Opening the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (TAM)
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Uploaded by thecosmichobo on Jan 11, 2010
About a year and a half ago I finally found the courage to not only open my TAM, but to even record myself doing it.
Here is the highlights of that adventure.
If you are a TAM owner in need of instructions to do this procedure, please send me an email and I'll share the diagrams/etc that I used to help me figure it all out.
For the record - no, there was never an "Apple Service Source" pull-apart manual produced for this computer.
Enjoy.
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New Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh C2Dby FCGAP114,648 views- 1:10
20th Anniversary Macintosh Commercialby VectronicsAppleWorld53,105 views
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Booting the 20th Anniversary Macintosh (TAM)by iAlfred3446,358 views
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SSD booting on TAMby FCGAP15,615 views
- 0:36
Apple Startup Sounds and Death Soundsby dosman434318,574 views
- 0:26
'Hockey Puck' mouse: What a disasterby jojeda18,328 views
- 1:58
The Pippin: Apples Failed Video Game Computerby natlinxz92,534 views
- 8:46
Bootup of the 20th Anniversary macintosh and a few games as requestedby OTAlucard944 views
- 3:58
Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh x 2 demo for ebayby stephentcole2,763 views
- 3:27
Jonathan Ive Interview - Twentieth Anniversary Macintoshby Tommytuffnuttz28,955 views
- 3:00
My Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh Startupby hydraeus6,107 views
- 1:56
7200rpm HDD booting on TAMby FCGAP13,501 views
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Macintosh Portable (1989)by ckmogo67,182 views
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Classic Apple Ads / Commercialby iAppleAustria564 views
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Vintage Mac Collectorby rabid30,267 views
- 2:14
The Apple Museum - 30 years in 2 minutesby Frensleven501,518 views
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20th Anniversary Mac with touch-panelby tkysstd17,178 views
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My 20th Anniversary Macintoshby OTAlucard25,868 views
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audiotechnica AT9470 sound testby FCGAP11,221 views
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Apple Startup sounds and Death Sounds 2by dosman434201,588 views
I must say that was cool. I never heard of a TAM till today and figured hey what do they have inside of them. lol
NOLIMIT69NOLIMIT2000 7 months ago
@NOLIMIT69NOLIMIT2000 The TAM was Apple's limited edition birthday present back in 1996. Only 12,000 were made, only sold in a handful of countries, and as they were so limited, all repairs were done in a couple of specially trained repair centres worldwide.
thecosmichobo 7 months ago
@thecosmichobo Yea I read a bunch of info about them and visited the TAM site. That's how I came across your video. I grew up with Apple and I love them all the way up till the I crap they have now. I run PC now but I still love the old Apple stuff. What OS will this run. I am assuming 8?
NOLIMIT69NOLIMIT2000 7 months ago
@NOLIMIT69NOLIMIT2000 It came with a special TAM only version of 7.6.1, but mine also came with a free upgrade to OS 8 (not sure if they all did, or just due to the time I made my purchase). It could go up to OS 9.2, but only with a bit of trickery.
thecosmichobo 7 months ago
look at that crazy mess of ribbon ide/ata cable, I almost forgot about how messy old computers were...
BigTechWorldx2 8 months ago
@BigTechWorldx2 It was like unearthing a mummy! So much cable. Quite daunting too, as although I've played around in a number of Macs, they've never been as compact as the TAM. I imagine the new iMacs are pretty crazy inside, too.
thecosmichobo 8 months ago