Recent content by phunguss

This was my first year, so I was just scoping it out to see what I could possibly do for a display/sale. Next year, possibly a van or trailer to haul stuff out there. 6 hour drive for me.

Perler bead projects The Back to the Future time device. And I got a 16 bay 2.5 server from the free pile. No drives, missing mobo, but the backplane for the SAS drives will go into one of my cheesegraters.

I didnt get a group photo.

Its still early on day 1. @eric

Here we go! See you all tomorrow!

What are the specs of the G5 in this video (there were soooo many variations of the G5)? [edit] Saw at 8:20 G5 Dual Core 2.5GHz (single CPU).

I used the fan from the back of an intel iMac in my Beige G3. See this post. Mine is a G4-450 overclocked to 533MHz.

I never liked the AGP tabs... if you have a screw on the io plate, it should stay in place fine without the tab. Some motherboards have what looked like a clip that went around the entire AGP slot. I am not sure if that is even removable (likely some tabs at the lower edge of the connector)...

There is this thread https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/powermac-g3-plastic-part-collection.4897/.

Sorry, that one is messed up... let me try to rework it. [edit] Try this one.

Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/10.9-mac-os-maverics-dmg

I stopped by Free Geek Minneapolis again today, and dug through the scrap again... well I found another PrairieTek 240 (with the metal cover vs clear)! This one has the Molex power cable and wires tagged. 5V line was broken off, but I can solder that back on. Controller board seems to have...

I got a couple off eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/156313799163

I stopped by Free Geek Minneapolis today. They have a $1 scrap bin for things that are unknown or get tossed aside. I pulled a couple Sony 3.5 floppy drives from that bin over the last month. But today? A very strange 2.5" hard drive with a clear cover on it, with warranty seals still...

I thought there was always a way to skip registration, unless the USB stick you created is doing some type of internet recovery. Is this the only Mac you have?