I sense a Muppet Labs project taking form. Run Beaker, RUN! :lol:

Remove the back housing, keep your eye the analog board in a dimly lit room, and flip the power switch. For truly, if you hear a "static" kind of sound, then you will likely see a…

This would have been so much cooler if he'd microwaved the plastics and rebuilt a working Mac into them. Hey now ...

It's a system with a true LISP coprocessor on NuBus cards. Incidentally, it can use a NuVista video card which is what the Avid system uses. http://fare.tunes.org/LispM.html

Did you read the questions and answers at the bottom? LOL

Here you go, take a look at the Wikipedia page. Toward the top is a photo of the rear of an "original" Macintosh 128K, showing just the word "Macintosh" on the case badge. In the…

The batteries arrived today and I put one in the PM 7500 that I am using right now. Seems OK so far. Rebooted several times already without losing the time and date.

A few of the online retailers here list 4 and 8gb SATA SSDs, not cheap (certainly not for the amount of space) but not completely out of reach either. I would like to try this but …

The original Macs were called just "Macintosh" since there were no other models to confuse it with. The 128K name came along after the 512K came out, and the badges were changed to…

Also, if you have the original install discs that came with the iMac, you can run the Apple Hardware Test. You will need to restart the iMac and hold down the Option key whilst re…

I've researched a little bit, and I think its the logic board. The machine, while I tried to update the system software (it's at version 10.4.6), it would not stay on long enough t…

Okay, well I got to work on it today.. somewhat. It's a first generation iMac G5.. i think the specs were 1.6 GHz/ 256 MB RAM/ 80 GB, 17" screen. I reset the SMU, PRAM, NVRAM, and …

Still have a 2003 PM G5 1.8 Uni which was little or no faster than the PM G4 1.42DP I wanted to replace it with. I added a Radeon X800XT and it is in daily use running 10.5x. Never…

thanks. Since it only says "Macintosh" on the back, it is one of the original 128k Mac's. Because you said it is reporting 512k of RAM, someone has upgraded it from 128k…

Since it only says "Macintosh" on the back, it is one of the original 128k Mac's. Because you said it is reporting 512k of RAM, someone has upgraded it from 128k to 512k, or replac…

the model name at back is just "Macintosh". what do you mean "If it was originally a 128k, it has been upgraded." ?

What is the model name on the back of the case? Macintosh, Macintosh 128k, Macintosh 512k? If it was originally a 128k, it has been upgraded.

With the upgraded case, CPU, HD, RAM, video card, airport, monitor and HK Soundsticks, it's not that outlandish a price. The CPU upgrade alone is a couple hundred bucks. The repl…

Welcome to the club....

That all depends. There are many kinds of square batteries for cameras. I'm sure some are 4.5 volts.

Fastmac offers this upgrade for slot-loading models (for $200 ). They have their CPU soldered to the Mobo. http://store.fastmac.com/product_info.php?products_id=46 I think Sonnet …

This is the Wallstreet/PDQ battery if anyone is interested. These computers contain 6 3v Panasonic VL2330 as seen in the below quick 'n dirty 3D model.http://img244.imagesha…

What about the square batteries that you sometimes find in old cameras? Are they the same 4.5 volt batteries Bunsen mentioned or are they different?

Its been re-listed with a price adjustment!!!

The iMac G5... What size is the display, does it have a built in camera above the display? Bear in mind that a hosed software update OR certain versions of Mac OS may play havoc …