I mostly use PCs, but I like Macintosh too. I have mostly vintage stuff I've collected over the years, including an original iMac, a PowerMac 8100, a Plus, and an LC.
That's a great collection of Mac stuff. I really need to set mine up again, most of the mac stuff I have is in the barn. I have what must have been among the first macs with an inbuilt CD drive, you have to use this CD caddy to operate it. I saw one of the Imacs at the thrift shop but didn't get it cause it didn't have the keyboard and I didn't know if I could find one. One time I used an LC power supply chassis to make a tube amplifier with! I installed it in a GE solid state console stereo.
Absolutely fascinating how my phone had MORE computing power than All that stuff. Fascinating indeed. Mostly a fan of stereo stuff, but this stuff is pretty interesting too. Cheers from Cleveland VWestlife
+Richard Mewes When I got my first computer at 11, it was a Dell Optiplex E521 I think and I didn't know what the red 120-240 switch did so I switched it to 240 and it stopped working and I wondered why. I flipped the switch back and rebooted it and it still worked fine after that.
+MrEthan520 Anonymous Very lucky, we run on the 240v here in the UK so when the computer expects 120v but you give it double there would be one large bang, smoke and the PSU would of been fried
240V is pretty safe here in the UK, even the plugs have built in fuse, the only thing you don't do is switch the power rating to the American power option.
It's just a bunch of old, simple shareware games, almost all programmed only in black & white. The only really notable one is "Phrase Craze," which is a clone of Wheel of Fortune. It has really nice sound effects.
Wow, you have a whole library of computers there, though, I can't talk to much either. Too bad they need a lot of time to get back to work. Seeing them working would be pretty cool. And, darn it, Taylor Swift on your radio, that freaked me out! XD
I have MacWrite, MacPaint, etc., and some classic games on floppies for the Plus. The LC has an old version of Microsoft Word & Excel on its hard drive.
I bought the computer used from eBay; the processor is original from IBM. It is actually a Pentium 4 HT (Hyper Threading, basically an early kind of "dual core" processor).
The one room you see is all of my stuff, and I've actually been thinning down the collection a bit. I don't have any computers upstairs unless I bring my laptop up there.
"The eMac, short for education Mac, was a Macintosh desktop computer made by Apple Inc. It was originally aimed at the education market, but was later made available as a cheaper mass market alternative to Apple's second-generation LCD display iMac. eMac was discontinued in July 2006"
I had a few LC systems once that were fully working and complete but lost them however I found in an old junk box unused disks that came with them that are complete sets including the Apple 2e card that used the NuBus slot or what ever it is called.
I have...9? 10? Macs. Performa 630CD, IIsi, SE, SE/30, PowerBook 180, Blue and White G3, G4 MDD (FW 800), G5 2.3GHz dual processor, and now a Quadra 950!
Nice. I sadly threw out a lot of old macs as I needed to free up space and nobody wanted them in the ads. The only Macs I kept are: my beloved G4 Sawtooth with 1GHz Sonnet Encore CPU, a PowerMac G3 Desktop and a Macintosh SE that doesn't have a working hard drive. But I didn't throw out too much. A broken 8100/80, a 7100/66 and a totally dead iMac G3 Blueberry.
That's a lot of Macs! My first one was an LC... I wish I still had it, too! I found someone selling three different compact Macs with loads of software, so I'll be happy!
Ah, looks just like the old 25 - 9... I have one of those kicking around here somewhere for when I decide I'd like to use my mouse AND my camera haha... Guess I'm mistake. You've got some cool videos, I checked a few out.
Yeah I realized that the XT keyboard is electrically incompatible with modern machines. I use a 1994-model PS/2 Model M keyboard which has lasted me three machines so far.
@Ben333bacc No, I know what you're talking about, but that isn't it. A serial port adapter is 25-pin to 9-pin. A Mac monitor adapter is normal 15-pin (joystick type) to compact 15-pin (VGA type).
Probably from a torrent. Just look up "mac os9 torrent" and you'll find some. You can get the updates free from Apple's site, though, so if you have OS 9.0 you can update it to 9.1 and then 9.2.
