Too many hobbies, not enough focus
I look in a variety of places for additions to the Mac Museum – eBay, Craigslist, FreeCycle, other online venues, friends, yard sales, local thrift stores – but sometimes I find things in places I'd never think of, like the Dover Recycling Center. I went there yesterday to drop off a printer and a case …
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It should have been famous because it was the first PowerPC PowerBook but the 5300 was instead famous for a string of manufacturing and quality issues that gave it one of the worst reputations of any Apple product. Despite its flaws it still made improvements over its predecessor in the form of larger screens with …
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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 …
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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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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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