I got a Leopard T-shirt too in Glasgow! I was lucky as they ran out very shortly after I went in the door. There was actually a queue down Buchanan Street when I arrived and the st…

Kudos to you for putting your older machines back on Freecycle and sharing the wealth! M

I think it's funny (the BSoD thing, that is). It harkens back to Apple's evangelist past, and it shows that even a major corporation can have a sense of humor. I'm sure that in 1…

Hahah, an installfest. Anyway, looks like a sweet time...i wish i could've gone to a Leopard party..but y'know, i live in the middle of nowhere, have no car, and...well...yeah.…

I got the G3 400 up and running. Since I made out so well on this deal I think it will go back up on Freecycle along with my AIO G3 and another BW 400 I have. I'll definitely kee…

Here's an update... I cracked it open... 1 of the IC's was cocked a pretty good bit out of its socket. Even when I pushed it in and checked the rest of them, STILL no joy. I left i…

Thanks for all the replies. For now they're sitting around until I can decide what to do with them. I guess I'll dig out my old ethernet card and use it for SSH or something ...

I got a Leopard T-shirt too in Glasgow! I was lucky as they ran out very shortly after I went in the door. There was actually a queue down Buchanan Street when I arrived and the st…

MagSafe is indeed wonderful. I wish more portable devices had something similar. That said, the pre-MagSafe connectors still seem underdesigned for no particularly sane reason (ot…

Good score! I would love to have an iMac g3 or an iBook g3 to play with. All these posts about iBook g3s are killing me. THE CLAMSHELLS ARE SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

The BSoD thing is almost as good as Steve calling it Winders during a keynote. The only Apple shirt I have is from the 12 Oaks Apple Store opening in Novi, Michigan. I was #31 …

I like the BSoD thing.

Glad you got it working.

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…

It probably fell on something hard like a slate floor, carpet would have cushioned the fall. Anyway I completely ripped it apart and washed everything, looks new except for those …

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 …

They must have dropped that from one HELL of a height, mine has fallen off several things and the handles are still very much in tact. Last time it fell it hit my Dell Dimension L…

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 …