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  1. 9th June 2012, 03:48 PM #21
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    Awesomeness.
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  2. 9th June 2012, 05:02 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldmacs View Post
    Wow, that is special! Was that this year ?
    Yes, it was about 4 weeks ago.
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    Not too much old stuff here any more - but one fave is a quad-cpu Daystar Genesis that's still working, and I turn on from time to time.
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    Hi. Is there a vintage apple club where I can
    Buy swap sell and ask for info. Just came across this
    Thread and I collect macs but being on the west
    It's hard to find gear.
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  5. 29th June 2012, 02:43 PM #25
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    HI Bigmark,

    where "out west" in this big land of Australia are you? I don't think there are any vintage Mac clubs in Australia however, have you seen 68Kmla?

    Index page – 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Forums

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  7. 29th June 2012, 07:59 PM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigmark View Post
    Hi. Is there a vintage apple club where I can
    Buy swap sell and ask for info. Just came across this
    Thread and I collect macs but being on the west
    It's hard to find gear.
    Where are you, what do you have, and what do you need?
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  8. 29th June 2012, 09:34 PM #27
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    ^^^^ what he said!! Where and what lol.

    P.S. I'm 'west' too.
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  9. 30th June 2012, 08:47 AM #28
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    Quote Originally Posted by macman142 View Post
    Neoxide, are you actually heading to Wagga this year? When I was there, Howard was saying he had plans for it to be all gone (removed by recyclers) however I suspect that would be even harder for him to actually go ahead with than giving the machines away would have been in the first place.

    There was so much there I didn't look through, although that being said there was plenty of equipment that needed a lot of work to bring back to life.

    Howard seemed fine with getting rid of all the Apple equipment there, it was a chapter in his career/life that he had passed however I think deep down it would have been very very difficult.
    Yep, heading off to Wagga in a couple of weeks. I'm not sure what I'm going to find there. He's insisted that I take a huge volume of MacWorld magazines (or was it MacUser?), essentially every issue produced. I'm hoping for some equipment that I don't already have, but I'm happy just to prevent these machines from going to waste. I think you and jsarchibald got the best bits already :P

    I'm specifically looking for some IIci's, and also some units that oldmacs wants me to send him.
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  10. 30th June 2012, 09:22 PM #29
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    For sure, with each pick there is obviously less 'cream' left but there was still areas I had to leave unexplored and machines I still wish I had taken... You'll still be amazed but realise that this stuff has sat for years in the weather and through some very dusty droughts.

    I remember leaving IIci's behind... And LC630's and LC 575's and LC 580's... So much software and magazines, yes.

    Keep us posted!!!
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    I have wanted to go back too, but it's a $2K trip, and 16 hours each way, so I can't do it again. But if I was Melbourne based, I would be there in a flash!

    There is still a lot of good gear left behind, it will be worth your while.
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  12. 30th June 2012, 09:32 PM #31
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    I just hope there is one working Lc, SE and a IISi/CI for neoxide to send to me!
    Because then I can resurrect my Lc 475 and finally have a working compact mac !
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    Yes, there was at least two SE's I left behind (no SE/30's though). Definitely several pizza box LC's of various types (LC1, LC2, LC475) and a couple of IIci's though I took the last IIcx. A couple of Quadra 605's that I regret leaving behind too

    Handful of Mac Plus and Mac Classics, HEAPS of Apple CRT's of various types, I remember seeing an eMac and an iMac G3, 6100's, several 7x00's, several LaserWriters... And LOADS of software, some even still shrink-wrapped.
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    Hmmmm wouldn't mind a classic! I guess any working compact (besides a plus) would be fantastic!

    ---------- Post added at 10:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:26 PM ----------

    Does anyone have photos of this place!
    Plus, IIci, IIsi, LC, LCII, LC III, CC, LC475, LC630, Centris650, 6100, 8100, 5260, 7220, 7600. PB: 100, 150, 160, 165, 540, 190, 5300, 1400. Lombard, iMacG3, iBookG3, iBookG4, PBG4, eMac, iMac G4, PMG4, MiniG4, iMacG5
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    Check out this thread:

    View topic - Possibly the BIGGEST conquest any of us have ever made! – 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Forums

    Don't know what is there now, but I remember that there were dozens and dozens of pizza boxes stacked all over the place...
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    Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh mmmyyyyyy gosh !

    ---------- Post added at 10:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:36 PM ----------

    Wow......

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    I really want to go there now ( but I can't)

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    It looks slightly promising that Neoxide might find something for me, unfortunelty due to postage costs I will get a maximum of 4 machines.
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    Not quite as amazing as Jason's thread but here's mine:

    View topic - Two-day conquest – 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Forums

    That gives a good idea of what I left behind too.
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    Macman, do you know if anyone else has been up their since you went?
    It is all still amazing- why, why couldn't it be in Sydney ?
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    As far as I know, Jason and myself have been the only ones.

    If the collection hadn't been so far away I reckon Howard would have made a lot of money and it would be all long gone by now!
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    I suppose you are right about the fact that it would be all gone- I don't think anyone wanted the inconvenience of getting to Wagga Wagga!
    Plus, IIci, IIsi, LC, LCII, LC III, CC, LC475, LC630, Centris650, 6100, 8100, 5260, 7220, 7600. PB: 100, 150, 160, 165, 540, 190, 5300, 1400. Lombard, iMacG3, iBookG3, iBookG4, PBG4, eMac, iMac G4, PMG4, MiniG4, iMacG5
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    Sydney to Wagga Wagga is only 5 hours each way - I did 16 hours each way, I would have cleaned the place out single handedly if I was only 5 hours away!
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