Double boxing: that means items which include an original Apple box could be shipped inside a larger box, to protect the original Apple box. This will increase shipping costs due to weight and possibly size. We will also charge an additional fee for the time, box, and materials this will require.

A complete list of pointers to our Mac inventory, services and information pages is on my Mac home page.
Many Mac parts are listed on my Mac Parts page. But check my Mac home page for links to many OTHER parts and systems pages.

An unusual source of information for the oldest Macs - Apple's Web domain at mac.com - has a page on "pre-System 7 Macs" hardware and software. Check Apple Macintosh before System 7 by Eric Rasmussen written Aug 8 2005.

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Early Apple Macintosh parts and hardware

If you are looking for 800K floppy drives for the Mac 128K or 512K, or for 400K or 800K diskettes, please check check my floppy drive section of my parts Web page.

The 400K drive was only used in the 128K and 512K computers. Here is a link to a photo of a 400K drive, out of the Mac or external drive case. As supplies and repairs permit, we offer 400K floppy drives, cleaned and lubricated and tested. Cleaning and lubrication is necessary as these drive have chronic problems with old lubricants.

Internal and external 400K drives repaired as described may be available. Availability and price of these drives will vary, but no less than $69 plus shipping in any event as of Jan 2008. SPECIFY THE COSMETIC CONDITION you want for an external drive, please. Shipping weight is 3 lbs for internal drives, 5 lbs for external. We may limit this offer at times, as it takes time to find and repair these drives; or if we are out of these drives.

We may accept your nonworking 400K drive for credit when buying ours, or we may buy yours outright - ask for details. But typically we will offer a credit toward purchase a 400K drive, which has NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED, and which has ALL PARTS INCLUDED. Specifically, the felt pad and holder that is mounted on the drive read/write head MUST be included. THIS OFFER IS LIMITED and is not guaranteed.

Early Mac or Apple A/C cords

Apple logoed A/C cord, for USA (110V AC). Has Apple logo on AC plug. The cord may be brown/tan, or ivory, or grey. It ends in a FEMALE, three-pin AC connector which plugs into your Mac. The center pin is offset from the other two pins. Some A/C cords have a right-angled female connector, it is "bent" relative to the cord; these bends can occur in three ways. Some have a "straight" female connector, it is "straight" relative to the cord. Describing these is difficult, so I have an image and I'll try to describe them as well.

We can't tell you what model Mac had what A/C cord, we can only sell you a cord of some particular description. Please specify color, if you want a right-angled connector, WHICH WAY it is angled, and if you wish the Apple/Mac item you want it for. But we offer no guarantees that any cord was sold by Apple with any particular product, and I certainly don't know myself. Check the Web, check other sources for such information.

The image at this link shows four female connectors which plug into your Mac/Apple product. They are labled A B C D. They are positioned with the power cord hanging STRAIGHT DOWN from the FEMALE connector. The "angled" connectors are shown facing you if possible so you can see the FEMALE pins.
"A" shows a straight connector, its pins point STRAIGHT UP and you can't directly see the female pins.
"B" shows the bent connector's pins, and the center pin is offset to the RIGHT.
"C" shows the bent connector's pins, and the center pin is offset to the LEFT.
"D" shows the bent connector's pins, and the center pin is offset DOWN.
Surprising variety, eh?

Brown/tan Apple brand A/C cord, straight, not right-angled - OUT as of Jan 2006 but ask, price will be above $?? plus shipping.
Right angled Apple A/C cord, you specify bend as above. Grey or white, $? each plus shipping. Brown/tan, $?? each.
Ivory/white or grey Apple A/C cord, not right angled, $? each plus shipping.

Early Mac/Apple cables

Mac 128K/512K (DB-9) to Imagewriter I (DB-25) ORIGINAL APPLE cable, 590-0169. Dark tan, Apple logo, square/rectangular molded connector housings. ask if available and price, at least $?? plus shipping.

Apple original serial/printer cord, DB-9 to DIN-8. See our Mac cables parts for descriptions of these connectors.
Grey color, six feet, Apple number 590-0551-A . $?? each plus shipping and packing.
White color, several feet, Apple number 590-0332-B . $?? each plus shipping and packing.
White color, under one foot, Apple number 590-0341-A . $?? each plus shipping and packing.
We may have others, ask!