Yes, it will work with a G3. It converts the Mac's large 15 pin monitor port to the smaller "HD15" connector used by standard VGA monitors. There's one on eBay right now, item number 151119720240
Ah, $2 Macs. I miss the junk guys at the old KGP shows down in Edison. Used to buy the 5 show passes with friends and go in that extra hour early to get the good stuff before it was picked clean. Most of the junk guys knew us after awhile and let us behind the counter to freely root through the piles. The advent of computer recycling and going green killed that off. The internet's cheap pricing on new parts killed the rest of the show off.
My retro Mac is a last gen G5. I upgraded the stock video card to a much better model got the ram to 8 GB ( it can take 16 gb ) put an SSD in it. It is still a very powerful machine that can do a lot of things
Puck mouse >:/ I would love to resurrect my old Mac SE. The 20MB SCSI hard disk died in 1999, although I don't think a head crash occurred. Last time I powered it up a few years ago there was no raster (analog board). I had a ton of Hypercard stacks I made on that which would be great fun to see again.
I have the same imac u have. mines OS 8.6 its got 2 hard drives, each are 3 gig my ram is really shity but thank god for virtual memory! I got mine for $35 so it looks like you got the better deal. mine came with the software restore disk and the software install disk in case i need to wipe the hard drive.
can you list off some of the games, I'm currently restoring a Macintosh PowerBook 165c and all my floppies went bad from old age, I was able to download system 7.5.3 off of apples website and make the disks on a mac emulator, the main game I'm interested is is space junkie
Did you use WinWorldPC to download the OSes? Because if you didn't, I highly recommend it. They have OSes for basically every platform. I downloaded Mac OS 9.1 and 8.5 off of them to upgrade my Performa 6200CD to 9.1 from 8.0.
Nice collection! What I've always noticed is that since the early 90's Apple computer products look much cooler than PC products in my opinion.
That's a great collection of Mac stuff. I really need to set mine up again, most of the mac stuff I have is in the barn. I have what must have been among the first macs with an inbuilt CD drive, you have to use this CD caddy to operate it.
I saw one of the Imacs at the thrift shop but didn't get it cause it didn't have the keyboard and I didn't know if I could find one.
One time I used an LC power supply chassis to make a tube amplifier with! I installed it in a GE solid state console stereo.
Absolutely fascinating how my phone had MORE computing power than All that stuff. Fascinating indeed. Mostly a fan of stereo stuff, but this stuff is pretty interesting too. Cheers from Cleveland VWestlife
What’s even more amazing is that each and every computer initially costed $1800-$3000 in a time where things didn’t cost much.
You should make an update for this video.
Matthew28845 I second that ☺️
Yes 👍
8100 was the machine I drooled over while i toiled over a Performa 637.
I wish I still had my old computers, but when young I had a fascination of switching the 240v switch to 120v for a lovely indoor firework display.
+Richard Mewes When I got my first computer at 11, it was a Dell Optiplex E521 I think and I didn't know what the red 120-240 switch did so I switched it to 240 and it stopped working and I wondered why. I flipped the switch back and rebooted it and it still worked fine after that.
+MrEthan520 Anonymous Very lucky, we run on the 240v here in the UK so when the computer expects 120v but you give it double there would be one large bang, smoke and the PSU would of been fried
+Richard Mewes Yeah, I'm glad I didn't live anywhere that used 240 volts!
240V is pretty safe here in the UK, even the plugs have built in fuse, the only thing you don't do is switch the power rating to the American power option.
Must be why some new (and maybe even some old) power supplys don't have voltage switches; it's auto-detect.
It's just a bunch of old, simple shareware games, almost all programmed only in black & white. The only really notable one is "Phrase Craze," which is a clone of Wheel of Fortune. It has really nice sound effects.
Wow, you have a whole library of computers there, though, I can't talk to much either. Too bad they need a lot of time to get back to work. Seeing them working would be pretty cool.
And, darn it, Taylor Swift on your radio, that freaked me out! XD
I have MacWrite, MacPaint, etc., and some classic games on floppies for the Plus. The LC has an old version of Microsoft Word & Excel on its hard drive.
I wish I still had my old iBooks. Blue and Orange clamshell models. I miss them.
