Anyone Want mac roms?

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_at_infinet.com>
Date: Tue Aug 18 13:40:15 1998

>
> i started a new job last week; one of my duties is going thru a
> warehouse load (no joke) of older mac systems. everything from se30's to
> older powerPC machines. question is this: since they all are being
> scrapped and i cannot save them, anyone want me to pull some roms for
> them? or any other useful components? let me know WHAT they are, and
> WHERE they are, as I am not a mac tech. more than happy to see what i
> can do for you people out there who want these.

The 68K Macs didn't have much socketed on them. The ROMs are of course
useful if you want to run AMAX or some other emulator, _or_ if you have
an SE and need the FDHD (1.44Mb) upgrade. Floppy drives are worth
keeping, if that's even possible, most of the rest is undetachable. I
expect the hard disks (which are typically Apple branded in their ROMs)
have already been scavenged.

ROMs are 28 pin on SE's and such. As I said, not a lot was ever socketed,
not even the CPU. 68K processors aren't worth more than a couple of bucks.
A 68030 is worth less than $20, new, let alone pried off a board.

-ethan
Received on Tue Aug 18 1998 - 13:40:15 BST