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  1. phunguss

    Making a crutch for a 23" Studio Display

    I have the other end of this problem (hinge replacement). My hinge is fine, but my acrylic kickstand is broken. Not much left to hold on to I removed the excess to make room for a metal shim so the screws can hold on tightly. I used some flat sheet aluminum and a bench vise to bend it. I...
  2. phunguss

    May 2024 finds

    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.
  3. phunguss

    2011 iMac service door

    I picked up 21 computers from a garage clearing ad on craiglist last fall. 19 of the 21 were iMacs (2009-2011 21/24/27inch). Most had the screens removed, hard drives missing, no ram, a couple pieces of cover glass, most broken. After going through most of them for viability, I turned a few...
  4. phunguss

    5 G4 MDD for $100 in Chicago area

    Anyone in the Chicago area? Check out craigslist
  5. phunguss

    Found some interesting add-ons via eBay from Paris, France

    Anyone seen these before? Seller Aberco
  6. phunguss

    casino time

    Would have to hit the casino jackpot to roll on this one. eBay: maceffects glow in the dark
  7. phunguss

    Passed up these bargain projects at Free Geek Minnapolis this week.

    Three rescues I passed up on...
  8. phunguss

    G5 towers, Life After Death

    If you followed January's PPC Challenge, you would have seen me acquire multiple PPC machines, including: -$5 G5 Dual 1.8GHz non booting (it had a V2 and V1 CPU mismatch, no GPU), Free Geek Minneapolis -$10 G5 Dual 2.5GHz non booting (dead PSU, leaking LCS), Free Geek Minneapolis -$10 G5 Quad...