geeko
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Well, I have been waiting a few years to get a G4 Cube, and now I have 2. Well... middle of last week I was looking around on craigslist when I saw a listing that said "ASUS netbook and apple cube-$50" so I clicked on it, wondering how much the cube would be (most of the time I see idiots who think things like broken ibooks are worth $300, so I did not have much hope). Turns out this guy 'knew' that the only person interested in a cube would want it for some kind of collection/give it a good home, so he priced it a $10. So an hour's drive later, and I get a cube, 450MHZ, 1GB RAM.
The second Cube is part of a much larger conquest, a trip to the electronic recyclers yesterday. I got:
> Cube internal skeleton- somebody drilled through the HDD, and that I understand, but they also decided to drill a hole through the optical drive (and IDE cable)
but the computer itself still works. I also found to go with it a Sawtooth DP 500MHZ, which I took the Dual CPU to put it in my Cube. (If anybody can direct me to a thorough mod guide or has input regarding the mod, please let me know).
> 2x Macintosh SE, both work, When I dig out my keyboard and mouse I'll play with them more. Finally I have some working compacts.
> 2x (3x) Apple LCD Displays, a 15" and a 17", the 15" has the back leg broken off, and the 17" is 'well used', but both seem to work OK. I also fixed a B&W (blue, not black) Apple LCD I had for a little while, it didn't have a power adapter, I had an broken iBook adapter which had the same specs for power, a little splicing, and away we go.
> TiBook 867MHZ- somebody hit the HDD with a hammer- while it was still in the computer- so it is a little smashed up, but the LCD is dead anyway, so I may use it for parts (will the Optical Drive work in a Cube? )
> Powerbook 12" 867MHZ and eMac 1.42GHZ- both are now fixed, and I'll see if I can give them to needy people in my community
> TiBook 500MHZ- works great, but has a broken hinge- I'm fixing it for the Center, and really don't know how to fix it (JB Weld?)
> B&W G4- It was sitting in a junk pile, so I decided to look inside, see if I could take the Video Card or ram, and low and behold: Purple Heat Sink 8-o . So I took it home, and It turns out it has an 800MHZ G4 Upgrade card.
> Last but certainly not least- Apple IIGS Woz edition. I have no idea how to use it, but this is my second IIGS, but this one just seems more 'special'
The second Cube is part of a much larger conquest, a trip to the electronic recyclers yesterday. I got:
> Cube internal skeleton- somebody drilled through the HDD, and that I understand, but they also decided to drill a hole through the optical drive (and IDE cable)
> 2x Macintosh SE, both work, When I dig out my keyboard and mouse I'll play with them more. Finally I have some working compacts.
> 2x (3x) Apple LCD Displays, a 15" and a 17", the 15" has the back leg broken off, and the 17" is 'well used', but both seem to work OK. I also fixed a B&W (blue, not black) Apple LCD I had for a little while, it didn't have a power adapter, I had an broken iBook adapter which had the same specs for power, a little splicing, and away we go.
> TiBook 867MHZ- somebody hit the HDD with a hammer- while it was still in the computer- so it is a little smashed up, but the LCD is dead anyway, so I may use it for parts (will the Optical Drive work in a Cube? )
> Powerbook 12" 867MHZ and eMac 1.42GHZ- both are now fixed, and I'll see if I can give them to needy people in my community
> TiBook 500MHZ- works great, but has a broken hinge- I'm fixing it for the Center, and really don't know how to fix it (JB Weld?)
> B&W G4- It was sitting in a junk pile, so I decided to look inside, see if I could take the Video Card or ram, and low and behold: Purple Heat Sink 8-o . So I took it home, and It turns out it has an 800MHZ G4 Upgrade card.
> Last but certainly not least- Apple IIGS Woz edition. I have no idea how to use it, but this is my second IIGS, but this one just seems more 'special'