My mother uses PowerPC all the time, as a full-time personal computer! She has a MDD G4 running OS 10.4, and uses Firefox/Camino/Thunderbird/Netscape with minimal problems. I keep …

2dfx said: I get the same issue with my 9600/200...however shutting it down and turning it on will always fix the problem.  Oddity indeed. Click to expand... Ah yes this …

I get the same issue with my 9600/200...however shutting it down and turning it on will always fix the problem.  Oddity indeed.

So, as of last night I managed to get the 7600/200 running and booting with one of it's original HDD's (the other is fubar).... turns out the failure to boot properly was a result …

djcommie said: I'm tossing out my PowerCenter Pro 240 with a bum logic board if you want the sweet SCSI II card and the 240MHz CPU for it. Unfortunately I'm in the USA, but y…

My folks were using a G4 mini 1.42GHz with 1GB RAM, 160GB HD as a daily driver until a couple months ago. It's now been relegated to their industrial sewing/repair business for iP…

I've been using a G5 for upwards of 1 1/2 months now, and I tell you, it works great if I'm not in a hurry. If I need to get something done quickly, it has trouble keeping up. But…

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I'm tossing out my PowerCenter Pro 240 with a bum logic board if you want the sweet SCSI II card and the 240MHz CPU for it. Unfortunately I'm in the USA, but you can have the parts…

Welllp... power supply didnt explode immediately. It was more of a timid snap after a couple of dodgy startups, and a subsequent failure to draw power at all after that. Might be A…

Well, as of yesterday afternoon the Minitower is now a complete unit booting flawlessly into a fresh install of 8.6 with a 7.5Gb U-series I found in a slotload drive rack in the cu…

Byrd said: Nice work!  It's always a good feeling to get one cracking Mac from two junked units; the G3 Minitower is a real keeper as it's so easy and cheap to upgrade.  Do y…

Nice work!  It's always a good feeling to get one cracking Mac from two junked units; the G3 Minitower is a real keeper as it's so easy and cheap to upgrade.  Do you have a modern …

Thanks Nic, I look forward to seeing your thread in the near future... if the list in your signature is anything to go off, there are some interesting things.  The 8500 and PB145 a…

Are there any video downloading tools that run on MacPPC?   Back when I had a slow Internet connection, I'd use 4kVideoDownloader to save videos both so I could watch them (if I we…

Some nice stuff! The 5500 DE is interetsing. I'll definitely make a similar topic when I get my iMac back. Cheers, Nicolas

I have to say you are definitely among the best people ive dealt with on evilbay in years mate... An absolute pleasure! I do very much look forward to seeing a stash thread in t…

Glad they're proving useful I will have to create a thread myself soon, to show off my collection. BTW, I seem to recall there is a jumper switch setting on the G3 MLB to choo…

Byrd said: Nice score on the G3s - I was watching the sale (wasn't for me but hoping someone would buy), glad they are largely complete and you can build up a super G3 from t…

Nice score on the G3s - I was watching the sale (wasn't for me but hoping someone would buy), glad they are largely complete and you can build up a super G3 from the two, hopefully…

My latest eBay conquest arrived, in the form of a pair of G3 Minitowers which I purchased for 30 bucks and got a friend in Victoria to pick up for me... his mother in law (also a n…

Yeh they are garguantuan and awkward machines the 5500... my first ever Powermac was a standard white 225 and it was at the time, a slick, fast and capable rig, and I have always h…

Yep, I had a 5500 Director's Edition, but decided to move it on because I don't have the space, plus the plastics are terrible.  Oh, and I prefer the Mac TV anyway, so I kept the T…

Just recently pulled some machines out of storage including this Powercenter 132... One of a pair I have. I just replaced the CD-ROM drive with one I seagulled out of the dead WGS,…