Mac IIci

From: Pat Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Sun Jan 13 14:24:39 2002

On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The Local GoodWill has a fairly nice Mac IIci. I've done some research
> on the Low End Mac web site, but am still undecided if I should buy it.
> Low End Mac says it is a "Mac Best Buy", meaning that it is one of the
> models to buy, instead of avoid. Some models are best avoided because
> of compromises in design or limited expandability.
>
> It is uses a 25mhz Motorola 68030 processor. What would be the
> approximate Intel/PC equivalent? The 386DX-25? The 486DX-25? faster,
> slower, what? I don't have much Mac experience at all. I own a Plus,
> but after cleaning it, I haven't done anything with it but let it sit,
> mainly because of the silly 800K drives.

I would say about a 386DX, and it'll do about 6MIPS max (one instruction
per four clock cycles on the 68030 IIRC from my Mac IIsi). (If desired)
you can put an older verions of MkLinux or linux-m68k on it (I used the
m68k Debian port).

>
> It has a Radius video card, but unfortunately, the Radius monitor got
> sold separately. It was a "Pivot" monitor. I pulled the monitor of the
> nonfunctioning IIcx and the ci boots fine, and is running System 7.1.
> How much should I offer?

I got mine for free from a dumpster, but if it works, about $10-$20 would
be a reasonable price, depending on how much you want to spend, and the
size of its hdd, memory, any extra cards in it, etc. I still have some 1M
30pin MAC-blessed SIMMs laying around here, email me off-list if you want
any.

-- Pat
West Lafayette, IN, USA

>
> Thanks,
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
>
Received on Sun Jan 13 2002 - 14:24:39 GMT