Snatched a Quicksilver. Unsure why.

[Unknown_K]

True, but as long as there are places like this forum, I'm sure I can find parts that are reasonably priced if I ever need any.

I'm just trying to downsize, because I need to somehow cram three 10x28 foot storage units full into the space equivalent to one 5x14 foot unit, lest I go broke trying to pay for said 10x28 foot units

Needless to say, I'm totally confounded as to how, in fact, that can be accomplished.

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I don't pay for storage units else I would have to downsize. Luckily I have a large basement and a ton of shelving.

Common parts can be found cheaply but once you get into needing a power supply or motherboard (most likely from a working machine) things can get pricey down the road. Sooner or later if something breaks it will probably stay that way.

 

[CC_333]

I don't pay for storage units else I would have to downsize. Luckily I have a large basement and a ton of shelving.

Until recently, I had more than enough space in our house out in the country for whatever I wanted, but now that we've moved to a much smaller suburban house, I can't make everything fit like I'm used to, hence the three storage units. However, at ~$125-$150 each, it adds up fast.

It's annoying!

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[bdurbrow]

Hey - at least you don't have wildlife jumping out in front of you while you're driving back from said storage units!

 

[Aeroform]

Wow, I TOTALLY would have taken that as well!! I use mine as a network bridge machine (with 10.3 on it), and have a FW800 and USB 2 card in it for expansion. I popped in a used Apple 1TB HD from OWC for its HD. I use it for games as well: Halo, Stronghold, Medal of Honor, Red Faction...that sort of thing.

The photo looks nice, but if it needs any spiffing up, I made this guide here:

Ooh! Totally forgot about Red Faction, I felt a huge urge to play that now

 

[CircuitBored]

Quicksilvers are great! I honestly think they are one of the best old Macs to buy as a "starter" machine for retro tinkering, certainly the best all-rounder as far as PowerPC is concerned. I have had a dozen or so come my way over the past ten years. I still have three and another one with an ATX mod, which is my NAS.

The only real downsides to the QS are the sub-optimal thermals and the somewhat-weird three RAM slots rather than four. That said, 1.5GB is plenty of RAM for OS X Tiger and an absolutely ridiculous amount for OS 9. There are some common issues to be aware of. I've seen a couple of machines with bad RAM slots (cracked solder) and two more with bad AGP/PCI slots (also bad solder joints). For whatever reason, Apple decided to use the absolute bare minimum amount of solder on these Macs. When you look at the rear side of the THT parts it almost looks like there's nothing there. The last (and by far the most common) gremlin I've seen is bad USB ports. I've had six Quicksilvers with at least one dead USB port. Again: bad solder! It's also not uncommon for the PSUs to flake out but that's a near-universal issue with old computers.

In the grand scheme of things these are easily rectifiable issues. Enjoy your pretty little computer!

 

[alectrona2988]

Oh if you own an old Mac you should definitely play around with Bryce and an old version of the Adobe creative suite. Also there's Halo and Quake III
These are only some of the many programs/games you can put on that though.

 

[LongAlphabet]

Great computer! I use mine as a bridge machine between the 68K machines as a link to PowerPC and Intel (and beyond)! Very capable, keep it running OS 9 most of the time. Added a USB expansion card, internal SATA card, internal IDE-to-SD card adapter, and a USB zip-drive. Congrats!