> >> I recently passed an eBay auction which consisted of a Performa 475. >>> Or at least that's what the seller said it was. The picture showed a >>> flat pack Mac, LC-style case (ribbed front) with "Macintosh Performa" >>> inked on it. Below that was a sticker (not a typical Mac badge, just >>> a sticker) that said "Performa 475" in Apple Garamond. I considered >>> bidding on it only to see what it really was. The auction ended at >>> $4.75 or so, and the seller immediately removed the pic from the >>> listing. Maybe he just needed the web space. >> >>Hmm... suspicious in the extreme. The 47x Macs never had ribbed fronts, >>they had moved the flat pack over to, as Bob F said, the manual inject >>drive and smooth front with the gaping floppy disk chasm. > >Hmmm. I have one that says "Macintosh Performa" on the left side of the >case, printed on in the "usual" Apple font. On the "foot" of the LCIII >style case is a plastic "sticker" the same color as the case that says >"Performa 475." It has an "auto inject" drive. >
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