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[Carboy7]

Small machine for a small world

 

[CC_333]

That's cute! Funny thing though, I thought at first it was a real PowerMac 5x00, except the bezel around the "screen" seemed way too big and the keyboard and mouse looked funny (they could've been aftermarket, though).

And that's the original Macintosh! It's even edible ;D

That's also a good find re: the keyboard. I got a similar one, at a similar price, at a similar place about 6 years ago. It's still in my closet, unused, since I find wired keyboards to be more reliable (I really do like the looks of those older keyboards, though, and I'd probably use a wired one instead of the thin aluminum one that was stock with my Mac Pro, if I ever came across a good example at a decent price).

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[bibilit]

I got a similar one, at a similar price, at a similar place about 6 years ago. It's still in my closet, unused, since I find wired keyboards to be more reliable 

I got a pair of those, one as my dailly one, pretty reliable, a set of batteries from time to time.

 

[Carboy7]

Got wires?

VGA to Mini-VGA, miniDisplayport to VGA, and dual DVI-D, male to female.

 

[EvieSigma]

Mini-VGA? That's a thing?

And here I thought Mini-DVI was obscure...

 

[Carboy7]

Mini-VGA? That's a thing?

Yep!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-VGA

 

[EvieSigma]

Wow, I've never seen one of those in my life!

Then again, I've never seen a Mini-DVI port on a real laptop either...

 

[rsolberg]

Mini VGA was present on a plethora of Macs.

iBook G3, mid '02 and later, 12" and 14"

iBook G4, all models, 12" and 14"

eMac, all models

iMac G4, all models

iMac G5, all models

PowerBook G4 12" 867MHz

Officially it was for screen mirroring only, but a third party patch enabled use of the port for an extended desktop on many but not all machines: Screen Spanning Doctor.

 

[NJRoadfan]

I never understood why Apple put Mini-VGA ports on the iMacs, there was plenty of room for a full size port! Another fine NIH Apple port that nobody else used.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Yeah maybe, but at least they didn't make one that sticks 4 inches out the friggin' back of the thing again! :

 

[EvieSigma]

Sounds like that awful x100 Power Mac video port.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Shhh! We don't even talk about that evil thing. Radius shipped its versions of the NuBus PowerMac with the DA-15.

 

[rsolberg]

The (one? only?) good thing with the mini VGA port was that it also supported S-Video and composite video with a dongle, unlike a standard VGA port. It was far nicer than dealing with an external VGA to NTSC scaler/converter, and it meant that every consumer grade Mac laptop or desktop had AV out at the time.

 

[Carboy7]

Sounds like that awful x100 Power Mac video port.

Oh god, you mean HDI-45?  *vomits on keyboard*

Screw the AudioVision 14!

 

[EvieSigma]

It's a butt ugly monitor anyway!

I hate having to work around a big dongle that also has to have an adapter attached to it.

 

[Carboy7]

So today, I went to an amazing dude's house. I got a Mac LC II, SPARCstation 5, and the BIG A$$ Sun 21" CRT monitor! All for the low price of $0.00.  And I bought a NIB network card for the LC for $20. Really good deal.

Thanks SO MUCH, Trash80toHP_Mini!

I even got to see his current projects in person, PowerBook 1400 stack, Drexel Mac, Radius stuff, Blueberry Fields, etc etc. And then, I tried to install an OS my convenient Quicksilver hard drive.

And then, techfury90 showed up and we all "partied" and tried to get that OS to work. It didn't. But it was still fun.

 

[EvieSigma]

Nice Sun pizza box! And that monitor looks so futuristic!

 

[rsolberg]

Sounds like MacWorld NC was held today!

 

[joethezombie]

Party at trash's house? Ah man, that sounds awesome! I'm so jealous! I want to attend 68kmla boot camp!

 

[Carboy7]

Today, from the thrift store...

A Silicon Graphics Indigo board or something... For $10. And an airport express base system.