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| Nobody likes the G3 all-in-one | |
| Posted by: EvilCapitalist on 2014-10-08 14:17:46 There was a listing on CL for a G3 all-in-one that had been posted for months (I kid you not!) and after they dropped the price again I figured it would be a good machine to act as a network bridge for some of my older machines. I thought I’d get a stock machine but it ended up coming with 224MB RAM, a 40GB HD, and a DVD/CD-RW. Pretty solid deal in my book. That’s not the most interesting thing I’ve acquired recently though, this is: (sorry about the craptastic phone camera quality)  Just picked this up today and while it didn't come with a hard drive I'm sure I've got an extra floating around somewhere. The guy said that he'd had the ad up for a day and change and no one had responded, then after I emailed him suddenly he got seven more interested people. Checked out the IIsi's insides and it was very clean in there and thankfully NO Maxell battery! | |
| Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2014-10-08 14:28:47 I like the AIO, haven't seen one for sale recently. Takes up a lot of space though! | |
| Posted by: snuci on 2014-10-08 14:53:15 If G3 AIOs weren't so bulky and heavy, I'd buy another one. I think they're awesome and were perfect for the educational market. | |
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2014-10-08 17:06:00 Years ago a local recycler had a room full of them and asked if I wanted one (G3 AIO), nope. I don't like the TAM or original Imacs either so shoot me. I would like that monitor on the IIsi. | |
| Posted by: jsarchibald on 2014-10-08 17:11:20 I don't get the hate for the TAM. I guess you guys also don't get the love for the TAM. | |
| Posted by: SuperToaster on 2014-10-08 18:32:52 Why'd we bring the TAM into this? But might as well state my opinion on it I guess... Half of me likes the design and half of me doesn't like it. | |
| Posted by: EvilCapitalist on 2014-10-08 18:36:07 Personally I like the design of the TAM, and the startup noise, but I feel it was underpowered for what they were asking for it. As far as the G3 AIO goes it certainly is a heavy machine. My high school's library was full of them, only the computer lab got the nicer / newer iMacs. Of course, the teachers were really shafted, they got stuck with 7200s. | |
| Posted by: SuperToaster on 2014-10-08 18:36:40 Made a funny picture on what I don't think about the TAM haha...  | |
| Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2014-10-08 18:55:12 Alfred had a TAM, even if it was in the worst Batman movie ever. I'd like one. To me, a G3 AIO is a good bridge Mac. Can support USB but also has SCSI and a floppy drive. | |
Posted by: jsarchibald on 2014-10-08 18:55:47Personally I like the design of the TAM, and the startup noise, but I feel it was underpowered for what they were asking for it.That's why I maxed the RAM, put a 400MHz Sonnet in, replaced the hard drive with a CF card, and popped in Ethernet and USB to make it useful. I agree, when new, it wouldn't have been impressive compared to the rest of the Mac range, as far as performance goes, and to make them hum wouldn't have been cheap back in the day. But I did all of the above for under $100, so that was money well spent. And I'm not worried about parts commonality between the Powerbooks and the TAM, just means I have a plentiful supply of spares. | |
Posted by: EvilCapitalist on 2014-10-09 04:34:35That's why I maxed the RAM, put a 400MHz Sonnet in, replaced the hard drive with a CF card, and popped in Ethernet and USB to make it useful. I agree, when new, it wouldn't have been impressive compared to the rest of the Mac range, as far as performance goes, and to make them hum wouldn't have been cheap back in the day. But I did all of the above for under $100, so that was money well spent.Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to have a TAM if I could find a complete one out here in decent shape that wasn't new computer money. | |
| Posted by: ScutBoy on 2014-10-09 07:50:13 I'll second Unknown_K - I'd love that FPD if you don't want it. | |
| Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2014-10-09 08:22:00 I'm specifically mentioning my FPD in my will. 😀 | |
Posted by: Gorgonops on 2014-10-09 08:46:44I would like that monitor on the IIsi.Betchya a nickel it's incompatible with your reboxed SE, unfortunately. (That's an Apple FPD, not a Radius one, right?) Did you ever try the TTL-to-VGA wiring idea? | |
Posted by: EvilCapitalist on 2014-10-09 09:17:52Betchya a nickel it's incompatible with your reboxed SE, unfortunately. (That's an Apple FPD, not a Radius one, right?)Yes, it's the Apple one, not the Radius. | |
| Posted by: ScutBoy on 2014-10-09 12:03:01 Yeah, I know it's probably not right for the MicroMac SE, but I'd still like it for one of my other machines 🙂 | |
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2014-10-09 16:52:22 The monitor is the hard part, finding a card to run it is easy. | |
| Posted by: Paralel on 2014-10-10 06:24:54 I'll take a Molar Mac if anyone is giving them away for free or wants to drop one off here in SW Mitten State. I think they're cool. | |
| Posted by: wthww on 2014-10-10 06:33:37 The G3 AIO is actually my favorite oldworld mac. The perfect bridge machine and so ugly only a weirdo like me could love it! In truth I've spent countless hours in front of one of these at school and many more once I purchased one for home. A fun fact: the wallstreet powerbook is literally a beige G3 with power management functionality. Apple really did just take a desktop board and rearrange the components. //wthww | |
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