Apple Power Macintosh PowerMac 8500/132 120MHz PowerPC 604 128MB RAM NO HDD 1996

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Up for sale is an old Apple Power Macintosh 8500/132 from 1996. This old desktop Mac has NO hard drive. We were able to boot it off of an old Mac OS CD ok – so the CD-ROM seems to work on, but the date and time were incorrect which means that it needs a BIOS battery. The CD-ROM drive is missing the plastic bezel which goes around it – SEE PICTURES! The plastic on the case is in generally good condition, with the exception of a piece of plastic which goes between two of the PCI slot covers – 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. The broken piece of plastic is included with the computer. You only get the desktop PC and the broken plastic piece – you will need to provide your own power cable, ADB keyboard and mouse as well as a monitor. We tried to run the diskette image program to make floppy diskettes of the MacOS, but it failed with an error 72 – so the floppy drive is perhaps bad? It was our experience with these old PCs that the floppy disks were pretty unreliable when they were new. . .Apple’s support site says this old PC will run all the way up to OS 9.

So, to recap:

• Apple Power Macintosh 8500/132
• Model M3409
• 128MB RAM
• AppleCD 600i SCSI CD-ROM is a little NOISY when it is reading from a disc, but it did boot off of our MACOS CD (the CD is NOT INCLUDED).
• Missing the bezel which goes around the CD-ROM 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 plastic piece on the back.
• NO HARD DRIVE or HDD Caddy!
• 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 – LOOK AT THE PICTURES!
• Other defects / problems not obvious??
• Assembled in USA in 1996

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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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