fabric, rubber sheath pulled back from grommet at computer to expose some braided sheathing, scuff marks on rubberized subwoofer top. Unit boots and runs nicely, but occasionally won't fully boot, which probably is because the PRAM battery only has about 1 volt of its original 4.5 volts. Fan runs, hard drive makes startup noise, CD spins, but no front panel light and no video; however, it will start on reboot. CD drive spins disks but won't read and mount them. It is possible to cannibalize a same-vintage 600i CD to make it work, I've read. Ethernet card doesn't work. Front panel brightness control doesn't work. These last two may be because the installed software (generic OS 9.1) doesn't provide the right drivers. All other front panel buttons work. Unit will ship in its original but well-traveled box, which made the trip from Apple's shipping center in Ohio to its first owner in the L.A. area, then on to Minnesota, then down to Arizona, then finally was moved to Eureka, CA where the third owner passed it on to me. Main computer is in its original packaging box, as are the subwoofer and the keyboard. The accessory box contains the original back plate, the cable cover, the TAM pen & pencil set in a black Apple logo case, the user's manual, audio cable, the cache stick pulled for the Sonnet cpu upgrade, two multicolored Apple logo stickers, a weird ethernet card, a service pamphlet with indications the unit was shipped back to Apple to fix something (the audio problem?), and a leather Apple case with original disks. I have no idea what other items were originally included and are missing today, but it's nothing major. The TAM supposedly was Sir Jonathan Ive's first major design effort at Apple. Noodle around the Internet and you'll find a video of him talking about the TAM in the same way he talks about today's Apple products. Only then he had a full head of unshaven hair and less facial fat but the same old articulate and quite serious intensity. Kind of spooky. Only 12,000 made, with 11,699 sold and 301 kept for spare parts. Originally sold for $7,499 with the last few thousand remaindered out for a couple of grand. Couple on eBay right now in the $500-$600 range. You can make this one yours for $150 plus actual shipping from Eureka, CA 95503. (Estimate about $50-$60, depending on destination.) Sales to U.S. buyers only; no foreign sales. PayPal preferred, but will accept USPS money order. Nice piece of Apple history, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to play with it for a while. But I'm not a collector, so if you've always wanted one, here's your chance at a more than decent price. Jim Scott Eureka, CA 95503 -- You received this message because you are a member of the LEM Swap group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email *from your subscribed address* to [email protected] LEM-Swap is not a discussion list; it is for buying & selling Mac stuff. Reply directly to the person who posted, never to the list. Software piracy is illegal and not allowed on LEM Swap. Except for freeware and software originally provided with computers, no software is to be left on hard drives unless the original installer (not a burned copy) is included, along with any required registration number, password, etc. Shipments valued at US$100 or more should be insured, and shipments valued at US$25 or more should be shipped so they can be tracked. See the list FAQ http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html for guidelines on postings, feedback, and dispute resolution. Seller feedback at http://groups.google.com/group/swap-feedback
