The latest addition to the Macintosh Preservation is a Performa 200. The hardware is identical to the Classic II, only the branding is different.
Macintosh Performa 200
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Macintosh SE/30
The most fragile of the toaster Macs in the Macintosh Preservation. The capacitors on the logic board of the Macintosh SE/30 need to be replaced. I would like to get it renovated. It is a powerhorse that outperforms the other toaster Macs.
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Titanium Powerbook G4
Originally a broken Powerbook G4 purchased from a Craigslist listing for $15. A $6 cable and a few hours of tenacity brought this titanium beauty back to life. I just can’t stand letting one of these beauties of industrial design be relegated to the trash heap.
I’m hoping that it finds a new home through eBay. My Macintosh collection focuses on computers with the retro rainbow-colored Apple logo.
The PowerPC is dead. Long live PowerPC.
Hawk Bowl
I was just notified that my photo of the Hawk Bowl in Whitewater, WI will be hanging on the walls of the International Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame. I need to schedule a trip to Dallas Texas next summer.
Steel Apple
Baseplate of an iMac G4 purchased off of Craigslist for $20. This machine has a bad logic board. It will be torn apart to refurbish my first Macintosh, the iMac G4 affectionately called “Giga” on my network.
R2-D2
Street art installed on a Philadelphia side-street.
Apple Discs
Software restore discs from the bygone G4 PowerPC Macintosh era. This software was for iBooks, iMacs, and Power Macintosh units. I was tasked with liquidating these discs. It is something I will regret to my very end of days.
Now that the entire Apple product line is Intel-based, PowerPC support has been summarily dropped from OS X. The PowerPC is dead. Long live PowerPC.
Foto Zeitgeist
President Obama riding a unicorn. Shirt by Chris Bishop.
Club 26
Three months ago I was driving down H26 towards Milton, WI when I came across an abandoned bar. I took a walk around the bar and found a window open. I didn’t have a flashlight, but I could see that the floor was a little unsteady. No one else was with me and I didn’t want to risk it. One of the cardinal rules of Urban Exploration is to never go alone. I once almost fell three stories checking out a brewery alone in Germany, so I wasn’t going to risk falling again. This weekend I went back with Kaela in tow. Everything in the kitchen is now falling through the floor. Most of the pictures I snapped did not turn out due to poor lighting, but there were a few good ones.