Within the pile of laptops I brought home from VCF Midwest, one of them was a $5 parts bin 2006 1.83 GHz Core Duo MacBook, from the Wisconsin Computer Club! While digging through I saw this was from 2006 based on the bottom cover, hoping it would be the earlier Core Duo – here it […]
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Another VCF Midwest $10 Mac project (Michigan Vintage Finds at table B620), I’m delighted to report it fires right up and is already helping with projects such as the iMac G3 Indigo + 500 GB Maxtor, and this iBook will remain a dedicated Mac OS X Tiger machine (especially since I haven’t had one in […]
See: Part 1 / Part 2 . In Part 1: Walking in (first impressions) , Mr. Macintosh, OP Workshop (E101/E102), Retro Tech Foundation Bell & Howell Apple II, Whoa.. an Apple III?, NCG Engineering – analog broadcast tech, NTP Time with Jeff Geerling, The Computer Clan, The Macintosh Librarian, Ron’s Computer Videos, and meeting Stan […]
Part 1 couldn’t possibly contain everything I’ve seen over that weekend, and I didn’t wanna leave any parts out – so here’s part 2 as promised. I returned near the Retro Tech Foundation’s Apple Garage to see the other Apple computers next to the Bell & Howell Apple II. First time trying an Apple […]
This was the absolute best weekend I’ve had in a really long time, and I can’t wait to have more of these adventures (I’m smiling on the inside)! VCF Midwest was an absolute blast (and even a bit overwhelming with how much there was!), met some acquaintances and familiar faces. Also met up […]