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I traded capacitor replacement on an iMac G5 power supply for an 8500/120 with a Newertech MaxPower 250 MHz G3 processor upgrade (but shows up as 279 MHz in ASP?), 192 MB RAM and 2 GB SCSI drive.
mcdermd, I think you win the prize for the most active 68K Mac liberator on the forums! 
Newertech G3 cards can be easily overclocked (see DIP switch settings for the card), so yours has a mild overclock which should be OK.
Newertech G3 cards can be easily overclocked (see DIP switch settings for the card), so yours has a mild overclock which should be OK.
Well, not all of it is 68k ...
After installing the MaxPowr extension, ASP is showing the rated 250 MHz now.
After installing the MaxPowr extension, ASP is showing the rated 250 MHz now.
Well worn but intact, this box arrived today:
Why would you want a box? 
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It's fast approaching peak craigslist season here in the triangle, lots of "wealthy" college/uni kids heading off into the world and selling off all kinds of cool stuff . . .
. . . gotta stay off craigslist this year though, can't afford the disappointment over sticking to the toy budget.
) It's fast approaching peak craigslist season here in the triangle, lots of "wealthy" college/uni kids heading off into the world and selling off all kinds of cool stuff . . .
. . . gotta stay off craigslist this year though, can't afford the disappointment over sticking to the toy budget.
... but what was inside the beater box matches it's cousins so well.
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I picked up an original, 700 MHz, 15" iMac G4 yesterday for $25, sans hard drive. I dug out a one of the slim, 5200 RPM 40 GB Apple-branded drives and slotted it back in with an Airport card. It looks pretty good setup with the white Pro speakers, keyboard and mouse.
How well does that Portable churn? Is it the backlit one or the non-backlit?
Soo retro...say some chaps are arguing about the merits of laptops idly, and you pull up with that thing on. "This may not have a Core i7 or 8GB of RAM, but it has a trackball, a bulky lead-acid battery, no backlight for the LCD and is four times heavier than a modern laptop."
Soo retro...say some chaps are arguing about the merits of laptops idly, and you pull up with that thing on. "This may not have a Core i7 or 8GB of RAM, but it has a trackball, a bulky lead-acid battery, no backlight for the LCD and is four times heavier than a modern laptop."
Non-backlit and it works fine. It's been recapped and has a rebuilt battery (I have a dead original battery too). I haven't tested it personally but they're supposed to be able to run ten hours on a charge. Even though the screen isn't backlit, it's really sharp. Nice to look at.
I actually lugged it a few blocks in downtown Portland, OR a couple of months ago. I got a couple of funny looks.
I actually lugged it a few blocks in downtown Portland, OR a couple of months ago. I got a couple of funny looks.
Non-Mac conquest at a garage sale for $2.
HP Pavilion ze4420ca 2ghz Celeron/768 RAM DDR/80GB/DVD-CDRW Combo with PSU.
I bought it for parts, but it works fine and has a XP Serial on the bottom.
HP Pavilion ze4420ca 2ghz Celeron/768 RAM DDR/80GB/DVD-CDRW Combo with PSU.
I bought it for parts, but it works fine and has a XP Serial on the bottom.
Resolder the DC jack on that ZE. they are BAD for that.
I found a 2.4GHz MacBook Pro in the trash today. Someone really didn't want to take any time to properly remove the hard drive or they had some serious anger issues:
Unfortunately, one screwdriver hit went into the logic board and knocked off a chip and a few resistors, gouging into the board in the process. I guess it has some spare parts for my working MBP, though (wish I had found this junk 'Book before I had to buy stuff to get the working one working!).
to be honest, that macbook probably suffered the GPU fate and someone destroyed and said hell with it.
So they still have GPU issues they didn't learn from the G3 iBook on up?
Is it solder issues?
Before I looked at my Mac mini I looked at Pre-Santa Rosa MBPs and Santa Rosa MBs.
Is it solder issues?
Before I looked at my Mac mini I looked at Pre-Santa Rosa MBPs and Santa Rosa MBs.
Well, this junk board is a remanufactured unit and there is a sticker that says "new vram" so I think it may be one of the "fixed" boards. But yes, they had Nvidia GPU and BGA issues. My current 'Book had that problem and was fixed by techknight recently.
I made the rounds today and picked up a Blueberry 17" CRT ($5), Powermac G4 MDD install disc set (with the elusive 9.2.2 disc) ($ 8) , Radeon 9000 Pro for Powermac G4 MDD ($11), an iMate ADB/USB adapter ($3), MacAlly ADB trackball ($3), and a 600MHz Snow iMac G3 ($10).
