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Visited my best friend a few weeks ago. "I have a few old Macs if you want them". Me:
After a dusty trip into his attic I have a nice haul. More details on the others coming . . .but:
My first find was a Power Mac G4 MDD Dual 1ghz with a matching Apple Studio Display
Completed: (Updated)
Power supply was dead so I sent it off to acxelectronics on eBay for an excellent and fast repair. (OK I was lazy on this one)
Replaced the old noisy CPU fan with a new quiet, but powerful Silenx IXP-76-18 - 120x38mm 18dBA 90CFM hooked to 12V Power Supply connector
Maxed out RAM to 2GB
Replaced static and distorted heat damaged speaker with the OEM part found on eBay
Replaced spinning drive with a Samsung SSD via an IDE to SATA adapter.
Installed 10.4.11 Tiger.
Added 2nd SSD for Carbon Copy Cloner system backup: (Due the limitation of the PATA to SATA adapter board this did not work on the 100 MHz bus as a second drive, so I put the second SSD on the 66Mhz bus)
Period correct keyboard and mouse
Swapped out dual G4 1GHZ processor daughterboard for dual 1.25Ghz card (modest upgrade)
To Do:
Upgrade video card (Current ATI Radeon 9000 is OK, but @Action Retro inspired me to go faster