new finds (Acorn, Sun, Apple)

From: meltie <lists_at_microvax.org>
Date: Mon May 17 14:36:03 2004

On Monday 17 May 2004 17:23, Jules Richardson wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 16:01, meltie wrote:
> > On Monday 17 May 2004 11:06, Jules Richardson wrote:
> > > I passed on the huge Apple Quadra tower that was in the skip, and
> > > the numerous PCs that were in there... :)
> >
> > Can you remember which Quadra it was, or was it a case of "Ick, grungy
> > apple! Run away!"?
>
> Heh - I don't really know Macs at all. I have '960' stuck in my head,
> but I had a quick look on lowendmac.com and didn't see that listed - I
> swear there was a 9 and a 6 in there (I don't think 690 was listed
> either, so who knows!).

950?
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_quadra/stats/mac_quadra_950.html

Big workhorse of a machine, would make quite a decent SCSI server if you
went back for it. Full MC68040 on it so it'll run various UNIXen fine...

and hey, if it turns out to be a 950 and you're close to Leeds i'll come
and fish it out of the skip myself ;)

alex/melt
Received on Mon May 17 2004 - 14:36:03 BST

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