Any value in Mac IIs, low-end Quadras or early PPCs?

2014-06-26 Thread Michael Bergman
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

Re: Any value in Mac IIs, low-end Quadras or early PPCs?

2014-06-26 Thread Jonathan Morton
On 26 Jun, 2014, at 5:19 pm, Michael Bergman wrote: 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

Re: Any value in Mac IIs, low-end Quadras or early PPCs?

2014-06-26 Thread Dylan McDermond
On Jun 26, 2014, at 7:19 AM, Michael Bergman eclec...@mit.edu wrote: Anyone disagree with my assessment that I should just recycle these? I think they are much more collectible than you may think. To me, the collectible computer market has changed drastically in the last few years. With more

Re: Any value in Mac IIs, low-end Quadras or early PPCs?//50mhz accelerator

2014-06-26 Thread BigClaim via Vintage Macs
Another plus is the Mac II will accept a Daystar 50 Mhz accelerator and you can load up the memory also. Michael Smith Palm Desert In a message dated 6/26/2014 9:46:25 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dy...@mcdermond.net writes: On Jun 26, 2014, at 7:19 AM, Michael Bergman eclec...@mit.edu

Re: Any value in Mac IIs, low-end Quadras or early PPCs?

2014-06-26 Thread Powermac
I have a couple IIx's and IIfx's but not an original Mac II so I would be interested. No RAM and HD are not an issue, are floppy drive(s) still installed? Jaz disk are useful to me, but I have enough zip disks. Are you dumping any original software? On Thursday, June 26, 2014 12:17:16 PM