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From: Stan Barr <stanb_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Sat Jun 28 03:39:00 2003

Hi,

Rob <rob_at_indefinite.freeserve.co.uk> said:
> While away, I popped in a car boot sale, and picked up an Apple Mac LC III
> base unit for 50p!

Hmm..I had to pay a quid for mine.

> 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!)

Yep, that's it.

> but where on earth does one connect a keyboard and mouse?
>

The keyboard plugs into the ADB (Apple Desktop Bus) socket. That's the
one with 4 pins and a rectangular slot with a simple diagram of a bus
system under it. The mouse plugs into the keyboard.
 
> 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?

Sounds about right.

-- 
Cheers,
Stan Barr  stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
Received on Sat Jun 28 2003 - 03:39:00 BST

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