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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Parak on Mon, 22 November 2010, 01:39:55

Title: The MacColby
Post by: Parak on Mon, 22 November 2010, 01:39:55

Quite an obscure and not so little piece of mac memorabilia. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250729602893) The few of these that were made were basically early macs custom stuffed into IBM cases.

Title: The MacColby
Post by: Sam on Mon, 22 November 2010, 01:46:41

Do you mean real IBM cases or some IBM compatible cases?  I've never seen a real IBM with that kind of a case.  Years ago I had dealings with Apple at multiple different levels.  At one point it was necessary for John Sculley, who was at Apple at that time, to use a PC system.  They asked repeatedly if it was possible to port the application to a Mac, but there was simply no way to do it, economically or time-wise.  So the solution to avoid hurting Apple's pride was that I was given an Apple badge to place over the IBM badge for as long as the equipment was being used by Apple.

Title: The MacColby
Post by: Parak on Mon, 22 November 2010, 01:52:40

Sorry, IBM compatible. No idea on the exact one used.

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So the solution to avoid hurting Apple's pride was that I was given an Apple badge to place over the IBM badge for as long as the equipment was being used by Apple.

Yep, sounds like Apple!

Title: The MacColby
Post by: lowpoly on Mon, 22 November 2010, 06:18:52

This looks bigger than the original Macintosh. Which had a similar carrying case.

Title: The MacColby
Post by: Parak on Mon, 29 November 2010, 13:42:35

Sold for $5,400. :o