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sharewarewolf, 3 days ago to free

#Free to a good home: A very dusty Macintosh II motherboard with SIMMs in four sockets and batteries without any signs of leakage. :apple_inc:
#Apple #Macintosh #VintageComputer #RetroComputing #68020 #NuBus

A closeup of two Varta Lithium 3V ER 1/2 AA batteries on a very dusty motherboard. There is no sign of any leakage. One battery is labeled Ord. No. 6196.
A closeup of eight SIMM sockets with the batteries out of focus in the background. The four sockets closest to the camera are empty and the other four have SIMMs in them. OKI JAPAN and numbers are visible on the chips of the closest SIMM.
The very dusty corner of the motherboard with APPLE COMPUTER ©1987, 1988 829-0228-A printed on it.

sharewarewolf, 3 days ago to free

#Free to a good home: A Macintosh II motherboard without any RAM. No signs of leakage from the batteries. :apple_inc:
#Apple #Macintosh #VintageComputer #RetroComputing #68020 #NuBus

A closeup of the corner of the motherboard, showing Macintosh II printed in white above APPLE COMPUTER ©1987 in green. Below that is 860-0163-B in green and 630-0140- in white.
A closeup of two slightly dusty Varta 3V ER 1/2 AA batteries soldered onto the motherboard. There are no signs of leaks. Ord. No. 6126 is printed on one of them.

sharewarewolf, 13 days ago to free

EDIT: It's taken.
#Free to a good home: One Amiga 500 with internal floppy drive and missing covers. I don't have the AC adapter for it. 🅰️
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#RetroComputing #Amiga #Commodore #VintageComputers #A500

The underside of an Amiga 500 on a wood floor. The bottom and side covers are missing. The pins and some stickers are visible where the bottom cover should be and an edge connector that should be covered by the side cover. Some rust is visible on the bare metal that can be seen through the cooling slots.
A closeup of the silver sticker on the underside of the computer. The Commodore logo and logotype are at the top, then MODEL A500, POWER 5vDc @ 4.5A 12vDc @ 1A -12vD @.1A. Below that serial number, FCC info, and MADE IN USA. A faded sticker with 009 from a dot matrix printer is to the left of the silver sticker and a white sticker with green text to the right reads FINAL TEST BY 1
The right side of a dirty A500 in profile. The floppy drive and eject button are at the right of the photo.

sharewarewolf, 14 days ago to free

#Free to a good home: One Radius PowerView 0346/0347 SCSI video adapter.
#RetroComputing #SCSI #Macintosh

The back of a dark gray case with two screw heads in the upper corners. Upper left is a barrel jack for power and a SCSI ID selector. Below those are Mac and PC video connectors. Two Centronix SCSI connectors are to the right.
The label on the underside, printed in light gray on the dark gray plastic. radius PowerView Model 0346/0347 5 Vdc 1.5 A, plus FCC information. Made in USA.

sharewarewolf, 20 days ago to random

I've been sicker than usual for the last week, but I'll be back to posting stuff to give away soon.
😆 :computer_explorer: 📦

sharewarewolf, 1 month ago to free

I finally got my hands on a USB floppy drive so I could test these! #Free to a good home: Nine Verbatim high density floppies, one Maxell high density floppy, one 3M high density floppy, and two Fujifilm high density floppies. 😀 💾 💾 💾 💾
#RetroComputing #Floppy #Disk #VintageComputer

eniko, 1 month ago to random

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sharewarewolf, 1 month ago to free

#Free to a good home: More 3.5" #floppy labels. Lots of different colors, from 3M, Fuji, and

A closeup of the backs of the larger sheets of stickers, folded over to show which back is from which sticker. The labels with write protect pictograms are from 3M and have warnings and phone numbers on the back. The labels with WRITE ENABLE and WRITE PROTECT printed on them have Fuji lifetime warranty info and contact info on them.

sharewarewolf, 1 month ago to free

#Free to a good home: A plastic #floppy caddy for 3.5" disks with a single removable divider. 💾
#RetroComputing #VintageComputer #Disk

sharewarewolf, 1 month ago to free

#Free to a good home: A wooden rolltop 3.5" #floppy caddy! It has four removable plastic dividers. 💾
#RetroComputing #Disk #VintageComputer