Very nice haul all around, especially all for $40! I love Snow. One of these days I'll grab slot loaders in Tangerine, Lime, Sage, and Ruby. I'd like a Flower Power and Blue Dalmatian too...and...well...every other color ever made... The first three are the ones that interest me the most though. Of course then there's the question of what to do with them, since I've already got two G3 iMacs in my office (600 Snow and 333 Blueberry) and another two in the basement (400 Indigo and 400 Grape-bad HD and optical. HD worked when I saved the Grape at the dump.)
I love how the Blueberry 17 inchers look with the B&W G3s. Everything else is quite useful too, especially if you have or are planning to get a MDD G4.
I love how the Blueberry 17 inchers look with the B&W G3s. Everything else is quite useful too, especially if you have or are planning to get a MDD G4.
My friend gave me a dual 1GHz MDD that was stripped with a bad processor card a while back. I got another dual 1GHz processor card for it last week and was psyched to find the video card and discs it shipped with today.
I used to have a Ruby and a Sage iMac. In fact, I've had two different Sages at one point or another. I wish I'd saved them because they may tie with Indigo for my favorite iMac color.
I used to have a Ruby and a Sage iMac. In fact, I've had two different Sages at one point or another. I wish I'd saved them because they may tie with Indigo for my favorite iMac color.
$5 haul today. Came with:
- Powerbook 190cs 36MB/500MB and PowerSupply
- N64 with 2 controllers and Zelda Majora's Mask
- SNES with 1 Controller, no games
- Oracle SQL Book (for work)
Can't beat the price!
- Powerbook 190cs 36MB/500MB and PowerSupply
- N64 with 2 controllers and Zelda Majora's Mask
- SNES with 1 Controller, no games
- Oracle SQL Book (for work)
Can't beat the price!
that macbook reminds me of ICE-T powerbook fix...
Picked up two Rev D iMac G3s tonight. They were listed for free on Craigslist. The Strawberry one seems to be all good to go. The Blueberry one is missing the speaker cover, bottom logic board cover and IO cover plus it has a bad flyback. Other than that, it seems to work fine.
Now to find a Strawberry keyboard and mouse for cheap ...
Now to find a Strawberry keyboard and mouse for cheap ...
Hi,
I've been looking around locally for a Strawberry iMac G3, without any luck. Seems you were lucky (as this thread attests to). I'll get one someday! (I have the other four colors so far).
Do you ever come across any broken/for parts 700/800 MHz eMacs? I have one that's kind of torn up, and I thought a "new" case would be nice as I'm trying to fix it up (it has had some power supply issues as well, although those seem to have resolved themselves for now, after "baking" it in a 100+ degree outbuilding).
Good luck on your many conquests!
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I've been looking around locally for a Strawberry iMac G3, without any luck. Seems you were lucky (as this thread attests to). I'll get one someday! (I have the other four colors so far).
Do you ever come across any broken/for parts 700/800 MHz eMacs? I have one that's kind of torn up, and I thought a "new" case would be nice as I'm trying to fix it up (it has had some power supply issues as well, although those seem to have resolved themselves for now, after "baking" it in a 100+ degree outbuilding).
Good luck on your many conquests!
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Found an Airport Extreme UFO base station for $3.75 at Goodwill Computer store!
Picked up a couple things this weekend to finish some projects -
Found a pair of DB9 LocalTalk adapters to play with networking on the 512k
An HDI 30 SCSI cable for my PowerBooks
A 33MHz 386 white box with DOS/Windows 3 that I've been able to use to finally write CP/M floppies for my Kaypro II
Total expenditure: $4. The 386 was $1.50 but they knocked 50 cents for me.
Found a pair of DB9 LocalTalk adapters to play with networking on the 512k
An HDI 30 SCSI cable for my PowerBooks
A 33MHz 386 white box with DOS/Windows 3 that I've been able to use to finally write CP/M floppies for my Kaypro II
Total expenditure: $4. The 386 was $1.50 but they knocked 50 cents for me.
The only practical use I can think of for a bouquet of iMacs would be to gut them, install disco balls and lights inside each of them and mount 'em on a wall . . .
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Grabbed another Craigslist find - Power Macintosh 7100/66 with HPV PDS card, 15" MultiScan Monitor, Extended Keyboard II and mouse for $5.
Is the display an Apple model? For some reason I had the 7100 confused with an evil model (7200?), but looking it up it seems like quite a standup Nubus Mac.
Nice find really, however I've never liked the 7100's case plus all the ones I've owned seemed to have rust going on. What's this one like?
P.S. here's what you could do with all your iMacs
