Well, I hit the jackpot recently with 3 boxes of random cables, adapters, modems, gadgets, etc... from a law firm. The stuff is mostly Performa-era stuff, but it's stuff that can be used with any Mac, in theory. In thanks for all the help I've received here in the past, I am offering the tiems listed below for free. To make this as orderly as possible, I have made up item numbers for each item to minimize the amount of memorizing and typing that I have to do. I have also come up with the following procedure, so read it stick to it as much as possible to keep us all from wasting time:
1. When you request an item, list the item number, not the item details. In other words, if you want a Global Village Teleport Gold II, please request item M5. Since there are 3 of them, put the alternates in parenthesis: M5(M6, M7). If you want all 3, list them all: M5, M6, M7. So, again, "M5(M6, M7)" means you want one, "M5, M6, M7" means you want 3.
2. Don't email me saying you want everything. I'm not offering this stuff so someone else can eBay it. I'm offering it because I thought many of you might be able to use some of this stuff to keep your old Macs relevant. If you truly did need a lot of the stuff for a school lab, for example, fine, but there better be a really good reason included if you ask for a suspicious amount of stuff.
3. It's first come, first serve, but please don't be greedy. If you don't need it, don't request it. This will give those who truly need the stuff a chance to get it. After a few days, when the requests slow down or stop, I'll post again that we're in the "Free For All" stage. At this point, feel free to request things you don't need, but would just like to have.
4. I'm not rich, so I'm requesting that you pay for the postage and the shipping materials, if any are used. Ideally, you would send me a box of peanuts with a return label inside and enough stamps to cover the expected cost. Then I could pack the stuff the way you want it packed, stick the return label over the original, place whatever stamps need to be used, and drop it off. I don't mind sending it to you and having you send me a check or cash to reimburse me for shipping and packing when it arrives, but be aware that I don't have any shipping materials laying around, so it might not be packed real well. Most of these things should be nearly indestructible anyway, but maybe not. Most items weigh about as much as a Starbuck's Frappuccino, so if you want to include one in the box you send me as a means to make sure you've included enough return postage, that would be fine by me. :)
5. Since I'm busy, I will only answer your email if you score an item. So, if you don't hear from me within a day or two, assume you missed the item you requested.
6. I don't have time to test any of this stuff, so please don't get mad if you receive something that doesn't work. I figure since I'm giving it away for free, I shouldn't be expected to test the stuff. The guy told me that everything worked, to his best knowledge.
Now, on to the items. Happy hunting!
M1, and M2 - Global Village Teleport Bronze, 1 phone line included(M2 has melty and sticky feet on the bottom)
M3, and M4 - Global Village Teleport Platinum, 1 phone line included, power supply missing for both
M5, M6, and M7 - Global Village Teleport Gold II, 1 phone line included
M8 - SupraExpress 33.6 modem, 1 phone line included
M9 - Best Data Smart One 56 Mac Modem, serial cable and 1 phone line included, missing power supply
M10 - PSI Comstation Five Modem, 1 phone line included
M11 - CoStar LocalTalk Box(has a local talk port and printer port)
M12 - Asante' Mini EN/SC 10T SCSI to Network adapter w/3 cables(apparently for daisy chaining?)
M13 - Viking External 56k Modem(FM56KEXT), 1 phone line, power supply missing
M14 - CoStar EtherTalk 10 Base-T(has a RJ45 port and a serial port)
A1 - Farallon Etherwave AAUI Transceiver(AAUI to dual RJ45)
A2, A3 - Farallon PhoneNet(serial, or LocalTalk?, to dual phone jack)
A4 - Generic serial(or LocalTalk?) to dual phone jack(like Farallon PhoneNet)
A5, A6, A7 - Dayna Communications, Inc. EasyNet AAUI to RJ45
A8 - Apple Video cable(computer end has 3 rows of pins-splits out to 1 male and 1 female standard Apple monitor connections
C1, C2 - PC style 9pin serial to 1 male and 1 female phone jack
C3 - cable w/male serial on 1 end and a phone plug on the other
C4 - PC style 9pin serial cable - female on both ends
C5 - 10ft. serial cable - male both ends
C6 - modular surface jack assembly - rj11
C7 - 10ft. 25pin serial cable - male both ends
R1 - PowerBook battery, model M5654(no clue whether or not it holds a charge)
R2 - odd piece of RAM - square in shape, 8 Moto chips, 4 SEC, white connector on end that has plastic strip in center w/pins on both sides like a firewire connector-lots of pins, though, sticker on chip says "XMP DB012-APPA015927", board says "Southland Micro Systems"
I guess that about sums it up. There are a few other items I might end up giving away as well, but for now I'm keeping them for my own stash. If I find that I won't need them, I'll send out another list. If you're interested, please respond quickly. Hope this stuff has some use still.
Peace, Todd Russell
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