The coolest thing in that room is the sound of Prince. Your collection is cool too, I guess...lol
I bought the computer used from eBay; the processor is original from IBM. It is actually a Pentium 4 HT (Hyper Threading, basically an early kind of "dual core" processor).
The one room you see is all of my stuff, and I've actually been thinning down the collection a bit. I don't have any computers upstairs unless I bring my laptop up there.
U NEED AN MACBOOK PRO
Yes... I'll have to make a video of the Plus some day.
:O clocks playing!!! Love that song... Nice collection!!
That's actually an IBM AT keyboard. I'm using it with my 3.6 GHz Pentium-4 IBM ThinkCentre. I'm typing on it right now!
Cool collection.
"The eMac, short for education Mac, was a Macintosh desktop computer made by Apple Inc. It was originally aimed at the education market, but was later made available as a cheaper mass market alternative to Apple's second-generation LCD display iMac. eMac was discontinued in July 2006"
Totaly cool!
I had a few LC systems once that were fully working and complete but lost them however I found in an old junk box unused disks that came with them that are complete sets including the Apple 2e card that used the NuBus slot or what ever it is called.
I have...9? 10? Macs.
Performa 630CD, IIsi, SE, SE/30, PowerBook 180, Blue and White G3, G4 MDD (FW 800), G5 2.3GHz dual processor, and now a Quadra 950!
Nice. I sadly threw out a lot of old macs as I needed to free up space and nobody wanted them in the ads.
The only Macs I kept are: my beloved G4 Sawtooth with 1GHz Sonnet Encore CPU, a PowerMac G3 Desktop and a Macintosh SE that doesn't have a working hard drive.
But I didn't throw out too much. A broken 8100/80, a 7100/66 and a totally dead iMac G3 Blueberry.
That's a lot of Macs!
My first one was an LC... I wish I still had it, too!
I found someone selling three different compact Macs with loads of software, so I'll be happy!
Yes, but the iMac would be for local pickup here in NJ only, because it's way too heavy to ship.
lol nice colection :) i also colect pc's and parts.... but u have alot more then i have
You have a MacAlly keyboard, I just got that for a dollar at freaking goodwill and never noticed that haha
I believe the LC and 8100 both have OS 7.5.5 on them.
Ah, looks just like the old 25 - 9... I have one of those kicking around here somewhere for when I decide I'd like to use my mouse AND my camera haha... Guess I'm mistake. You've got some cool videos, I checked a few out.
I love Mac once I get old enough I'll try to buy bunch of them
@Halterung01 Yes, it will run any version of Mac OS from 7.5.2 through 9.1.
Too much is never enough! ;)
That was a Commodore 128.
Maybe a entire basment tour?
whats that song in the background? i know it but forget the name thanks
Great collection love your uploads
More PCs now. I sold the Mac clone.
vrm nice collection
Yeah I realized that the XT keyboard is electrically incompatible with modern machines. I use a 1994-model PS/2 Model M keyboard which has lasted me three machines so far.
@MixerVM Why not? I like having some background music.
@Ben333bacc No, I know what you're talking about, but that isn't it. A serial port adapter is 25-pin to 9-pin. A Mac monitor adapter is normal 15-pin (joystick type) to compact 15-pin (VGA type).
holy crap, this and your Apple 2 Collection have the same ammount of views!
Probably from a torrent. Just look up "mac os9 torrent" and you'll find some. You can get the updates free from Apple's site, though, so if you have OS 9.0 you can update it to 9.1 and then 9.2.
Yes, it will work with a G3. It converts the Mac's large 15 pin monitor port to the smaller "HD15" connector used by standard VGA monitors. There's one on eBay right now, item number 151119720240
Coldplay in the background?
It's whatever was playing on the radio at the time.
vwestlife 4:02
Ah, $2 Macs. I miss the junk guys at the old KGP shows down in Edison. Used to buy the 5 show passes with friends and go in that extra hour early to get the good stuff before it was picked clean. Most of the junk guys knew us after awhile and let us behind the counter to freely root through the piles. The advent of computer recycling and going green killed that off. The internet's cheap pricing on new parts killed the rest of the show off.
Wow you have so much stuff!
Can you do a vid of your Amiga?
Which one?
My retro Mac is a last gen G5.