Early Mac programmer's switch

The programmers switch or reset switch is that little plastic device on the side of the Mac which lets you manually reset the computer. If your Mac "hangs up", this will restart your computer without turning the power off and on. It also has an "interrupt" switch which was used by software developers.
We have TAN/BROWN switches for the Mac 128K and 512K and Plus for $?? each plus shipping.

Keyboards, mice

Keyboard in good condition are listed on our parts Web page. The items listed here are new or unused or very lightly used. They will sell for more than the used models.

Mac Plus Platinum (grey) keyboard, in original Apple parts box. Appears unused. Looking for offer.
new or unused Apple Keyboard in box. model M0116, 661-0383. w/cable. A few available. Looking for offers.

Mouse with DB-9 SQUARE-cornered connector housing as in photo on RIGHT, original for 128K, early 512K. Similar mouse with ROUND-cornered connector housing as on LEFT, original for Mac Plus. The best condition mice are reserved for sale with unfaded Plus, 512K, 128K Macs.
Other Plus, 128K, 512K mice are available on my Mac parts page.

Other parts

Other parts for early Macs may be on our Mac parts Web page.

Some unused Mac parts of interest may be on our unused service parts Web page.. A few unused parts are below; we will review and price them in due course. They are not likely to be cheap; compare prices to our used and tested versions if we have them as of course unused parts will cost more than used.

661-1616, Apple power supply, (2) units, for Mac II, IIfx, IIx. one opened *sold??*
661-0345, Apple 800k floppy drive
661-1651, Apple 1.4M floppy drive
661-0528, Apple Mac II logic (CPU) board
661-0532, Apple Mac IIci logic (cpu) board

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Specific Mac systems

Mac Performa 578, yellowed but working OK, in original Apple shipping box. 36 megs RAM, 300Mb IDE hard drive, CD drive, floppy drive. Integrated 14-inch color monitor, 68LC040 at 33MHz. This system uses 72-pin DRAM. With OS 7.5, working floppy and CD drive. Similar in appearance to models such as the LC 550, 575, 576, 578 systems. Here's a top view. Apple shipping box in good condition, with styrofoam inserts, Apple system OS CD and other Apple CD's, and matching serial number lable to system. Shipping weight 45 lbs. Ask about price, but we will not sell for less than $99 plus shipping, as systems "in the box" are unusual. There will be some extra charge for shipping this boxed system inside ANOTHER box, to protect the Apple box. A pickup from central New Jersey is possible.

Other early Mac systems

a "good condition" Compact Mac

The Mac SE system in this section is an EXAMPLE of an SE in "good cosmetic condition", and was sold in April 2006. There are no physical damages to the SE case. There is slight fading from the original "platinum" but it is uniform and not unsightly. The CRT screen has no signifigant screen burn, the image is bright and sharp. No manuals, original box or disks included; but I get these from time to time, check my Mac books and software section.

Here are images of the SE in good condition:

• front of SE.
• back of SE.
• SE from side.

Systems of this vintage are sold with cleaned and lubricated floppy drives, 800K or 1.2Mb as appropriate. The diskette drive reads and writes diskettes and ejects them correctly. Hard drives sold with such systems have no obvious errors, Any software on the hard drive is offered without any warrenty or guarantee whatsoever.

If you need a Plus, SE, SE/30, SE FDHD or other Compact Mac in GOOD condition, please let us know the model and if we have one we will quote accordingly.

mac 128K, 512K systems

Here is a typical Mac 128K, with numeric keypad option. Any unit I sell will be clean and working and in "good" cosmetic condition or better. There would be no physical damage to the case; "Good" means some discoloration, some fading. The 400K drives are relubricated and fully checked out by me. No CRT screen burn, good power supply, includes mouse and short keyboard. There would be no physical damage to the case. Details of condition would be described for each unit. Shipping weight 25 lbs for system unit, keyboard, and mouse; more for any additional items. (Shipping weight and distance determine shipping costs).

Bottom line as of mid-2008: I have no 128K's to sell. The problem is that I can sell 128K parts for more than I can get for a complete system. I sell good parts, tested and working and repaired, at a fair price. It is easier to sell the parts, it takes less time to describe them, I don't need photographs to show condition, I don't have to count scratches, etc. Customers with 128K systems who need GOOD WORKING PARTS will pay good prices for parts. However, many people offer what they call "128K Macs", in varying conditions, at lower prices than my parts. The fact that they may not work 100% or not be complete 128K systems may not be known by the seller, or their buyer. I cannot compete under those circumstances, and I have to answer to my customers for everything I sell.

