I picked up a few powermac 7200/120 today and was wondering if they were worth anything besides scrap. We need a apple/mac buyer on the forum lol.
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I picked up a few powermac 7200/120 today and was wondering if they were worth anything besides scrap. We need a apple/mac buyer on the forum lol.
Even to the Apple / Mac users and collectors, myself included, the 7200 is not really sought after. If there is a processor upgrade inside, such as a Sonnet, you should pull those for resale.
Here's a link for the specs on the 7200/120, as well as all other Macs:
Power Macintosh 7200/120 (PC) Specs @ EveryMac.com
Good luck...
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by DiamondN
i like the older macs personally, our first was a mac se, early 90's had one of those 7200's, finally in the late 90's we got g4's and icraps
Three years late, but collectors of old Macs are on the forums at 68kmla dot org. They're kind of cheap as a class, but someone will probably pay better than scrap. Keep in mind, that many/most of the older more interesting boards need capacitor replacements and other repairs and you're probably selling them untested.
Most especially, any of the Power Mac 9150 machines and boards are sought after. Also, any equipment from Outbound (old Mac clones). They used a blue wallaby/kangaroo emblem.
We regularly have discussions in which we wish we could hook into the scrap community to intercept and prevent old boards/systems from being scrapped.
Three years late for this thread??? Great tips and useful links are always important. Thank you, 73, MikeQuote:
Originally Posted by trag
Trag,Quote:
Originally Posted by trag
Thanks for the information. Not to be negative, but it just hasn't made sense to deal with collectors on forums. They are generally extremely specific (picky) about what they want, need it to be thoroughly tested and guaranteed, want documentation/photos/history/etc. Once you jump through all those hoops, they then want to pay pennies on the dollar compared to what you can get on eBay. Maybe my 5-10 communications with collectors are the exception and not the norm, but it just doesn't seem worth my time to bother. I've read many forums where they say the same thing "how to intercept and prevent old boards/systems from being scrapped", but in reality they only want a very small percentage or very specific items. E-scrappers just dont have the time and resources to be the curator of a waste repository that collectors can pick through. I don't know how to solve the problem, but as long as I can sell motherboards to my buyer, i'll make a small effort to pull good ones, but overall i'm cashing in. If your forum wants to provide me a grant to do otherwise, i'm all ears!
Anymore if it looks clean and unusual for example I haven't seen it before I set it to the side.........Otherwise scrap it goes......Hopefully the full time Ewaste guys are able to recognize newer parts
looks like you found a starting point.Quote:
Originally Posted by trag
I understand the general issue there. It's not worth getting $10 more for something if you put $20 more effort into it. So, here's the question, is there some circumstances in which it would make sense/work to pull some machines and/or boards out of your stream for sale to collectors? Would it need to be a bulk kind of deal? Can distinctions be made between models, or does it need to be everything that says Apple on it? How fine can the sorting be?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ecycle Atlanta
Collectors, including me, don't know the details of how your business works. Perhaps we can get some scrappers and collectors together and figure out what works for both sides...
If you're selling some stuff on Ebay, you must be willing to put some time into sorting specific items out of your stream... But I agree, and we have told visitors to our Mac forums many times, that they will probably get a better price on Ebay.
Not all collectors are so finicky. Or, not everyone into old Macs is. The folks at 68kmla.org are varied, but there are folks who want some old Macs (for whatever reason) and are willing to put in some effort to fix and maintain them. However, you're right, that also means they're cheaper, because they're the "do it on a shoestring" folks. I'm sure folks here can relate. But you will find folks who will take/buy boards with little more than a photo showing that the board hasn't had a battery explode on it.
Any card that is a NuBus card is probably worth setting aside. These are very old though, and probably not coming through in any number. NuBus cards have this kind of connector at the bottom, instead of shaped, bare circuit board, like modern cards.http://media.digikey.com/photos/Tyco...20650947-5.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by mikeinreco
So you seem like a good communicator to a larger group of collectors of more than scrap. Sorts can be done in basically infinite ways, depending on the sorters knowledge. You are after certain items of certain manufactures and/or years/types. If you were to put together a buy list of what was valuable to you/your associates, we could then sort to your criteria and determine if it is worth our time to create a mutually beneficial relationship with you.
I have various old apples/macs, osbornes, etc that I would hate to send to scrap. However, our buyers pay us what the say they will pay us, in a timely manner, without hesitation. I'm shipping from Alaska which is mostly a huge handicap, but pm me if you want a look at what I set aside.
We can't sort out your items until we know what you need/want. In addition, we won't put effort into business that doesn't increase our bottom line. We are here to make money, not hand off our wares at less than market price. Educate us on what you are after, pay appropriately, everyone wins.
J