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G4/450 — #1

I happened to browse the local classifieds but rarely do since nothing cheap is ever there, and came across someone selling G4/450 towers for $20 a pop. No ram or HD, but I've got …
68kMLA PowerPC by netfreak Sun, 17 Jan 2010 - 23:47

iMac G4! — #1

15", 700mhz, so the earliest one. $85 shipped. The listing says "parts or repair" but that they wiped the hard drive, it boots to a :?: , and worked fine before they wiped it. I …
68kMLA PowerPC by sambapati87 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 - 18:17

Digging out more 'books. — #1

Alright, in my cleaning effort, (nearly) all of my PowerBooks have been dug out. I have found the following: Macintosh Portable, Backlit: Dead. Documented in my sale thread. (A…
68kMLA PowerPC by Anonymous Freak Sat, 9 Jan 2010 - 22:03

Conquests belated and pending — #1

Christmas came sort of early for me this year, well last year now. I gots my hands on a 17 inch iMac (G4/800), a snow iBook (G3/800), and a Bondi iMac (G3/233). The Bondi's drive…
68kMLA PowerPC by AusNick Tue, 5 Jan 2010 - 08:00

Tray loading Imac ram in I-book? — #1

Well would Ram from a tray loading I-mac Work in an Clam shell I book? I just mine and it only has stock ram, (the built in) Also This is a 366Mh Ibook with Fire wire so yea, Als…
68kMLA PowerPC by Mycatisbigfoot Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 23:17

Apple //c disk drive I/O error (orig ROM) — #1

I have an Apple //c with orig ROM. I have done the bootstrap via serial cable to my G4 laptop by way of USB - serial connector, and successfully pushed over .DSK images. After amki…
68kMLA PowerPC by ortencia Mon, 14 Dec 2009 - 16:57

SSD question — #1

I was looking this weekend at SSD laptop drives (for a G4 PB with an ATA-100 bus), and after gulping at the prices for even smallish drives, two thoughts struck me: 1. What do you…
68kMLA PowerPC by beachycove Mon, 14 Dec 2009 - 01:43

Old School & New World. — #1

For so long... SO long have I wanted a Power Mac G3 MiniTower. Only this one came with a New World companion, and a few extras to boot. Power Macintosh G3 MiniTower 266mhz PowerP…
68kMLA PowerPC by iMac600 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 - 07:49

Anyone talk Server? NetBoot for that matter, — #1

I am running Tiger OS Server on a 400Mh power mac g4 to give out open directory as well as the other things need for it, I would like to get netboot going, so I can have all of my…
68kMLA PowerPC by Mycatisbigfoot Tue, 8 Dec 2009 - 03:00

Scored a Perfect iMac G4 800MHZ — #1

Last night from Craigslist, the LCD is bright and the arm is tight. The guy told me that this was hardly used. I got it for 130.00 with speakers, mouse and keyboard.
68kMLA PowerPC by MacManiac1701A Mon, 7 Dec 2009 - 16:42

3400c — #1

I found one of these at the flea market with no power adapter, battery or hard disk. Would there be a way to use one of my Wallstreet/Lombard AC bricks on it with an external hard…
68kMLA PowerPC by quinterro Sat, 5 Dec 2009 - 18:28

Just stopping in.... — #1

I just wanted to stop in and introduce myself. I've been lurking in the background just reading the forums. I had registered before, but somehow got sidetracked and never got aroun…
68kMLA PowerPC by nick3012 Fri, 4 Dec 2009 - 06:20

Yikes! — #1

I picked this one up on eBay about a week ago. I was looking for a cheap G4, mainly so that I could install 10.4 onto my PowerBook G3 Lombard's hard disk, since I could not get the…
68kMLA PowerPC by Gil Thu, 3 Dec 2009 - 01:48

Winter Warm Up 2010 — #1

The site is up! This year we have a DOOM competition too! Roll Up - Roll Up!! http://www.retrochallenge.org
68kMLA PowerPC by wgoodf Fri, 27 Nov 2009 - 14:32

My First Big Conquest (Sort Of) — #1

I am going to be getting a Purple iMac G3, tray-loading. It has Mac OS 10.3.9, 333MHZ, 2 hard drives in it (that's what they told me, an 8GB and a 30GB), 256MB Ram. I will be che…
68kMLA PowerPC by JPauli Fri, 27 Nov 2009 - 06:10

Stack 'o Macs — #1

The last month or so I've been busy acquiring and storing several Macs. Some were nearly complete, others not so much. They were all no-cost, though I did have to spend several hou…
68kMLA PowerPC by Franklinstein Fri, 20 Nov 2009 - 16:18

Three Free Macs — #1

I got an MDD (DP 1.0), Sawtooth, and 9600/200 (with XLR8 processor) for free today. All of them came with disks and dox. Also got 3 floppy disks, a zip disk, a USB FDD, and 9 DVI…
68kMLA PowerPC by kondspi Wed, 18 Nov 2009 - 01:56

PC133 RAM - compatible with slot load iMacs? — #1

In the near future I'm most likely going to be doing a RAM upgrade on an iMac DV 400 (slot loading) for someone. The poor thing is running 10.4.11, and only has 192MB of RAM. I sug…
68kMLA PowerPC by LCGuy Sun, 15 Nov 2009 - 02:08

M7803 power button — #1

Is there a key combo to start up a G3 mac with the Apple USB M7803 pro keyboard? My older USB keyboard have a power button, just got the M7803 (yea I know I am way behind the time…
68kMLA PowerPC by Unknown_K Sat, 14 Nov 2009 - 04:46

Need RAM identification Help Please! — #1

Hi there! I think both of the following are for older PowerBooks, but I don't know what kind would use them! First one is below. Has "A 8Mx64 EDO 3V 120 Connector" on it and some …
68kMLA PowerPC by hilga007 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 - 20:57

Nice newer PPC finds! — #1

Its not exactly a free conquest, but I think the deals on these finds is pretty good! I'm picking up a Dual 1.25GHz G4 + 17" LCD for $50 tomorrow and a 1.8GHz 20" iMac G5 (without …
68kMLA PowerPC by hilga007 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 - 04:13
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