Not Sure Where Else to Post These Questions

[houseisland]

I am, shall we say, Mac-Challenged. I was just given a Mac LC 580. Is it useful for anything other than a natty-looking doorstop?

I am suspicious of anything using 30 Pin SIMMs.

Where would I find a NIC for such a beast?

[geeksRus]

here is a good place to start:

<a href="http://www.macaddict.com/magazine/oldmac/97_08.html" target="_blank">Mac Upgrade</a>

[EvilCabbage]

Prepare to pay LOTS for parts, servicing and anything else you might need.

I was once quoted $180 for a replacement keyboard, and $80 for a replacement mouse.

I would turn it into a fishtank myself...

[Gollo]

When in doubt of where to post <a href="http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum3/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=17" target="_blank">tech-to-tech</a> is the place

[Mr. Pickles]

Unfortunately, the LC series of Macintosh isn't the kind that you can turn into a fish tank.

That would be the SE series or the Mac Classic. something along those lines.

[houseisland]

How disappointing! I can't even make a fish tank out of it.

Check out this:

<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2021846468" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2021846468</a>

And I thought I was getting something with this beast of mine, which doesn't even have a CDROM as it turns out.

[Renée]

Ship it to me. I'm sure my husband could network it in with his other Macs and make use of it. Then again, I think we have Zip disks bigger than that HDD. Eh, nevermind...

[Wayward Clam]

I have a couple of people who were going to not only make Macquariums, but were going to in fact NETWORK two of them by putting a plastic tube full of water between them...