Mr Fahrenheit
Experienced Member
Hi everyone,
Just wanting to introduce myself. I'm a new member here (I wasn't aware of this forum until someone on Reddit referred me today), from North America.
I got back into Commodore back in 2018, and subsequently obtained several C64, C128, 1541-II, 1571, and 1581 drives. I also have the Ultimate stuff by Gideon.
About a year ago, I got back into vintage Macintosh. I started with Macintosh in 1990, with a new Macintosh Plus, which I still have actually. I bought myself a IIsi in 1993, and a Quadra 605 in 1994. 1995 I purchased a 7200/75, and 1996 I upgraded it to a 7600/132 (which quickly became a 7600/233, and then a 7600/G3-300). As you can see I've been using Macintosh for quite some time.
Over the past year, I've amassed a large collection of (mostly) working vintage Macintosh computers. I presently have (some have several quantities): | IIgs | Plus | SE | SE/30 | Classic | Classic II | II | IIcx Prototype | IIcx | IIci | IIfx | IIsi Prototype | IIsi | LC Prototype | LC | LC II | LC III | Performa 460 (33mhz) | LC475 | Quadra 605 | Centris 610 | Quadra 610 | Quadra 630 | Quadra 650 | Quadra 800 | PM6100/60 | PM6100/66 | PM8600/300 | G4 DA Dual 533 | PB520 | G5 Dual CPU 2.0 | G5 Dual Core 2.3 | MacPro 1,1 | MacPro 5,1 | XServe | MBPro 2009 | Early 2015 MBPro Retina |
I had never touched a soldering iron in my life, and learned to solder in May of 2020. My first project: recap a IIsi. After a couple of mistakes and learning, I managed to make it work. I have been recapping Macs like mad ever since. So far I have over 100 vintage Macs, and I've recapped at least 3/4 of them.
Then there's the software collection. If you are familiar with my posts on Reddit, I maintain an interesting boxed software collection, mostly sealed. My operating system collection and 30 years of usage includes: System 5 | System 6 | System 7 | System 7.5 | System 7.6 | Mac OS 8 | Mac OS 8.5 | Mac OS 9 | Mac OS X Server 1.2v3 | Mac OS X Public Beta | Mac OS X 10.0-10.15 | Apple A/UX | MkLinux | Darwin | Debian Linux.
I'm a huge HyperCard fan. It was what got me into Macintosh in the first place. I still to this day use HyperCard for daily work tasks (as do 6 of the employees at the company I work for) on decked out PowerMac G5 machines networked to Debian Linux systems. It's a very interesting setup, and it works, very well.
I've recently gotten into NeXT computers. I purchased one and I'm figuring out how it all works. Plan to recap the motherboard.
I'm a big fan of Apple's A/UX software. I'm desperately looking for original install media and complete sets with manuals. If you have any that you're willing to part with for some money, message me.
Just wanting to introduce myself. I'm a new member here (I wasn't aware of this forum until someone on Reddit referred me today), from North America.
I got back into Commodore back in 2018, and subsequently obtained several C64, C128, 1541-II, 1571, and 1581 drives. I also have the Ultimate stuff by Gideon.
About a year ago, I got back into vintage Macintosh. I started with Macintosh in 1990, with a new Macintosh Plus, which I still have actually. I bought myself a IIsi in 1993, and a Quadra 605 in 1994. 1995 I purchased a 7200/75, and 1996 I upgraded it to a 7600/132 (which quickly became a 7600/233, and then a 7600/G3-300). As you can see I've been using Macintosh for quite some time.
Over the past year, I've amassed a large collection of (mostly) working vintage Macintosh computers. I presently have (some have several quantities): | IIgs | Plus | SE | SE/30 | Classic | Classic II | II | IIcx Prototype | IIcx | IIci | IIfx | IIsi Prototype | IIsi | LC Prototype | LC | LC II | LC III | Performa 460 (33mhz) | LC475 | Quadra 605 | Centris 610 | Quadra 610 | Quadra 630 | Quadra 650 | Quadra 800 | PM6100/60 | PM6100/66 | PM8600/300 | G4 DA Dual 533 | PB520 | G5 Dual CPU 2.0 | G5 Dual Core 2.3 | MacPro 1,1 | MacPro 5,1 | XServe | MBPro 2009 | Early 2015 MBPro Retina |
I had never touched a soldering iron in my life, and learned to solder in May of 2020. My first project: recap a IIsi. After a couple of mistakes and learning, I managed to make it work. I have been recapping Macs like mad ever since. So far I have over 100 vintage Macs, and I've recapped at least 3/4 of them.
Then there's the software collection. If you are familiar with my posts on Reddit, I maintain an interesting boxed software collection, mostly sealed. My operating system collection and 30 years of usage includes: System 5 | System 6 | System 7 | System 7.5 | System 7.6 | Mac OS 8 | Mac OS 8.5 | Mac OS 9 | Mac OS X Server 1.2v3 | Mac OS X Public Beta | Mac OS X 10.0-10.15 | Apple A/UX | MkLinux | Darwin | Debian Linux.
I'm a huge HyperCard fan. It was what got me into Macintosh in the first place. I still to this day use HyperCard for daily work tasks (as do 6 of the employees at the company I work for) on decked out PowerMac G5 machines networked to Debian Linux systems. It's a very interesting setup, and it works, very well.
I've recently gotten into NeXT computers. I purchased one and I'm figuring out how it all works. Plan to recap the motherboard.
I'm a big fan of Apple's A/UX software. I'm desperately looking for original install media and complete sets with manuals. If you have any that you're willing to part with for some money, message me.