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Hi everyone! I have another update for you today, if you're curious about how things are going. First, I pulled the motherboard out of the last remaining Blue and White G3. It's going to a community member who has a board motherboard in theirs. I put what was left of the G3 on Facebook...

The TI-99/4A is packed up and heading to a new home!

Yes, this has absolutely been a consideration! It's amazing how quickly I went from "I can't ever seem to find anything for sale in my area" to "I have more vintage computers than I can possibly find time for". The "payoff" has been the look on people's faces when they stop to pick something...

Hahahahaha! Never change, @Drake!

I have three sets with Trinitron displays! In my my main setup, I have a PVM-8045Q (8" PVM with 450 TV lines) and a PVM-14M2U (14" PVM with 600 TV lines). My video signals are a mix of S-Video and Component, going through an Extron switcher. Here, you can see my kids playing N64 and SNES...

That's a pretty fantastic color match! Nice work, @MacintoshLibrarian! I think I might ask Polymaker if we can have this in a standard semi-gloss PETG, which is what I print all of my PiSCSI cases in. It doesn't print quite as clean, but it's a bit more durable than PLA, and sticks to textured...

I was given a TI-99/4A a couple of years ago by someone I barely know - they heard that I collect vintage computers, asked for my address, and put it in the mail for me. It's 6/10 on condition (sadly with a few dents and dings). I am unaware of the working condition, or even what came with it -...

Awesome to see. I keep thinking that we are eventually going to run out of vintage machines to pass out... but then hauls like this show up.

Theoretically on the CPU? I've reflowed BGA's before, but last time it was with a heat gun. NOW I HAVE A HOT AIR STATION. HO-HO-HO.

My iMac G3 has been plugged in for a solid week now, and sadly there has been no improvement.

Hey TinkerDifferent! Good news - this thread is about a problem, but also has the solution! Backstory: I have an AST Ascentia 910N, which is a 486 DX2 with 8 MB of ram. I bought it for $25 from a friend when I was about 14 years old, some time in 2002. For 6-12 months, it was my only computer...

Trying that now at your suggestion! I'll report back in a week.

@phlogios I have an iMac DV here with the same symptoms. Connect power, there's a very small degauss sound, and then a moment later the sound of static as if the CRT has stopped receiving power. Trickle at J9 is good, -1.2v at DCO checks out (didn't try power-on, not enough hands). New battery...

Hey TinkerDifferent! My blue and white G3, sadly, has the first-generation logic board with problematic IDE. It's working fine right now, but I'd like to put an SSD in it. I have little domain knowledge with Macs of this vintage - what's a solid SATA card that is plug-and-play? I'm also...

Thanks for the reminder! I have not managed to find time yet, but I am hoping to find some time to do this soon. I know exactly what I want to incorporate into the new design. My Fusion 360 license renewed yesterday, so financially I am committed!

Hey everyone! I have another update about the haul. As you know, the collection has been in the 3rd bay of our garage, which is normally dedicated to my wife's upholstery work. She's been cheerfully working around the pile, but as she gets more and more requests from clients, it's was becoming...

I think you're right. @eric told me to keep one of the SCSI cards out of the pile, and I let them all leave yesterday... so I ordered a SCSI card for my Blue and White G3. I think I can set up a drive-wiping workstation in the garage and get the job knocked out. If the drives fail, I'll send...

Yes! DM me - First Class Mail for items like this is always less than $5.

I appreciate the idea and suggestion! A couple of years ago, I had a remote UPS Store pack a PVM-14M2 (14" CRT) and ship it to me, and I must say that I was impressed. That said, I don't it will work in this situation for a few reasons: 1. I can't quite total shipping costs to buyers ahead of...

I could use some feedback, especially from people who are interested in buying. For anything with a CRT, I'm seeing $55-80 to ship via UPS. Additionally, I need two boxes and lots of packing material for each one, so I need either $15 or $20 per large item to ship to partially recuperate my...