PowerBook G3 Wallstreet (Destroyed)

[iMac600]

Completely obliterated. The person who owned it had it dropped by his nephew, which cracked the display. Trying to salvage the hard disk, he opened it up and tried to get the drive out... when he couldn't get it out, he smashed the top casing and ripped the drive out that way. The result...

- Base Unit

- Shattered Case, Top Right

- Cracked LCD Panel

The main reason behind this liberation is the fact I have a second Wallstreet in the cupboard. It needs an AC Board, Keyboard, Display Hinges and a Bottom case which, on this shattered machine, all survived.

So I can transfer the parts out of the destroyed unit and into the working system, install Mac OS and it should be up and running again.

 

[tmtomh]

Nice liberation - making good use of an otherwise trashed unit!

 

[slimac55]

The idea of someone getting frustrated and smashing up a computer makes you laugh until you see the photos...

 

[Bunsen]

What a clown

/edit/ If the backlight is still working, you could make a nice portable lightbox for any photographer/artist friends you might know. Nice little Chrissie pressie.

 

[iMac600]

I replaced the AC Board and Keyboard, also repaired the lower case of the old one.

Then I tried to change the hinges. Unfortunately the hinges pinched the display cable, splitting it in three places. It's well beyond repair.

I would have tried to transplant the cables off the broken LCD but the moron, instead of unplugging the cables, has cut them off with a stanley knife.

So now I have a headless G3 Wallstreet. I may be able to source up one more LCD panel but if that one doesn't work then the entire bunch can go in the bin.

At least we tried, eh'...

 

[Dennis Nedry]

If all that's wrong with a Wallstreet is a simple display ribbon, hold onto it. Wallstreets are popping up more and more often, you're bound to find another parts machine like this.

 

[iMac600]

I think i've already confirmed another parts machine, with a nice 14.1" LCD panel. Should bolt straight up to the Wallstreet assembly with a little luck, otherwise i'll just restore the 14.1" system.

I had a feeling it was a PDQ series but on closer inspection it does seem to be a Wallstreet.

 

[Christopher]

I had a feeling it was a PDQ series but on closer inspection it does seem to be a Wallstreet.

Pretty Darn Quick? :lol:

 

[Unknown_K]

The only real difference between a wallstreet 1 and 2 (PDQ) is the original had a slower video chip and could do 83Mhz FSB. There were also different screen options, if the machine has a 14" monitor and you can have the option for emulated 800x600 and 640x480 rez then its version 2.

 

[iMac600]

I had a feeling it was a PDQ series but on closer inspection it does seem to be a Wallstreet.

Pretty Darn Quick? :lol:

I thought it was "Pretty Damn Quick". :lol:

I've noticed that both of my PowerBook G3's, while similar, have some differences. The major difference is one of the G3 boards has an S-Video out port and the other doesn't.

Both came factory standard with 233mhz cacheless CPU's but i've fitted a 292mhz cached version to one if the systems.

 

[Unknown_K]

The 292 works on the original Wallstreet only, and is the fastest stock CPU (since it runs at 83mhz). One of my wallstreets has that CPU and is very fast (256MB RAM).

Thankfully I only have one of the 233 cacheless units, running in a 12" 800x600 wallstreet.