Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-17 Thread Michaels
OKay, wait a moment, has anyone seen the last Flubber movie with Robin Williams? In the movie there are two compact macs shown, they are 128, or 512 compacts. Anyway, one has a blue screen, the one shown in the basement, and one has an Amber screen, the one shown in the kitchen, Also, you can

Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-17 Thread the pickle
At 14:04 -0700 on 17/07/02, Ed Murphy wrote: >--- the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> At 18:34 -0700 on 16/07/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: >> >> >I've seen several pics of early 128K Macs where the >> >screen has a very blue tint, then later ones are >> >pure white and black. >> >> That's proba

Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-17 Thread Ed Murphy
--- the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 18:34 -0700 on 16/07/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > >I've seen several pics of early 128K Macs where the > >screen has a very blue tint, then later ones are > >pure white and black. > > That's probably more a fault of the photography than anything el

Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-17 Thread the pickle
At 18:34 -0700 on 16/07/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: >I've seen several pics of early 128K Macs where the >screen has a very blue tint, then later ones are >pure white and black. That's probably more a fault of the photography than anything else. the pickle FAQ So

Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-17 Thread the pickle
At 19:10 -0500 on 16/07/02, Neal Wingate wrote: >Simple. Magnetized CRT. My dad used to it all the time with old TVs. >My two scents worth. Doesn't happen with B&W CRTs. the pickle FAQ Software Archive

Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-16 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Jason Trunzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Simple. Magnetized CRT. My dad used to it all the > time with old TVs. > >My two scents worth. > > > >Neal > >~~~ > > Fat Foot Bailey > > > >See! I knew that screen was boogied...there is no > sensible reason > >why Apple would produce such

Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-16 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Jason Trunzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why is the screen amber? The box it came in (if you > look at the ebay > photo) is showing a normal grayscale screen. Was > this a typical > thing for Apple to do...anybody know for a fact that > this machine isn't just blinky? Monochrome CRTs onl

Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-16 Thread Jason Trunzo
>At 20:54 -0700 on 15/07/02, Vern Andrews wrote: > >>Check this out on eBay >> >>< http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2038082979 > >> >>A Mac 128/512 ? Never heard of that one ! It has an amber screen ! >>Is this for real, and only 200 units produced ? Is this a real >>collecto

Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-16 Thread Jason Trunzo
>Simple. Magnetized CRT. My dad used to it all the time with old TVs. >My two scents worth. > >Neal >~~~ > Fat Foot Bailey > >See! I knew that screen was boogied...there is no sensible reason >why Apple would produce such an option...they prided themselves on >their hi-res grayscale sc

Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-16 Thread Jason Trunzo
Why is the screen amber? The box it came in (if you look at the ebay photo) is showing a normal grayscale screen. Was this a typical thing for Apple to do...anybody know for a fact that this machine isn't just blinky? I've gotten an amber screen out of my IIsi when it's freaking out (of cou

Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-16 Thread Neal Wingate
Simple. Magnetized CRT. My dad used to it all the time with old TVs. My two scents worth. Neal ~~~ Fat Foot Bailey -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras

Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-16 Thread the pickle
At 20:54 -0700 on 15/07/02, Vern Andrews wrote: >Check this out on eBay > >< http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2038082979 > > >A Mac 128/512 ? Never heard of that one ! It has an amber screen ! >Is this for real, and only 200 units produced ? Is this a real >collector's item

Re: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-15 Thread Ted Hodges
I say an amber screen Mac 128 and 512k on ebay last month. I dont think they are rare. -- >From: Vern Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Vintage Macs) >Subject: Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint ! >Date: Mon, Jul 15, 2002, 9:54 PM > > Che

Mac 128/512 Amber Rare/Mint !

2002-07-15 Thread Vern Andrews
Check this out on eBay < http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2038082979 > A Mac 128/512 ? Never heard of that one ! It has an amber screen ! Is this for real, and only 200 units produced ? Is this a real collector's item ? -- : - ) - Vern Andrews - - - - - Oregon Trail Desc