May 2024 finds

[phunguss]

Passed on this Free Geek Bondi-Blue iMac set for $120.

Heading down to Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday 5/3 to pickup a B&W G3 tower so I have a mother for my baby. That will complete my set of 'one of each kind' of rounded Powermac towers.

I had to 3D print an opening tool for the tiny pull ring.

 

[eric]

The opening tool is a nice touch

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

huh, I thought that was a nose picker.

 

[phunguss]

Anyone east coast? G4 Cube on eBay!

 

[Volvo242GT]

If the firmware on that iMac hasn't been updated, you could add a floppy drive to it. Logic board does have the solder pads for the 20-pin connector. If I remember correctly, it's the only post-Steve Jobs return desktop computer that can use a non-USB floppy drive.

 

[phunguss]

Mother and child meet for the first time!

I drove down to Iowa to pickup this $99 Powermac G3. Quick inspection shows it has a SCSI card, SCSI drive and IDE drive. More details will come when I have time to explore it. For now, it will nestle the little one (NUC hackintosh).

The semi-transparent PTEG

 

[phunguss]

Did a little photo shoot with the the happy couple. That mini screen is an ipad2 screen with VGA/HDMI driver board; I am still working on the CNC shell, it is held together with tape and propped up with a water bottle (look at the bottom).

So sexy

Have a look at my guts

Piggy back ride

Side by side

bottoms up

 

[phunguss]

I visited my favorite neighborhood Free Geek Minneapolis.

Picked up the whitest mac mini I have ever seen (they often yellow) for $15

An average MacBook 2,1 (black, typical broken plastic around the outer edges, but all keys intact) for $20

And a FREE Color StyleWriter 2500