Surplus Attraction?

From: R. Stricklin <red_at_bears.org>
Date: Tue Jul 6 14:32:53 1999

On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Mike Ford wrote:

> >BTW, one of the Mac Plus machines arrived in normal
> >beige, and the other in a more modern-looking grey.
> >I didn't know that there were two colour schemes...
>
> Three, beige, platinum, and yellow.

The yellow is the result of a beige or platinum Mac sitting for months in
a window receiving direct sunlight.

The UV degrades the plastic and causes the yellow colour phase you
noticed.

AFAIK there were no yellow compact macs shipped from the factory.

ok
r.
Received on Tue Jul 06 1999 - 14:32:53 BST