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    Satanic Mac Club T-Shirt

    I think Drake misspelled it. I'm pretty sure it was supposed to be little satanimacs jumping out of a B&W of DOOOOOOOOOOOOM.
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    Installing SSD in first gen. G5 (dual 2.0 GHz) - not booting

    Is your G5 the A1047 PCIX model? With the SATA SSD, maybe a compatibility issue or perhaps the SSD is bad? Sounds like the port works ok with a spinner on the end but when you stick the SSD on, it gets grumpy. I'd test the SSD in another box and see if it boots fine into the restored image of...
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    New G4 Cube picked up as part of package deal with Studio CRT (ADC)

    I think I would have left mine broken just for ease of access :) Trying to get that thing off without breaking a tab seems like an almost impossible feat but I can see per wottles reply that you might be able to fish a piece of wire around the clip and then pull back on it enough to release it...
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    Kitchen demo & remodel

    Hi there, thanks! I appreciate the compliments - my wife thinks as you do and shot down the wine cooler. Besides, while Im 6'4" and to me is a great use of space, she's a lot shorter than I so getting to it would be an issue for her. I do really like your point of it blocking natural light, so...
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    My new addiction

    Do you like vintage computing? :geek:
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    ABQ Retro Computers May Meetup

    Haha, well I was just asking randomly like some awkward weirdo so entirely possible that you were busy doing other things while I was crushing the weird guy off the street bit. Anyhow, very cool box & thanks so much for hosting it! Also got some great help about my ailing 1702 monitor whose crt...
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    iMac (24-inch Early 2008) Black (and White) Screen of Death After Software Changes

    A cheap $20 120gb SSD will get you up & running assuming the HDD is the culprit which it sounds like. IIRC these shipped with Leopard & run up to elcap. Anyhow, Leopard can be found as a free dmg online. Apple also released mountain lion & lion as free DLs as well so any of those on a flash...
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    My new addiction

    Hi there. 👍🏼 Lotsa knowledgeable & smart folks around here (not me) 😅 welcome.
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    iMac (24-inch Early 2008) Black (and White) Screen of Death After Software Changes

    Certainly not quitting - pragmatic. IMO it is acting very similar to hdd failure - that drive & it’s cable are 15+ years old. The last 08 iMac I worked on had a janky hdd and would boot to unresponsive white and black backlit screens& a quick SSD upgrade fixed that, restored to a backup. You are...
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    iMac (24-inch Early 2008) Black (and White) Screen of Death After Software Changes

    Pull out a firewire cable and utilize target disc mode. Manually pull any files you can find (assuming the hdd is not failing or corrupt) from the target mac onto your functioning destination mac, then reformat & clean install. Leave all that janky BS the previous users left you with. Truthfully...
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    ABQ Retro Computers May Meetup

    Stopped by today & had a great time. I got to play Q3A, Unreal, UT, tons of awesome C64 games and got to play with a floppy emu which I think I definitely need for my plus - much better than aging and expensive magnetic media. Picked up a cool cheap mechanical kb (blues) for my son & his iMac...
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    Kitchen demo & remodel

    Surprise surprise, the last section of butcher block arrived. It was 2 inches short - seriously can’t make this stuff up. Technically it fits but jeez. Anhow, moving forward, I Laid on the first coat of food grade oil conditioner on the counters today. Looking good. I’m in the process of...
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    Show me your gardens

    I like to garden and eat the food I grow. This raised garden bed design is fast & easy to build and is scalable in height dependent on desired height, budget etc. My build costs ran around $188 per bed & should last a good 20-25 years. 2x6x12 = $18*9 4x4x12 = $25 topsoil = $2.50*6 effectively...
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    Joe's Mac Racks

    Love the red shelves! 🙂
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    Kitchen demo & remodel

    Finally got … half of my butcher block counter in lol. To add to the humor of it all & absolute time suck, the company we purchased through ordered the wrong amount (they measured!!) so I have half of my counter in lol. Got the dishwasher installed (who knew you had to have it professionally...
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    Joe's Mac Racks

    I don’t have racks but I do have shelves. Here’s mine. This is where I work from when at home so a mash up of work space, music gear, family stuff, photography, vintage computing, retro PC & Cart gaming (bottom left out of frame) and cool 80's toys. Hah, there's 20 computers in this pano - a...
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    New G4 Cube picked up as part of package deal with Studio CRT (ADC)

    Wow, very cool I love the look of those crt studio displays as well - by far the coolest CRT design ever in the history of CRTs. Always wanted one myself but haven't run into one. Occasionally, I notice the PSU on my B&W does the same thing where it momentarily sparks when plugged in. Im unsure...
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    Adding a system/cooling fan to iMac G3 DV

    My imacg3 lobos have never gotten that hot on their own. The CRTs produce the majority of the heat IME. SSDs get plenty hot on their own as well. Truthfully, when I replaced the old spinner in my PowerBook g4 12” with a SSD it seems easily as hot if not hotter at times.
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    Reworking my computer area (daily driver + retro)

    That looks great. Especially like the book end speakers on the floating shelf. Very cool floating shelf design BTW. I've not seen that engineered wrap around mount before.