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I just had my first occasion to replace a hard drive in an eMac. My goodness, what a gigantic PIA! It was easy to do, but it took about an hour from start to finish and included something in the neighborhood of 30-40 screws of nearly a dozen different types. Not one of Apple's finest moments...

Had some good luck with free conquests recently: Power Mac G4/450DP 2X Snow iMac/600's Beige G3/233 AIO Beige G3/233 DT PB 3400c 3X Duo 280c's IIci 5X SE's Apple IIgs 2X Apple IIc's

Hi guys, I recently got a very nice iMac G4 (17" 1.25GHz/USB 2.0 model). It works fine - but, when I start it up, it makes a strange sound. It makes the normal startup bong, and then right after that it will make one, two, or three short buzzes. Startup is not interrupted during this time. The...

This is an interesting example of something that's been discussed here before, for dealing with the scarcity of old 50-pin SCSI drives: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220468088819 It's a 50-pin card reader that takes PCMCIA, MS, SC, SD, and CF. The only thing is that...

Got this locally off Craigslist for $20. It's an older LCD (regular 4:3 aspect ratio, not widescreen), 1280x960 max/native resolution. It came out of a server, so the panel and main circuitry are in an aluminum frame. The button board and one other small board, plus the PSU, are attached but...

Anyone experiencing difficulty loading 68kmla of late? Over the last couple of days I've been having trouble, for hours at a time.

Got off my local Craigslist: Powerbook 150, 4MB RAM, 500MB HD, System 7 Pro (7.1.1), AC Adapter, battery nearly dead 2 Apple IIc's with AC adapters AppleColor RGB Monitor with stand Various floppies Haven't hooked up the Apple IIc stuff yet, but I'm told it all works. I'm a Mac person but...

Normally don't pay for these, but for $15 I couldn't resist: - Graphite iMac G3/700MHz - 60GB HD - CD-RW drive - ATI Rage 128 Ultra graphics with 16MB VRAM - White Apple Pro Keyboard It didn't have any RAM, but I had 192MB worth of SDRAM lying around that I've put into it. The only other...

(1) Beige G3, ATI Rage 128 PCI video card, 17" Apple blue and white CRT monitor: works great. (2) Power Mac G4 "Yikes," with either of two similar ATI Rage 128 PCI video cards, and same Apple monitor: works great. I sold the two cards from the Yikes, and today I needed to boot it up and test...

Got this as part of a multi-machine haul from Freecycle. It's a PCI/"Yikes!" model, but it's outfitted nicely, with 704MB RAM, and two ATI Rage128 PCI video cards, one with 32MB VRAM, the other with 16MB. I added a second HD to the stock 10GB drive, and upgraded the CD-ROM drive with a DVD-ROM...

Got the following from a local Freecycler last week: - Lime iMac/333Mhz tray-loader - 9600/300 - Sawtooth G4/400MHz I'm installing 10.3 on the iMac. The 9600 has 224MB RAM and a 4GB HD, and 8.5.1. I will probably upgrade it to 9.1. I haven't had a chance to boot up the Sawtooth yet. M

In the spirit of our recent Lounge discussions, these are all straight-up liberations; that is, I got them for free. Non-Mac liberations are in parentheses. - Tangerine iBook G3/300 - Gigabit Ethernet G4/400 (dead PSU; parted out mobo and other bits) - B&W G3/400 - iMac DV+ G3/450 (dead...

Hi all, I'm familiar with all the woes that afflict iMac G3s, but I have a situation that's a variation on the theme, so I'm hoping for some help, or at least some perspective. The basics: - iMac G3 slot-loader; 350MHz upgraded to 450MHz via a mobo from a 450MHz unit whose PSU died. - I...

Hi folks, I just came across a Creative Solutions Hurdler II CPI Parallel Port NuBus card in a IIci I liberated. I did a little googling and found a pic (as well as one for sale for $172 on a Japanese site!), but there's virtually no info on this. Here's a link to the pic...

Swapped in a new mobo to an iMac G3. The problem: video artifacts. A series of dots and lines, in a grid-like pattern, across the entire screen. When the initial grey bootup screen shows, the artifacts are red and white. When the blue desktop comes up, the artifacts are reddish and much more...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280209712270 I know Color Classics have gone back up in price in recent years, but this seems nuts. There are only three bidders fighting over this, but it does seem like a legit auction to me. Thoughts? M

Got these two setups for free: (1) Indigo Slot-loading iMac G3/350 - OS X 10.3.9 - 512MB RAM - 7GB HD - Keyboard and mouse (2) Power Mac 6500/300 - 300MHz CPU - 512kB L2 cache - 128MB Crucial Tech RAM - USB PCI card - Ethernet PCI card - usual HD and CD drive - keyboard and mouse M

Another Freecycle liberation: Blue and White G3, 350MHz, 320MB RAM, 6GB HD, DVD drive with DVD hardware decoder installed. Currently running OS 9.2.2. I'm going to up the RAM to 448MB with a spare 128MB DIMM I got from a Freecycle PC, and install Panther. Matt

Recently I posted a "Mac stuff wanted" message on my local Freecycle and got lots of nice stuff (see here). In the last few days I've gotten these new additions: - Strawberry iMac G3/333MHz/64MB/6GB/9.1 - upgraded to 512MB (thank goodness for old PC laptop RAM!) and 10.3.9 - Beige G3...

I was intrigued by Quadraman's advice in this thread - http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1408 . He said if you post a Macs-Wanted message in your local Freecycle, folks will come to you. Boy, Quadraman, were you right! Within 48 hours of posting I'd picked up the following from folks in...