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    Late PowerPC (edutainment) games?

    I've got a big-ish PowerPC exhibit for VCF that I do, and I'm just old enough that I don't really have any memories of these later machines in a school context. Does anyone know any good edutainment for these later machines? Especially since my iMac G5 runs (sorbet) Leopard so Classic isn't an...
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    Just bragging about my G4 iMac G3.

    Disclaimer; I didn’t actually do this, I bought the logic board on eBay after a lovely chat with the previous owner. notes: My 400mhz Indigo is of the summer 2001 variety I think. It has the single white power LED. The logic board came from an early Ruby DV, apparently, and would have expected...
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    Slot-loading iMac G3 dual PCI breakout development

    Noticed this unpopulated header while playing with the logic board on my G3, here's a picture with it highlighted from wikimedia: My guess is an unpopulated mezzanine slot or similar, but does anyone have any actionable info? Could be fun to hook something up to it...
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    NOS Performa/powermac 5400 (5xxx) tube into slot loading iMac G3

    This is an informational post to confirm for any hopeful future googlers that the tube from a Power Macintosh/Performa 5xxx series swaps directly into a slot loading iMac G3 (at least my early 400mhz DV) with no issues. There’s a dynamic purity/moire coil on the iMac tube that doesn’t exist on...
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    G3 AIO Molar Mac No Chime No Light Yes Fan after cleaning PSU

    So in order to replace the fan on my Molar, I took the PSU out and it was *filthy*, absolutely caked in dust. So I used a combination of paper towels, Q-tips, 99% IPA, and a small cordless vacuum to clean out most of the dust. While reassembling the molar after replacing the fan, I decided to...
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    molar Mac cooling fan size?

    Hey gang, my Molar's fan is *screaming* and I'd like to replace it with something new and not screaming. Does anyone know how big the fan is? I'm at work and would like to grab one before the weekend, thanks. Just for future googlers: Power Macintosh G3 AIO Fan Size
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    I want to save my graphite Studio Display 17. (Bad flyback probably, need help sourcing a new one)

    Ok so my Studio display started arcing and sparking like they all do, so I got a new flyback from Technotronic Dimensions. Nice fellow. I got it installed and it looked glorious! For about 10 minutes. Then it collapsed vertically and horizontally into 3 dots. After turning off the CRT, letting...