The Rescuer's Conundrum

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Fri Jul 25 01:11:30 1997

On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, John Ruschmeyer wrote:

> Or otherwise stated: What to do when the cost of reviving a rescued
> computer is as much as buying one of the same model?
>
> To explain, I recently rescued a Mac+ (2.5/40) which was being thrown
> out by my employer. When I got it, it would give intermittant Sad Mac
> errors. No problem, I figure I can replace the RAM with some surplus
> PC SIMMs. This fixes the Sad Macs, but after it heats up it dies with
> an "Address Error" bomb. Some board switching points to the motherboard
> (more specifically, the ROMs) as being the fault.
>
> Checking around, I see that the most common price for a Mac+ system
> board is $15 + shipping. As a last check, I call Intragate
> (intramac_at_aol.com), who has had good prices in the past, to find out
> their price. It turns our that they won't even quote me a price for
> the MB as they can get me an entire Mac+ system for $20.

I have 3 of these now. The first one I paid $15 for. The next two I got
for free. (BTW, they're available for trade or for sale, not that I
expect anyone else to want them either.)

> This has really left me in a quandry as to what to do. I really don't
> want to buy *another* one as I already have a working Mac Plus. Besides,
> what would I then do with *this one*? I suppose I could keep it for
> parts, but that seems a bit of a waste too.

I suggest either keep it for parts or sell it to someone for parts
(perhaps $5). Really though, Mac Plusses are second only to Commodore
64's and TI99/4a's in commonality. I find them everywhere at swap
meets. You might want to even just throw it out. Some stuff just
doesn't need saving, and the only practical thing to do is get rid of
it.

Give it away for parts.

Sam
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