luckybob
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I know I haven't logged in here for a while, I never really left, but slinked in the shadows. but no more!
I scored a pair of Macintosh machines tonight, naturally I have to tell EVERYONE who will listen and quite a few that don't want to. The listing somehow eluded my Craigslist email notifications, but someone on a Discord server found them and gave me the info. ( I don't think they are a member here.)
I'm not much of a MAC person, but when someone is giving them away, I can't say no. I drove 40 minutes in 1 direction to get everything, and I will admit, I might have exceeded the highway speed limit slightly. A very nice older gentleman just gave them to me for free. We had a quick discussion about what I was going to do with them. The custom power brick (on top of the silver machine) was worth the trip by itself!
I haven't looked inside yet, I plan to do that tomorrow. For very expensive reasons, my garage doesn't have heat at the moment.
The silver G5 looks like it is the last model dual G5 machine made @ 2.7ghz. and the previous owner had an aftermarket sound & usb/firewire cards installed. This thing is HEAVY. It makes perfect sense to turn a pair of these into a parch bench. (i'm kidding)
The 500mhz G4 looks mostly untouched, but again has additional usb/firewire. The 24" LCD is a prize, I sure hope that works, but I've already made out like a bandit. I have plans for the G4 and monitor, but not so much the dual G5. I love dual cpu machines, but my Macintosh experience is very limited. I already have a similar G4 but it needs a recap, but this is my first G5. I noticed it has a bit of a crooked smile (missing cd door), but i'm hoping its inside the unit and can be reattached. Anyone care to chime in on projects? Someone on Imgur suggested Linux, and that did pique my interest a bit.
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I scored a pair of Macintosh machines tonight, naturally I have to tell EVERYONE who will listen and quite a few that don't want to. The listing somehow eluded my Craigslist email notifications, but someone on a Discord server found them and gave me the info. ( I don't think they are a member here.)
I'm not much of a MAC person, but when someone is giving them away, I can't say no. I drove 40 minutes in 1 direction to get everything, and I will admit, I might have exceeded the highway speed limit slightly. A very nice older gentleman just gave them to me for free. We had a quick discussion about what I was going to do with them. The custom power brick (on top of the silver machine) was worth the trip by itself!
I haven't looked inside yet, I plan to do that tomorrow. For very expensive reasons, my garage doesn't have heat at the moment.
The silver G5 looks like it is the last model dual G5 machine made @ 2.7ghz. and the previous owner had an aftermarket sound & usb/firewire cards installed. This thing is HEAVY. It makes perfect sense to turn a pair of these into a parch bench. (i'm kidding)
The 500mhz G4 looks mostly untouched, but again has additional usb/firewire. The 24" LCD is a prize, I sure hope that works, but I've already made out like a bandit. I have plans for the G4 and monitor, but not so much the dual G5. I love dual cpu machines, but my Macintosh experience is very limited. I already have a similar G4 but it needs a recap, but this is my first G5. I noticed it has a bit of a crooked smile (missing cd door), but i'm hoping its inside the unit and can be reattached. Anyone care to chime in on projects? Someone on Imgur suggested Linux, and that did pique my interest a bit.
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