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Old 06-09-2008, 02:38 PM
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G'day,

Just went into my desk (an odd thing to do really) looking for a hand-drawn series of lemmings pictographs... and found some of my old Apple stuff...

* Which Macintosh? pamphlet 9/1991
* Photocopies of LCIII, Apple Adjustable Keyboard, 14" display, original Newton, and Quadra 840av pamphlets (AppleCentre Darwin obviously didn't think I was all that serious...)
* Color Dark Castle original diskettes and manual, in original shipping bag
* Mac's Place Product Guide 1995
* Mac OS X Public Beta disc in original folder
* LCIII System Disks (unknown if working)
* A card upon which I've written the RAM usage of my extenions (OMG - Superclock uses 3kb!)
* Apple Savings Book - The most powerful Apple savings you've ever seen! circa 1993
* B&W Which Macintosh? poster 1991
* To get the right computer, just ask the right questions. colour A3? booklet, 1990
* The Revolution Continues - colour booklet, circa 1992?
* Numerous copies of AppleCentre Darwin's Enter magazine
* Letter from Apple Aust (upon purchase of my LCIII):

July 1993

Dear Apple Customer,

Thank you for purchasing an Apple Macintosh. In this box you wil find your warranty card. Fill it in and you could be a winner............ If you're the lucky purchaser of that half millionth computer, we'll give it to you free...........

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I haven't put this in the Price Check area, as I'm not actually really wanting prices on these things... Like I'd ever sell them!

Just thought it might be interesting... maybe I should take a few pics.


Cheers

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Old 06-09-2008, 03:14 PM
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Now I'm feeling better about letting my desk shelves/drawers fill up with old materials/manuals/program install media

I still have a mini sales booklet for the Bondi iMac, box of 30 pin ram(8x 1mb chips pulled from two Quadras), 3 puck mice, Iomega pins(I <3 Mac & I <3 Zip), Super Munchers CD, SimLife, various posters from MacWorld NY from 2000-2003, etc.
hmm, I should get rid of my extra posters that were never framed(2x Yin & Yang MWNY 2000 & "Jaguar" MWNY 2002)
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Old 06-09-2008, 03:28 PM
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Nah put it away in a box and pull it out in twenty more years. Those speccies will be even more impressive then.
I pulled out my Newton , installed a some batteries in the holder and fired it up a couple of weeks ago to show my Niece who now works for Apple.
She had never heard of one and was quite impressed with it particularly concerning when it was released.

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Old 06-09-2008, 03:28 PM
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I have an Apple Health and safety booklet if that counts?

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Old 07-09-2008, 07:37 PM
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I still have all the manuals and paper stuffs from the iMac DV+. Not really that old, but it was good enough to break world records with the "least text and images in an instruction manual".
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Old 07-09-2008, 09:04 PM
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I have no idea if my eMac came with a manual?! I never looked... I did find the registration etc paperwork for it in my desk as well... (didn't list EVERYTHING in my drawers ) There was other stuff too like a plaintalk mic, the adjustable keyboard's floppy, etc... stickers... more recent pamphlets inc the G3 iMac (and other assorted iMacs...)...

Maybe should turn this into a "My Apple memorabilia is older than your Apple memorabilia" pissfight (Not that I'm gonna win!)
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Old 08-09-2008, 10:36 AM
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I have a manual for an original 1984 Macintosh. Along with the Getting Started disk, and the audiotapes for it. I especially love the tutorial that is called, of all things, "Why Do I Have Windows?" *laughs*
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Old 08-09-2008, 11:40 AM
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I think it is all treasure.

You can always scan the interesting stuff and submit it here
The Mothership! The Apple Lisa and Early Macintosh Archive!
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Old 08-09-2008, 11:44 AM
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I thought maybe I'd scan the

* Which Macintosh? pamphlet 9/1991

Click the image to open in full size.

I figure in reality though, surely someone else has already done it... Not sure if they'd be in an "Early Macintosh" archive, as the stuff I have is more mid-years...

Ok - belongs in another thread - but... The Quadra 840av was the ultimate of all Macintosh computers (an undeniable fact, given "Macintosh" died soon thereafter and was reborn PowerMacintosh, and then simply "Mac"). Yet, its numbering placed it under the 900 series of Quadras... Petty, but that always annoyed me...
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Old 08-09-2008, 10:53 PM
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* Letter from Apple Aust (upon purchase of my LCIII):

July 1993

Dear Apple Customer,

Thank you for purchasing an Apple Macintosh. In this box you wil find your warranty card. Fill it in and you could be a winner............ If you're the lucky purchaser of that half millionth computer, we'll give it to you free...........
Why not send the warranty card off and see what happens?
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Old 09-09-2008, 08:53 AM
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I figure in reality though, surely someone else has already done it...
That is probably what everyone else thinks, therefore nothing gets done or preserved.
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Old 09-09-2008, 09:00 AM
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seriously there are heaps of folks out there who collect apple promotional stuff, hang on to them
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