May 2024 finds

[phunguss]

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.

 

[eric]

The opening tool is a nice touch

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

huh, I thought that was a nose picker.

 

[phunguss]

Anyone east coast? G4 Cube on eBay!

 

[Volvo242GT]

If the firmware on that iMac hasn't been updated, you could add a floppy drive to it. Logic board does have the solder pads for the 20-pin connector. If I remember correctly, it's the only post-Steve Jobs return desktop computer that can use a non-USB floppy drive.

 

[phunguss]

Mother and child meet for the first time!

I drove down to Iowa to pickup this $99 Powermac G3. Quick inspection shows it has a SCSI card, SCSI drive and IDE drive. More details will come when I have time to explore it. For now, it will nestle the little one (NUC hackintosh).

The semi-transparent PTEG

 

[phunguss]

Did a little photo shoot with the the happy couple. That mini screen is an ipad2 screen with VGA/HDMI driver board; I am still working on the CNC shell, it is held together with tape and propped up with a water bottle (look at the bottom).

So sexy

Have a look at my guts

Piggy back ride

Side by side

bottoms up

 

[phunguss]

I visited my favorite neighborhood Free Geek Minneapolis.

Picked up the whitest mac mini I have ever seen (they often yellow) for $15

An average MacBook 2,1 (black, typical broken plastic around the outer edges, but all keys intact) for $20

And a FREE Color StyleWriter 2500

 

[phunguss]

The last find for May 2024: Dual Intel 2.0GHz (quad core) MacPro1,1 from Free Geek for $10. I have another MacPro2,1 that is flaky as well, so maybe together I can piece one good one, and one donor case for a Hackintosh motherboard.

Still organizing and moving things around, but cleaning up my collection to be a little more presentable. Nowhere near what @mac27 has for display.

Used my old iPhone 7 in pano mode, because I still have too much junk in the way to get back and take a wide shot.

 

[mac27]

Looking good - lol, I am reminded that a distinguished individual once said:

"Nobody has THREE G4 Cubes." - 65scribe, 2019

 

[Kai Robinson]

Looking good - lol, I am reminded that a distinguished individual once said:

"Nobody has THREE G4 Cubes." - 65scribe, 2019

I wonder if he'd ever come over here - he's hilarious

 

[phunguss]

Looking good - lol, I am reminded that a distinguished individual once said:

"Nobody has THREE G4 Cubes." - 65scribe, 2019

These are the type you cherish, not sure if the price is right. G4 Cube boxed.

 

[mac27]

Yeah, that's a nice system but is ~2-3x overpriced. Also looks like it's missing a lot of the components such as the angled VGA adapter, software CDs, and modem cable. Not to mention all of the documentation aside from the "about" booklet. If it had all those things it might be worth close to half of what they're asking. Cube itself looks like it's in great shape though.