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Could you hook it up to the PowerBook's SCSI interface and use that to ghost it with an old Mac OS image?

Any way to mitigate that if you do get a working unit?

For OS X, I'd probably choose Leopard on the G5. The MDD would be better as a Tiger/9.2 dual-boot. Also, the MDD power supplies are notoriously troublesome.

I currently have two Power Mac G4 towers, a Sawtooth/400 and a Quicksilver/800. Both are in good working order, and the Sawtooth has an upgraded AGP video card. Now, I'm operating with kinda limited space, and to make room for the possibility of older/more interesting hardware coming my way, I'm...

I wouldn't mind having an iLamp - they were kinda cute and unique. :) But they're not exactly my top priority to acquire. That said, I'd probably put the eMac even further down the list.

That, and I'd imagine that overclocking a compact Mac would be dicey anyway because of heat-dissipation issues.

*looks over* Nope, just a plain old shadow-mask. And if you could get a 1024x768 LCD the right size, it would be a nice replacement for a dead CRT, but good luck with that these days!

It's the exact same file format as Office 2000 for Windows.

Standard power cord. Don't worry about it. :)

What's the best way to get battery holders for units (like the above) that still have soldered batteries? Also, does anyone have experience with the Xeno brand as replacements? (I will be replacing batteries in mine, because I prioritize usability over preservation.)

Or you could see how good you are with a Dremel and some fine sandpaper? Maybe a drill for an emerg-eject hole?

Interesting... but the drive will work if you're willing to put up with a 2x drive?

I'm possibly going to be picking up a 520 myself today. The difference is, in my case there's no shipping involved.

If you do, don't scrap the mobo. Sticking that in a Color Classic will improve it immensely.

A Bordeaux won't work in an AIO anyway. Apple omitted the AIO connectors, presumably to save space on the card.

If the desktop has a Wings, make sure to grab that. Also, why not take the external video card and use it for dual-monitor support? (Also, is your AIO a rev. A or B/C?)

Depends whether your G3 desktop has the high-res "Bordeaux" personality card (which doesn't support the AIO). If not, you might think of tricking out your AIO and then passing on your desktop - it will be MUCH easier to ship. Then again, if space is at a premium, the AIO has massive collector's...

I work in retail and I still emit a puerile laugh when ever I see the acronym PoS ("point of sale" vs. "piece of ****"), especially because it applies so well in both senses to our PoS hardware!

The keyboard was intentional: Jobs' vision was that the ONLY thing a keyboard was for was entering text. Even arrow keys were supposed to give way to point-and-click. The Plus' keyboard was actually a compromise, in a sense.

The original Mac was kind of crippled from the intended design. IIRC it was supposed to have a FileWare drive and 512k RAM from the beginning, but they had to cut it down because RAM was so expensive and the FileWare drives too flaky. So really, the 512ke was closer to the original intent.