Mac 512K's are also available from time to time, either in collectable condition (described as above), or with some cosmetic damage - typically some uneven fading, some pale patches where lables were removed. See my notes above about selling 128K systems: chances are I cannot provide a complete 512K system because I sell parts for more than most sell these "systems" for.

Some 512K Macs come with 800K floppy drives and are known as "512KE"; older 512K Macs may not support 800k drives. The 512K cases have the lable "Macintosh 512K" on the back in the upper left corner: the lable in the lower right may have one of the following model numbers: "M0001", "M0001E", "M0001W" (information on these numbers would be appreciated). However some older 512K's (or 128K's) were updated to the 800K drive and/or 512K logic. Please tell me which model you have when ordering parts or asking about systems.We don't guarantee all this model info is correct or complete, we'd appreciate corrections. Check the Web for more info.

Mac Plus system in good condition, very clean, no fading of color, and working fine. The system would be without nicks or dings or pale patches. 800K floppy drive working. Keyboard and mouse will be in similar condition. In short, a Mac system in great shape! Mac Plus systems in good condition are available, ask about price.

Mac Classic system in Apple box. We have a Mac Classic system in a box with matching serial numbers. The box is in good but dusty condition with some markings on it. Here is an image of the box. Here is the Classic inside the box. In addition, here is an image of the Classic system.. The Classic case is lightly but uniformly faded and has no dings or scratches. The CRT is uniformly but lightly burned. Note: this system as discussed here includes only the Classic, the box and its two styrofoam inserts. I may have a replacement CRT, and I have items like keyboards and mice. Price depends on any work to be done to improve or upgrade, plus the operating condition when offered. We will test and discuss price accordingly. Extra fees for double boxing. No offer below $59 plus shipping will be considered; its parts value exceeds that, and the matching box is unique.

Mac accessories, upgrades, add-ons

We have a few Apple system packing boxes, some with most of the original disks and papers included with an SE shipped by Apple. We have boxes for the Plus, SE and others, but no 128K or 512K boxes as of April 2006. The example box below is an SE box, we don't have the matching SE with the same serial number. The box has upper and lower styrofoam inserts, intact. The books and papers, in the original styrofoam box, include the SE manual, superfinder manual, registration papers, Apple decals, and other documents. There are also four System 6 disks in the box, and a "SE tour" disk; a mouse and A/C cable. Also in the packing box is a keyboard box with a keyboard and both styrofoam inserts; and papers associated with the keyboard. Extra shipping fees for double boxing.

Here are images of the SE box and its contents:

• opened top of Apple shipping box.
• One corner from top of box.
• Other corner from top of box.
• Box opened to show interior. Note manuals box, keyboard box.
• books: contents of manuals/disk box.
• software box with System 6 disks, "tour of SE" disk not shown.
• contents of keyboard box. The upper styrofoam insert is not shown.

As of 2008 I have ONE non-Apple brand "compact Mac" carrying bags in each of the following colors: grey, dark blue-green, red-violet colors. $25 plus shipping and packing. Shipping weight 5 lbs but shipping dimensions (18X15X11) may increase shipping costs.

AppleTalk PC card box, M2050. one corner broken open but otherwise in good condition; has "10.00" in marker written on it. This bx would contain an Apple ISA card 630-0113 for Intel/Windows systems to run Appletalk networks. Box contains the following: Two disks in holder, PC LaserWriter Program Disk Application, Disk Startup (5.25" disks, for PC); 680-5008, 680-5018. Limited Warrenty card. Packing List. THERE IS NO MANUAL, the packing list says it would be "AppleTalk PC Card" 030-1256. The card in the box is NOT APPLE as per packing list; it is "Centram Systems West Inc. P/N 10322 Rev D". If you have the manual and/or card consider these items.

MacSnap Plus 2 by Dove Systems in box. Doubles Plus memory by adapters which allow SIMMS to be stacked up in sockets. Contains four special 1MB SIMMS (Dove Computer 630-1257) which also have a SIMM *socket*. Box includes diskette, lable, copywrite/warrenty card (top half only); original reciept ($249.00!) from 1988; RAMSNAP User Manual; MacSnap Plus 2 Manual Supplement (2 duplicate manuals); MacSnap instruction manual (for original MacSnap processor upgrade product). Quite a collection of MacSnap information and history!