A brown wooden rolltop box with the top slid open, showing four square black plastic dividers set in notches in the sides of the interior.

sharewarewolf, 1 month ago to free

#Free to a good home: An early external #Macintosh floppy drive case with a different drive in it and a custom paint job. :apple_inc:
This wasn't mine, but I'm told it's a SuperDrive and am assuming it's in the mount from an SE. It's not screwed into the case. The front panel was on upside down, but popping it off confirms that it's a Sony 2 MB drive with the ejector to the right of the slot.
#RetroComputing #Apple

A photo of an external Apple floppy drive, spraypainted black, held up to the camera in front of a wood floor. The gray cable is in the background and the front cover is upside down. It's the older style with the Apple logo molded into the plastic and a cutout to grab the disk and the ejector hole beside the slot.
A photo of the bottom of a floppy drive case on a wood floor. The case is spraypainted black and has four rubber feet. Molded into the case is Apple Computer, Inc, plus FCC information in a box and Made in Japan. Four empty screw holes are visible to secure the drive inside it.
The drive case with the front removed, held up to the camera. The drive sits a little crooked, shimmed in place with wood and masking tape below it.

sharewarewolf, 2 months ago to free

#Free to a good home: Sonnet Crescendo 700 MHz G4 ASPD card with manual, floppy, and case sticker. 💾
#Marchintosh #Macintosh #RetroComputing

sharewarewolf, 2 months ago to free

EDIT: It's taken.
#Free to a good home! One Kensington TurboMouse ADB trackball without a ball. The left button is broken, but the switch still works. It just wobbles a bit.
#Marchintosh #Macintosh #RetroComputing

The tall end of the trackball base with two ADB ports and a small internal locking port. There is an empty square molded into the plastic below each port with nothing written on it.
The underside of the trackball base. The label has been cut to expose the top two screwheads and also the bottoms of the rollers. The model number is obscured by one cut, but below that says Version 4.0

sharewarewolf, 2 months ago to free

EDIT: It's taken.
#Free to a good home: One GDT Powerprint mini-DIN serial to parallel adapter. 🖨️
#Marchintosh #RetroComputing #Macintosh

A closeup of a Centronix connector's housing with the following printed on it in black: Advanced Components & Peripherals P/L Made in Australia FCC ID: KBVSPC1 P/N: 590-0839 Batch: SPC214 LR99812 and a stylized SA withing a C printed above SEI.

vga256, 2 months ago to random

@sharewarewolf thank you for kindly donating all of these retrocomputing treasures to the mastodon community.

now, are there some things the mastodon community can send you in return?

#marchintosh #vintageApple

sharewarewolf, 2 months ago to free

Here's a copy of The BeOS Bible, all 916 pages of it, by Scot Hacker. #NominativeDeterminism
#Free to a good home!
#Retrocomputing #book #BeOS #PowerPC #DayStar

Back cover of red book with white text. Whether you're new to the BeOS, contemplating a switch, or an early adopter of this new operating system, you'll want this comprehensive reference at your side. The BeOS Bible is written for digital content creators working with hi-res video, graphics, and audio files who need the features of this high-performance multithreading graphics system explained in enlightening detail. State-of-the-art coverage that goes deep inside every feature of the BeOS—from secrets of the Terminal to application shortcuts, advanced graphics, sound applications, and database capabilities. In-Depth interviews with Be engineers and collaborators (including Jean-Louis Gassée, president and CEO of Be, Inc.) provide fascinating background and insight into the future of this innovative 0S. Hundreds of tips and techniques for getting the most out of the BeOS and BeOS applications. Quotes from Max Green, PC World Online; Dan Farber, editor-in-chief, ZDNet; Isao Yagi, web developer, content creator, Ziff Davis; Adam Ziemkowski, editor-in-chief, BeNews; and Pagan Kennedy, author. Peachpit Press.

