Alex Allee wrote:
> Found what was apparently an LCIII in a dumpster (sort of) today. I
> saw the guy throw it in, so I went after it. :P
>
> I opened it up to see what treasures were inside. Turns out it is an
> LCII with an LCIII lid. It's a very odd LCII though.
>
> First of all, it's got an FPU socket where the solder pads normally are.
>
> On each of the four ROM chips, there is a sticker that reads:
>
> Foster Farms ROM
> 1.0F2 01/29/92
> HH 99C583
> Apple Confidential
> �Apple 1983-92
>
> In the top left of the board where it normally says "Macintosh LCII"
> it says "Foster Farms"
>
> On the bottom of the case where the label should be, there is an
> orange sticker that says:
>
> "This device has not been approved by the Federal Communications
> Commision. [sic] This is not, and may not be, offered for sale or
> lease, or sold or leased until the approval of the FCC has been
> obtained."
>
> Also, the fan looks nonstandard, but I could be wrong about that.
>
> I haven't tried booting it up yet. It's got an 80MB HD, but no floppy.
>
> What the hell is this thing?
It's just a prototype. I have the "Beirut Fix" 200MP prototype 9500 here as
well as the "SOMA 604." It's amazing what you can find at a garage sale.
-- Kyle H. Hansen
Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning? --George W. Bush
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