The latest Pismo has arrived and as suspected had the dead PRAM battery issue - swapped in the working battery from the broken screen one and booted fine into OS 9, still with all the personal files of the previous user 8-o ... when are people going to learn about personal security?

Now running great as a G3 500, 1GB RAM and 32GB SSD, 10.4.11 installed (cloned from original Pismo). 2 reasonable batteries plus DVD expansion bay module.

So, now have one for home (G4) and plan to keep the G3 at work for down time, plus one with broken screen for spare parts.

Don't think I need to buy any more for a while ...

Cheers

Hugh