sharewarewolf, 2 months ago to free

Ethernet killed the LocalTalk Star! 🎶
Here's a Farallon PhoneNET StarController, #free to a good home! Includes the AC adapter.
#LocalTalk #GlobalTalk #Retrocomputing

One end of the case. The corners on the left are angled and the right end is curved. Activity and traffic lights are on the left under a label that reads Data Ports and the PhoneNet logo. On the right is a centronix connector with velcro over it and he label LocalTalk Ports. A light blue line runs along the border of the case.
The opposite end of the case. The left side is curved and the right end is square. On the left is a Power port, in the middle a Mgmt. Port and serial number sticker, and the PhoneNET logo on the right. A light blue line runs around the border.
The end with the lights and centronix port, with the STATUS and QUALITY lights illuninated in green. A cable and AC adaptor plugged into an outlet are visible and out of focus in the background.

sharewarewolf, 2 months ago to free

Do you want your #wireless #LocalTalk network to be period correct? Here's a Digital Ocean Starfish II from 1996. #Free to a good home!
#Retrocomputing #GlobalTalk

The narrow end of a black plastic case with ports along it. A six-pin white male port, a port that looks like a phone receiver jack, an ethernet port, an AUI port, and two RS-232 ports. Rubber feet can be seen on the bottom.
The bottom of a black plastic case with four rubber feet, four screws holding it together, and two silver screws to mount it. A silver label with copyright and FCC information is at the bottom. Starfish II, copyright 1996, DigitalOcean. Made in USA.

sharewarewolf, 2 months ago to free

Six #LocalTalk transceivers, #free to a good home. Five from Farallon and one from AESP that has activity lights. Two of them have terminators.
#Marchintosh #GlobalTalk

sharewarewolf, 2 months ago to keyboard

EDIT: It's spoken for.
Here's a #Newton #keyboard and case, #free to a good home! Connects via mini-DIN serial. :apple_inc:
#Apple #Retrocomputing

The back side of a dark green keyboard. White Apple logo Newton Keyboard, which copyright and legal info. Model no X0044.
A black fake leather keyboard case on a wood floor. The top unzips and the Newton light bulb and logotype are embossed at the top.

sharewarewolf, 2 months ago to apple

EDIT: 2.0 ROM is spoken for.

#Apple :apple_inc: #Newton ROMs, #free to a good home! The one in the pink bag is 2.0, dated 1995 and the other six are 1.4, dated 1994.
#Retrocomputing

sharewarewolf, 2 months ago to free

EDIT: 2 left.
#Free to good homes, emphasis on the plural! 5 unopened #eMate styluses, one per person. I'll edit this post as they're claimed.
#Apple #Newton #PDA #Retrocomputing

sharewarewolf, 2 months ago to apple

EDIT: They are spoken for.
Original #Apple :apple_inc: system #software CDs, #free to a good home! OS 7.6, OS 8 and the CD that accompanied #PowerMac 7200, 7500, 7600, 8500, and 9500s with 7.5.3. No original packaging or documentation.
#Retrocomputing #Marchintosh

White CD with a black Apple logo and Mac OS 8 at the top (the 8 is red), grayscale Mac OS face logo on the left, "To start up from this CD, hold down the C key as the computer starts up." on the right, and copyright info at the bottom (1998). Version 8.1.
Red text over black on silver. Silver apple logo and large cursor, font suitcase, application, clipboard, trash, and happy Mac icons. Apple Macintosh CD. Includes system software and other programs. PowerMacintosh 7200 7500 7600 8500 and 9500 series. Copyright info in black at the bottom (1996) Version 7.5.3.

sharewarewolf, 2 months ago to free

EDIT: They are all spoken for. The ethernet card is spoken for.
More #Newton accessories. PC cards, #free to a good home! 2 and 32 meg flash cards, Dell crosswords, 28.8 modem, and 10 mbps #ethernet card with dongle.
#RetroComputing #Game #Apple #ethernet

The backs of five PC cards on a wood floor. Warnings and copyright information. The Newton flash card has lines for Comments and a six-color Apple logo at the bottom. The PRETEC card has small MEMO field.