TAM in the UK

[Damian Ward]

The first TAM, I've seen on eBay UK for a while. It look in really nice condition as well.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Twentieth-Anniversary-Macintosh-Computer-vint...

[Lars (WhyOSX)]

Although this is the ugliest Mac of all time I would like to have one.
It is nice to list the shipping costs to Germany. But that already adds up to ~200 Euros.
Why is it a 250MHz, I thought they all have a 400MHz acceleration card at least?

[Damian Ward]

It's going to end up costing someone lots of money, I'm sure it will be popular auction . As far as I remember they shipped with a 250 MHz cpu. This was one off the things people complained about.

[Lars (WhyOSX)]

I will follow this with interest, but only to get the result.
Maybe one appears on the eBay.de for an acceptable, payable price.
But I have to save a little money until then.
And there are a few other things in life I have to spend my income on.

[Lars (WhyOSX)]

They are 5500's, can not be hidden; only by a G3 (L2 cache slot for other interested members) upgrade.
And this may bring heating problems (I have never seen a TAM other than photographed); they look relatively flat.
A passively cooled Sonnet card should be equipped with an additional fan; they tend to quite high temperatures. Useful informations can be found here:
http://www.zone6400.com/
A nice guy is administrating that site which is worth recommendation.

[Lars (WhyOSX)]

The eBay.co.uk says someting different about the transport...

[MJJ]

Ugly? have you ever seen a PowerMac 4400, now that's fugly!

See a TAM in the flesh and you will want to marry it!

Yep, 250MHz was the standard, mine runs a 500 G3 :)

[Lars (WhyOSX)]

As I own a 4400/300MHz G3/TV/160MB of RAM, I don't share your opinion or taste.
The TAMs are overpriced because they are rare.
But I will follow you saying, that many models of that era would not win design competitions,
as the 7 series and if you insist, the 4400.
I just visited your page, found the system specs of your machine, so congrats for having it running 500!
http://retromaccast.ning.com/photo/powerpc-4400-4

[MJJ]

LOL! I picked a good machine to dis there!! Should have checked your profile first :)

Wish I had a 7 Series whatever the design! just a lowly Ford Puma for me then.

[Lars (WhyOSX)]

Come on over here, I will give you a bundle of two 7600s (7600/120-200MHz and /200/400MHz) and a G3; the one in the same desktop case for a working Color Classic system.
Enjoy your Macs!

[MJJ]

The wife would kill me if i brought any more Macs into the house! Thanks for the offer.
She's very patient but I know my limit! LOL!!

The iCar is great, Lime green one for me...

[Damian Ward]

LOL! How many do you have in the house? Have you thought about using the gararge or the garden shed?

[MJJ]

Well in the study is the TAM, Pismo, PowerBook 12 and Cube in use. On display is a Mac 512, Flower iMac, Colour Classic and Classic and well as the many books, logo items and the boxed Apple Store Tshirts. In the lounge attached to the TV is the Mac Mini, in the dining room is the G4 iMac (our main machine) as well as the MacBook.
The garage has a grey 600 iMac and PowerBook Duo and monitor set up plus loads of other stored stuff and the loft has the rest! I would be pushing my luck to bring in many more....