I hadn't even seen one of these since 1999 when I set one up for a senior faculty manager, so spotting this one on eBay, 'tested' but with no HD, for $40 seemed worth a go - if nothing else, I have a couple of spare IDE drives, and would probably fit an IDE-CF replacement anyway if the computer worked.
It arrived today, looking like it has lived a slightly hard life (the photos showed this), and I spent a good 15 minutes trying to work out how to turn it on to see if it powered up. DUH! Soft power. No idea how I forgot that!
I plugged in an old NEC Multisync using a dip-switch adapter, and hit the power button on my ADB Extended II. It chimed, whirred a bit, the screen came on... and it booted. Mac OS 9, 192Mb RAM, what I assume to be the original 4Gb HD, and very very fast.
Quite pleased with that!
It arrived today, looking like it has lived a slightly hard life (the photos showed this), and I spent a good 15 minutes trying to work out how to turn it on to see if it powered up. DUH! Soft power. No idea how I forgot that!
I plugged in an old NEC Multisync using a dip-switch adapter, and hit the power button on my ADB Extended II. It chimed, whirred a bit, the screen came on... and it booted. Mac OS 9, 192Mb RAM, what I assume to be the original 4Gb HD, and very very fast.
Quite pleased with that!