Another thing--I'm sick of seeing the words "rare" and "vintage" in eBay auctions. Click to expand... Yeah, I know, right? I think it's funny. It's like, "what eBay category a…

What it wants, what it really, really wants, is an angle adapter and a PDS video card, which is fast in these because of the PDS technology involved. The high end card from an 8100…

Yes, I definitely agree that the pinnacle of G4 case designs was the QuickSilver... the MDD was just way too blingy. Click to expand... Its funny - I remember when the Quicksil…

Actually we do qualify for it, but such a thing is too newfangled for my parents, plus I'd have to go on a contract, which I kind of can't do when I don't have a job, and don't kno…

I just opened it up to have a look. A DA-15 connector won't fit without modifying the case, and then there's the issue of fitting the DA-15 to the HDI-45 holes. I suppose the cheap…

I found a cheaper circuit board prototyping service which makes this project feasible. Here's the link: http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/fusion-pcb-2-layer-10cm10cm-max-10pcs-p-3…

Dog Cow hit the nail on the head. It is still possible (though less common) to get these machines for nothing or next to nothing. Those who want to pay off debt or get some spendin…

In a recession fewer people are willing to pay more for these items, and I don't think Bill Gates is buying them up to burn them.

Yes, I definitely agree that the pinnacle of G4 case designs was the QuickSilver... the MDD was just way too blingy. Here's what's in it now: 733 MHz G4 256 MB RAM 80 GB 7200 R…

Because we're in a global economic recession, people want to try and sell these things for as much money as possible to pay off some bills and what-not.

I thought that was a great idea, but since I am at work ... I tried to make one using some (who knows what) kind of metal tubing we use on our pianos (get off me its Friday ) …

I happen to fall into that category

Everything on ebay is going up, an 840AV went for $150 a while back and I remember when you could get one for $40. Could be that so many younger people have time on their hands (n…

I don't know if I ever posted about it, but I got a Quicksilver carcass (case, PSU, mobo, and even a set of Pro Speakers) from my office for $25 a couple years back. I had everythi…

I guess you're not "Remote" enough to qualify for the subsidised sat feed?

Got this from East Carolina University surplus for $15, its a fairly basic 733 with no RAM or HD (they wanted $50 for one with those). Click to expand... Wow... and I thought I…

Yeah, thats the thing...if you're in a reasonably big area, in most cases you can get ADSL no problemo, however there's still a lot of people in country areas who simply can't get …

Torx T-15 bit / and wedging it into the end of a standard Bic pen Click to expand... Or for something that'll take a bit more torque without shattering, a piece of copper plumb…

ADSL isn't really available in a lot of places here in Australia, only in built up areas Click to expand... Just to clarify, 90% of Australians live in the larger cities, and p…

It's a mod I've certainly considered, but never tackled. The pinout for the HDI-45 socket is here.

Nice. I assume finding RAM/HD isn't going to be a problem for you.

It turns out it was the cord was not in a port that was hooked into the network. Once you connect an ethernet cable with a network connection it will show up in the list in the net…

It was up as recently as March, and there was even a new forum started. I signed up, but the registration was never completed by the administrator. I gather their intention was t…

According to this: http://www.marketingvox.com/55-of-us-adults-have-home-broadband-but-10-use-only-dialup-039691/ in April '08 dialup in the USA was at ~10%. Given the preceding …

I dunno, in the states the average mans BS guess is 40% are still on dialup, and a quick google of dialup internet -zipcode will bring up a much wider array of providers than cable…