I upgraded the stock video card to a much better model got the ram to 8 GB ( it can take 16 gb ) put an SSD in it. It is still a very powerful machine that can do a lot of things
I thought PowerPC Macs were 32 bit
No. PPC is 128 bit
Haha, I saw that SX-64 when you were looking for the LC
Puck mouse >:/
I would love to resurrect my old Mac SE. The 20MB SCSI hard disk died in 1999, although I don't think a head crash occurred. Last time I powered it up a few years ago there was no raster (analog board). I had a ton of Hypercard stacks I made on that which would be great fun to see again.
Do you have an iMac G4? (Generation after your iMac's styling) Restore disk of sorts so I can do something about my iMovie not loading up?
I have an later revision in blue, doesn't have slot loading drive nor remote port.
I have the same imac u have. mines OS 8.6 its got 2 hard drives, each are 3 gig my ram is really shity but thank god for virtual memory! I got mine for $35 so it looks like you got the better deal. mine came with the software restore disk and the software install disk in case i need to wipe the hard drive.
You should make a video of a complete collection. :)
pretty nice im love the most your imac g3
Yes there is look it up on google or whatver you use
can you list off some of the games, I'm currently restoring a Macintosh PowerBook 165c and all my floppies went bad from old age, I was able to download system 7.5.3 off of apples website and make the disks on a mac emulator, the main game I'm interested is is space junkie
Did you use WinWorldPC to download the OSes? Because if you didn't, I highly recommend it. They have OSes for basically every platform. I downloaded Mac OS 9.1 and 8.5 off of them to upgrade my Performa 6200CD to 9.1 from 8.0.
Where do you get all your free Mac's? I am starting a collection, I have an eMate 300, iMac G3 & iBook G4
I know this video is old but did you make a video of the mac clone?
@Laygorian I have never run OS X on a G3, so I can't tell you.
Coldplay - "Clocks"
NJ.
***** Yes.
***** Magic 98.3.
@MixerVM Too many!
Do you still have that sewing-machine style PC? And if you do, can you make a video on it?
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Paradise!
Thanks, sorry to bother you, but what is the one at around 3:20
Prince - "1999"
I have a commodore Amiga 2000HD.
I spy a ps/2 model 55 there, my first computer
wow, a 3.6ghz pentium 4processer, wher did you get that, the fastest one i have seen is 2.8ghz
Yes, but it has nothing in it, it's just an empty case with a monitor and power supply.
Yes, that's what makes it a Mac clone. :-)
what kinda software and games you have installed or on floppy
I know a guy that still uses a power Mac 8100/100
will the mac clone run Mac OS? and if, which version will it do?
I only have a PowerBook G4, a 2010 MacBook and a 2015 MacBook Air
ŌwŌ what's this? I only got a 2008 Polycarbonate MacBook and a MacBook Air 2010 (my current daily driver)
My mom had a PowerPC (or Powermac) 8600 or 8500.
Yes a working one is a few hunderd dollars like about 200
That isn't a monitor adapter. That's a serial port adapter, from the large port on a machine to your regular serial device, like a mouse.
The speaker wires conect to the apple cd player
Do you remember where you got those illegal Mac OS 9 downloads?
how much do you want for the mac plus
could the mac clone run mac os ?
how did you get the i mac
... O_O
*Tries to not be creepy*
What state do you live in?
Meese! LOL. Mouses is the plural form (for computer peripherals)
Do you have you snow iMac
How many computers do you have?
Do you have a eMac???
why is the radio on?
it feels weird because I'm whacking on an iMac
That wasn't a keyboard, that was either an Atari computer of some kind, a Commodore 64C, or a Commodore 128.
i want one of ur pcs, just kidding but really i had a few pc and i had a mac didint like the mac, think it was mac plus idk
Did he say illegal download
i guess :) thats epic
The first one
IBM XT keyboard detected @ 6:35
Do you think you've got more Macs than PC's, or do you think you've got more PC's than Macs?
Not much. The only Mac that has any real collector's value is the original 128K.
And Color Classics, and some other rare models. Unmodded and modded examples of Color Classics go for astronomical on eBay.
Bullshit, I have one right beside me. 1ghz model with tray loading dvd drive and flat crt screen.