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I was browsing Craigslist when I came across this listing. One collector to rule them all. "This is an all for one sale. Perfect for a museum, private collector, reseller or dealer." https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/sys/d/berwyn-vintage-apple-computer/7823997045.html

It has taken me a while to get to this project, but I purchased the Briel VGA card quite some time ago. Just got all the parts collected and soldered together. I guess I just realized the walls in my office are Apple beige? LOL Happy that it worked on the first try. Then I remembered you can...

Last week I found a couple Craigslist items and was able to pick them up this weekend. A pile of misc parts: 15 hard drives (10 Sata, 3 IDE, 1 SCSI, 1 SSD), some had Intel cMP trays on them, a couple G5 video cards, an RX570, some other misc PCIe cards, and a serial Wacom tablet. Even a 3.5...

In January, I picked up a 2nd Acrylic ASD 17" from the UofMN ReUse center when the discount was 80%, so $6 again. I stopped by Free Geek Minneapolis and there was a DVIator on the FREE shelf. Nice grab, the last one I got from Free Geek was in the $1 bin, and it failed to work for me. Seems...

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Hello, I have a few iBook G4 1.2GHz and 1.33GHz that will boot and run fine on an external display. However the laptop screen itself is just white. I have replaced both the LCD (known good) and LVDS cable (known good) with no change in results. I tested every line in the LVDS cable for...

I don't see it yet, so I guess I will make it my own personal challenge for the month of January 2025. Here we go... Day 1 I have 3 iBook G3 500MHz 12" laptops. All are in some state of dysfunction. One came from FreeGeek and two were from a lot of 4 "for parts" from eBay. 500MHz machines...

This morning I picked up a pair of PowerBook 3400c from the original owner ($175 for both). They appear quite clean. I removed the rechargeable battery and plugged in power. Both chime and start to boot. One has some hard drive clunking and then Norton Disk Doctor launches and tries to...

I stopped by the Free Geek Minneapolis today, and over on the free shelf was a strange looking box. Reminded me of the programming panel I built as part of the "How to build your own self programming robot" that I never completed. Guessing the DB0-7 are data bits. ISA board tester or primitive...

I don't know the limit of photo attachments, so I will make this post multi-part. Part 1: After seeing some of the amazing repair work that people do on YouTube, I have been wanting to get a digital microscope. Trying to get by with these things is just not making the cut anymore. I have a...

I have 6 sets of Apple Pro Speakers and finally acquired a set of G4 Cube pro speakers, with the USB amp and speaker grilles. So I measured and modeled, then printed my own. Of course you can print in any color or media you like or have on hand, I don't think you will get close to transparent...

Well this is a bit odd... maybe something I will look into for the PPC Challenge 2025. Not that I really want to run WinNT, but it sure is an oddity. Windows NT for PPC

I visited the UofM recycle center and found some video adapters and this Apple BT kb at the cost of scrap. Pretty dirty, and baby wipes would not clean the grease, so had to resort to isopropyl alcohol. A dent below the arrow keys and a scuff by the eject button, but otherwise fully...

This week I did not get to Free Geek Minneapolis on Wednesday. So I went on Saturday (today). There was a pile of several SUN systems if anyone wanted to know. I still can't say no. There was another G4 project for $10, 'no boot, no video card, as-is' It has 4 sticks of RAM, I pulled them...

I saw this listing from Wisconsin Craigslist... $7K for four shelves full and more! Listed as "may or may not work", looks like about 80+ machines, not all Apple, but still less than $100 each.

I found a craigslist ad for an old iBook G4, Mac Mini, two iPods, and lots of accessories for $100... when I got there, they seller had already sold the two computers for $60, so I took the remaining two iPods and accessories for $40. Gen 1 scroll wheel (charging) and Gen 3 dock connector (no...

3 treats this week! #1 Free Geek Minneapolis They had this PowerBook G4 sitting there for a while... listed as broken hinge (I think it is just stuck), dropped from $25 to $15, but extra $10 for the power cord. So total was $25. Keyboard damage. Corners damaged Hinge 12inch 867MHz...

I have two classic MacPro3,1s... and I have some old SAS drives laying around. I thought it would be a fun experiment to try to get a SAS controller put in to use the drives. Non-Apple of course, because of the horrible reviews on it. I found an Areca ARC-1222 on eBay, and got it delivered...

Fresh on eBay, 2nd mortgage anyone?

I stopped by Free Geek Minneapolis yesterday. A lonely B&W "no chime, no boot, $10 as-is". I had to take it home. The data plate on the back shows it is a 450MHz, so not likely a gen1 motherboard. I cracked it open this morning before heading off to work to see what lays in store... Two...