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A pair of LC's......
Normally I hate when people say what I'm about to say, but...
... isn't it interesting how these 15-year old Macs, which were pretty much bottom-of-the-line even when they were current models, last forever and almost never break? I mean, really, I've had at least 20 LC-series machines come through my house over the years, and aside from a few dead PRAM batteries and one dead hard drive, I've never had a single problem with any of them.
Even old Color Classics and AIO LCs seem to last much longer than, say, iMac G3s.
Thoughts?
M
... isn't it interesting how these 15-year old Macs, which were pretty much bottom-of-the-line even when they were current models, last forever and almost never break? I mean, really, I've had at least 20 LC-series machines come through my house over the years, and aside from a few dead PRAM batteries and one dead hard drive, I've never had a single problem with any of them.
Even old Color Classics and AIO LCs seem to last much longer than, say, iMac G3s.
Thoughts?
M
Going forward from now, capacitor plague will start claiming most of the old LCs. Almost every LC board I see (pizza box or AIO) has at least started to leak capacitor fluid.
I also deal in a lot of iMac G3s. Most common problem seems to be the hard drive. I have one here where some kids literally bored out the two USB ports so now you can't plug in anything USB; the motherboard is basically ruined, unless I can somehow fashion on new USB ports.
I miss my old LC475. I really liked the form factor.
The old LC475 (I upped the CPU in mine to a full '040 and maxed the RAM, then in a fit of stupidity - sold it), was an awesome machine. I used it as my primary machine for close to a year. This was about 4 or 5 years ago, so even in this modern age it was useful. Heck I was darn productive on the little guy. He sure kept surprising me with what he could run, what I could hook up to him, and that he liked working with my home network.
That being said, I really want a 660AV or almost any machine that has the same form factor. I really, really like that form factor. Without sounding all hippy-ish; it speaks to me, man.
The old LC475 (I upped the CPU in mine to a full '040 and maxed the RAM, then in a fit of stupidity - sold it), was an awesome machine. I used it as my primary machine for close to a year. This was about 4 or 5 years ago, so even in this modern age it was useful. Heck I was darn productive on the little guy. He sure kept surprising me with what he could run, what I could hook up to him, and that he liked working with my home network.
That being said, I really want a 660AV or almost any machine that has the same form factor. I really, really like that form factor. Without sounding all hippy-ish; it speaks to me, man.
Try checking, Mouser, Allied Electronics, Jameco, Digikey, SparkFun, or BG Micro. You may have to spend some time looking through their catalog but they should have the parts in stock.
Also try eBay. I have found there is often a good selection of electronic components there.