Until it catches fire...one thing that i'm going to be incredibly paranoid about when i get my MacBook (no, i'm not dissing MacBooks...i'm going to OWN one in a month or so!)

Yes, it's surprising how many 'books (and windows laptops) have been afflicted with this same problem. I can't believe that, with such a long history of failures, laptop manufactur…

Who tosses a dually? A bonehead who doesn't know what he's got. :-/ Glad that you were able to salvage both the G3 and the dually G4.

Yes, it's surprising how many 'books (and windows laptops) have been afflicted with this same problem. I can't believe that, with such a long history of failures, laptop manufactur…

Who tosses a dualie?! Click to expand... I'm shocked too. It is really quick with Panther. I just got the G3 450 up and running. I am running OS 9 on that one. I threw in 2…

Who tosses a dualie?! Click to expand... They could toss one my way - I wouldn't complain!

Nicely done! The power connector fault is one I've seen countless times though it often means there's more free/cheap "broken" machines for those who know how to fix them! I'm sti…

I'm told by the person I got it from that she got all three machines from a friend who is a Mac tech who was just going to throw them out. Click to expand... Who tosses a duali…

So a friend of a friend hears that I'm wacky for macs, and gives me a dead clamshell ibook that he had gotten from still someone else long ago, thinking he'd get around to fixing i…

wow I wish there were free g3 powerbooks around here! congrats on the awesome conquest! Click to expand... Don't worry. Your not the only one :'( . Though I would run across …

The new logic for the Lombard and the RAM for both machines arrived today. I've got a good deal pending on a pair of 80GB Seagates, and a slot-loading Combo drive for the Lombard …

Nice work

The 450 DP is up and I am posting this using it. I found two 256mb dimms in the G3s and added two 128mb sticks for 768 total. I put in a 10gb 7200pm Deskstar drive in it that had…

I find that too plus you get more than a request, you get their life story and how much they need your box of random PC parts or empty/scratched AT case. Anyone have a similar expe…

The G4 is a 450 dual processor. Click to expand... *goes off and cries in a corner* Wow, two days before Leopard's release and you get a Mac that can run it, probably prett…

I picked them up today. They all work. The G3s are 400 and 450. The G4 is a 450 dual processor. The G3s have ram and hard drives. This should keep me busy for a while. They a…

Around here when a computer is posted for free the poser gets swarmed with 20 emails in 5 minutes.... your lucky to get the g3s/g4! Hope they all work out for you.... Click to e…

POWER SUPPLY says the former Commodore salesperson/support person. Assuming everything is otherwise hooked up correctly.

Around here when a computer is posted for free the poser gets swarmed with 20 emails in 5 minutes.... your lucky to get the g3s/g4! Hope they all work out for you.... Click to e…

There's not much in a VIC-20, so there's not much that can go seriously wrong. Check the usual easy stuff first -- do a careful visual inspection of the logic board. The 6502 a…

Around here when a computer is posted for free the poser gets swarmed with 20 emails in 5 minutes.... your lucky to get the g3s/g4! Hope they all work out for you....

Now, we don't hate... We envy with all our power

Augh! HATE!

I just got word that I can pickup two G3 BW towers and a G4 tower tomorrow from a local Freecycle post. I'm told the two G3s may run and the G4 at least needs a new hard drive. T…