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From: Ian Primus <ian_primus_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Jun 27 21:22:00 2003

The keyboard and mouse connect to the ADB port, which is a four pin
mini-din that looks the same as an S-Video connector on some A/V
equipment. Here is a good picture of the connector and it's symbol -
http://charm.cs.uiuc.edu/users/olawlor/ref/mac_ports/adb.jpg You'll
need a Macintosh keyboard and mouse. If you want, I have plenty, but
you should have no trouble finding them locally, all Macintosh
computers from the Mac SE all the way up to the beige G3's and G3 AIO's
used the same type of keyboard and mouse. From your description, it
seems to be complete, and there is a VERY good chance it works. Those
critters are really hard to kill. As for a monitor, any older Mac
monitor should work, as should most adapters with a multisync SVGA
monitor. Not all multisync monitors work, however, as the not all can
sync to the proper frequency.

Ian Primus
ian_primus_at_yahoo.com

On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 07:54 PM, Rob wrote:

> While away, I popped in a car boot sale, and picked up an Apple Mac LC
> III base unit for 50p! Never having had anything to do with macs
> before, and only having new PC and old BBC kit about, I'm a bit stuck
> at first base - I think I have spotted the video out (15 way D-type,
> and have seen converters for them!) but where on earth does one
> connect a keyboard and mouse?
>
> Internally, it seems like it might be complete: 80Mb SCSI hard disc,
> one ram stick (one free slot) 68030 processor (and an empty socket
> next to it???) is this right?
>
> I also picked up (also for 50p) a compaq slt/286 laptop (missing
> keyboard and PSU) and a Mitec 3030D, also missing PSU. As both of
> course have flat batteries, I've not poked at them much yet. If they
> are of interest to anybody, drop me a line! (collection/shipping at
> cost from Salford, UK.)
>
> Rob
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