Apple Power Macintosh PowerMac 8500/120 120MHz PowerPC 604 128MB RAM 1GB SCSI HDD

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Up for sale is an old Apple Power Macintosh 8500/120 from 1995. This old desktop Mac has a clean install of MacOS System 7.5.2 on its 1GB Quantum SCSI hard drive. The date and time were incorrect which means that it needs a BIOS battery. The plastic on the case is in generally good condition, with the exception of the power switch linkage – this broke when the case was removed to photograph it – so, it will either have to be replaced, possibly glued, or maybe someone can 3D print a new one? Anyway, it is pushing 30 years old and the plastic is brittle. To power it on, you will either need a chopstick to reach into the hole where the power switch linkage used to be, or remove the outer case and access the button which is on the front of the motherboard. The broken pieces of the switch linkage are included with the computer. You only get the desktop PC and the broken plastic pieces from the power switch linkage – you will need to provide your own ADB keyboard and mouse as well as a monitor. This one came with a PCI fast ethernet card installed: Asante 10/100 as an upgrade from the 10MB onboard NIC. We did not try to test the networking, but there are TCP/IP settings in the control panel – you might do better with a newer OS – Apple’s support site says it will run all the way up to OS 9.

So, to recap:

• Apple Power Macintosh 8500/120
• Model M3409
• 128MB RAM
• AppleCD 600i SCSI CD-ROM is NOISY when it is reading from a disc, but it did boot off of the CD and load the OS onto the hard drive.
• The floppy drive may not work – we tried to create floppies from the OS install disc, but every one failed on the verification – no further testing was done.
• The plastic on the case is pushing 30 years old and is quite brittle and yellowed.
• Broken power switch linkage
• 1GB Quantum SCSI hard drive w/ OS 7.5.2 loaded – 159.5MB used, 880.2MB available – Quite Noisy
• NO MONITOR
• NO MacOS DISC
• NO Power Cable – You will need to provide your own.
• NO Keyboard or Mouse – you will need to provide your own ADB keyboard & mouse
• Date / Time are incorrect – it needs a BIOS battery.
• The case has scuffs / scratches / yellowing / other cosmetic defects?
• Other defects / problems not obvious??
• Assembled in USA in 1995

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  You are purchasing an old Mac that is pushing 30 years old on the internet! This is sold AS-IS for a collectible only!

  
  
  
  

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