Imagewriter I, in original MAC shipping box (the one pictured is in an Apple II type box), including manual and AC cord. Box and printer in excellent condition, no damage. Shipping weight about 30 lbs, will ship with box placed inside shipping box.

Apple CD600e external CD ROM drive in original box, matching serial numbers. Not "mint" but complete. Box and packing is in excellent condition. Outer color wrapper is torn and damaged but intact. Serial number on BOX, not wrapper, matches drive. Drive is working, case in good condition but soiled. Contents: Apple CD600e external CD-ROM drive, intact styrofoam packing, Apple accessory box. Accessory box contains: Apple branded SCSI cable, terminator, A/C cord. Two CD's: CD-ROM Setup and eWorld. Documents: CD-ROM User's Guide, warrenty sheet, software license sheet, software update sheet.

Apple 1200 baud modem and manual Apple modem model A9M0301, serial number in the 76,000 range. "Modem 300/1200 User's Manual" "Part 1: reference". It has 70 pages. It's an Apple II series manual 030-0610-C copyright 1983. Manual is in good condition see this photo, and includes a folded Modem Reference Card command summary and a Limited Warrenty document. Modem is in very good cosmetic condition, see this photo Some yellowing on the front with a white patch where a label was, see this photo. Less yellowing on sides, little on top. One small 1/2" scratch on top rear area. Modem includes DB-9 cable for 128K or 512K Mac, and Apple branded A/C power supply. Modem powers up, can do testing. What is your offer? We'll add shipping.

Apple HD20, HD20 SC, CD SC

We have a few HD20 drives (not SCSI) in Fair to poor condition: FADED cosmetic condition, yellowed, with either working or nonworking drives. Due to their rarity and their age, we price these based on customer's requests, and test them at the time of request. Drives with cases in better condition, and working, will cost more.

Apple HD20 SC

The HD20 SC hard drive is the first Apple external SCSI drive, and it MUST HAVE a SCSI terminator device. Later models of higher capacity (HD40, HD160, etc.) are the same case with a different lable but with a different capacity of SCSI drive inside. Since we get these units used, the previous owner may have replaced the drive. For more technical discussion, see our SCSI Tech Section.

Because of the age of these cases, they are fragile and difficult to open to replace the SCSI drive inside. As of 2008, the HD20 SC cases we have are in fair condition - yellowed and with some scuffs. The drives in them are old and so will be very slow and not reliable, if they work. But we test them for good DC power and running fans. Consequently, we are selling these as "case is fair, drive is not working, power is good". You can buy them to put your own drive in, or pay us to put a drive in. We will not bother to sell cases in worse condition.

Internal SCSI drives for replacement inside the HD20 are on this page. For a more reliable working SCSI external drives check our hard drive Web page.

For reference, here's some photos of an HD20 SC case in "excellent" condition. here's the top and front, and here's the bottom and back. THIS IS NOT LIKELY AVAILABLE CURRENTLY, it's an example. Bits of masking tape are to protect the snaps from closing, as I've kept the cover loose to avoid opening and closing the case again.

HD 20SC M2603 SCSI external drive, tan or platinum, "fair" condition, drive unwarrented. $35 plus shipping.
HD 20SC drives in fair or better cosmetic condition, working drive: ask if available, size of drive and price
I add working drive to HD 20 SC case: cost of drive, cost of case, plus labor ($50 minimum for labor).
Shipping extra on all drives, shipping wt. 15. lbs. on one drive.
You will need a SCSI-1 cable and a SCSI-1 terminator for the SCSI drives, those cables and terminators are available on this page.

Apple CD SC

The AppleCD SC model M2850 is an early Apple external CD-ROM drive. It uses a caddy, not a tray: we will include a caddy with the drive. The case is about the size of an HD20 SCSI drive, about 10 inches square. I have a few of these, tested and working, and in fair/good cosmetic condition (slight fading, no physical damage), as of 2008. Let me know if this is of interest and I will test quote a price. Minimum price $50 plus shipping regardless of condition, due to rarity.

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early Apple Macintosh software

We offer some older system software on our Mac software page. There is also a great deal of original software disks and CD's available on that page, from Apple and other Mac software producers, at very modest prices. The software on this page is old and rare. If no price is listed, MAKE ME AN OFFER. But look at the other prices here first to get a clue as to what would be an acceptable offer. We will determine packing and shipping costs seperately from your offer.

