Once upon a time I purchased a working original Macintosh and Mac Plus for the Mac Museum. They came with a large device that was said to be a "modem" but didn't have a phone jack on it. After being unable to figure out how to connect this odd device to a phone line, I …
PowerBook Through the Years: The 500 Series
It's been a while since I published another article in my series chronicling the history of the PowerBook, but here it is: the 500 series. Released in 1994, the 500 series used an entirely new design full of curves an innovative features such as stereo speakers, a trackpad, dual batteries, and built-in networking. It was …
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Mac Museum Hardware Update
I've finally had a chance to update all of my Mac Museum hardware pages with all of the models that I currently own. I had been waiting until I had a photo and detailed description of each model before posting it but that was taking too long. Instead I've decided that having an image and …
Mac Museum Mega Find – FREE PowerMac G4 w/ Display
Every now and then you find a truly great deal and boy did I find one this week. I happened to be browsing through Craigslist on Wednesday when I spotted an ad for a free Mac and display. The person was moving out of the country and wanted to get rid of it quick. I …
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Images for iBook Profile
One of my goals for the Mac Museum is to provide original content that plays on my strengths. I pour a lot of my writing ability into the profiles that I've posted (that's why they take so long to write), but I haven't had a chance to do the same with the photos. The iBook …
Mac Museum Visual Update!
I've mad some major changes to the way that the Mac Museum part of my website is organized! I've had the museum page up for about 10 months now without any major changes. To be honest, it has been a bit of a struggle to keep up with all of the content that I wanted …
New Additions to the Mac Museum – May 2012
The Mac Museum has been quiet for a couple months after the addition of a PowerBook 540c and some accessories but I've still been busy. In the mean time I've been working on some articles, ruminating on how to present the information in a more interesting and interactive manner, and living my life - planning the …
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Old Issues of Mac World
Add another item to the museum: I've begun collecting old issues of MacWorld. I just picked up 12 issues from 1998 and 12 issues from 1997 on eBay and I will be receiving issues from 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1999 soon. I'll be adding these to my collection of 1999 - 2006 issue from the …
Mac Museum Latest Additions
PowerBook 540c & Accessories The PowerBook 5oo series was released in 1994 to replace the 100 series introduced in 1991. It was the first redesign of the PowerBook since the introduction of the Duo line in 1992. The series consisted of two models – the 520 and 540. Each included a Motorola 68040 processor (think …
eBay Deal of the Week: Macintosh HDI-20 External Floppy Drive
I just scored a great deal on eBay. The item is a Macintosh HDI-20 external floppy disk drive from 1991. It was originally released for the PowerBook 100 which did not include an internal floppy drive but was revived a couple of years later for the PowerBook Duo series of notebooks that also did not …
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