A customer who wanted HD20 and early system software referred me to this site: Apple Macintosh before System 7 by Eric Rasmussen. It's a chronology of early Macs and OS's in the 128K 512K Plus era. Has a link to Apple docs on the subject but offers corrections supposedly based on original disks. If you want more links to Apple's site, and to other Mac Web sites, check my links page.

Macintosh Pascal V1.0 boxed set. One disk (c)1984, 690-5010-A. Three manuals: Pascal technical Appendix, Pascal reference, Pascal User's Guide. In original Apple box 942-0538-A. I believe this is the first high-level language for the 128K Mac. No offers below $???, we aren't in a hurry.

Macintosh Pascal V1.0, disk only $??

MacPaint boxed set, M0536. Manual, 2 400K disks, papers. Seems complete.

Hypercard boxed set, M0556. Probably version 1.?? four 800K disks, User's manual. 1987
--two sets, both open, with User's manual 030-3081-A and these disks:
--Help (690-5181A), Stacks (690-5116A), startup (690-5110A), ideas (690-5182A)

Hypercard boxed set, M0556/A, still sealed, probably similar to above.

Hypercard manual in wrapper with three disks
-- manual is 030-3081-D. Wrapper is 942-1601A, holds three disks only. -- disks are ideas (690-5182-c) help (690-5181-B) stacks (690-5381-a Ver 1.2.5)

Other old Mac diskettes:
Hard Disk 20 startup diskette
MacWorks XL system disk, probably overwritten,
LisaList diskette, probably overwritten
MacTerminal diskette

Microsoft brand Macintosh software

Multiplan, boxed set from 1984. Green box, with manual, product line list, other papers. No disks.

Multiplan, early version, diskette only, #

BASIC, boxed set from 1984. Green box, with manual, product line list, envelope with BASIC disk. Box says "new version".

QuickBasic for Mac, year 1988, # manual, 2 disks
Basic Interpreter, manual dated 1984, and 2 disks, 1986+ #
Basic Interpreter manual, 1984, document # 81085-200-01. fair to good condition, cover bent.

Chart, boxed set from 1984, still sealed!. Green box, contents not known. Lable says Version 1.0

Word, 1987, # Utilties and Program disks, 034-096-086 and 034-096-085.
Word, 1985, # Program disks, 034-096-059

Excel 1.0, Users's Guide only in binder
Excel "Data Access Functions" disk, 1990,
Excel, 2 disks, very early.
---Program disk 1, data disk 2, 065-096-005 and 065-096-004
Excel, Ver 1.04, 1 disk,
Excel, Ver 1.5, program disk,
Excel 2.2, three disks

You may wish to check my Mac books and software section for other original Apple and Microsoft / Mac books and disks.

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References

General references from all my Mac customers are at this link.

T.S. bought a 512K Mac without the motherboard and power supply. He says: "I got the package about a week ago but only now finally got around to testing. I've got my flashing questionmark icon, so thanks for getting me on my way! Now to get that system disk[ette].."

S. L. of SC bought an SE system and said: "Thanks again for your help. I got the SE today. Unpacked it, booted it up, nice system! Now all I need to do is find where I can find 800K floppies and a scsi/ethernet adaptor. I really appreciate your help and service, and am very happy with the SE."

C. A. of AZ ordered a SE FDHD in good condition. He wrote: "Herb, the SE arrived yesterday having survived the trip in good form. Looks great and started up just fine. Fun to see that screen after so many years. Thanks for your work. Pleasure doing business with you Herb."

E. W. of CANADA said: "Just a quick note to let you know I picked up your shipment today. Everything seems to be working fine: 400K external drive, 128K Mac numeric keypad and cable, [other items]. I'll likely be sending in another order for more stuff in the new year. Thanx.."

R.S. of AL said: "The used Apple Imagewiter I printer that I ordered from you came today. It works fine and I just wanted to let you know I am a happy customer."

L. M. of OK said: I got the Mac [128K you repaired for me] yesterday afternoon, the 12th. I hooked it up this morning and it all works just fine. I guess the only mistake I made in the whole process was paying some local yokel $80 to tell me it couldn't be fixed. But as the old Pennsylvania Dutch saying states, " We gedt too soon oldt und too late schmardt." Any way, thanks for a good job."

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