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G4 gift
Posted by: KC13 on 2012-11-19 07:39:27
Recently, my last Mac died (PowerBook 180). That left me without a working Mac for the first time since I purchased a IIci back in the 80's. Can I hear you say withdrawal? :lol:

Well, I asked on our local Mac user group site if anyone was disposing of anything, and a great guy offered me a G4 which I jumped at. It was the basic system only, no monitor, keyboard or mouse. It was also sans a hard drive. I have some old IDE drives, but on opening the box the hard drive carrier was missing. Without that, the drive sits on the bottom of the case with freedom to vibrate and move around. Does anyone know where I could locate a carrier?

I also don't have a copy of OS9.1 or early OSX versions, so for now it sits looking pretty!
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2012-11-19 08:26:42
Very cool, my DA466 was a gift as well. MDT's from withdrawal may not be nearly as serious, but they seem to last longer than DTs from drying out . . .

. . . I get 'em just thinking about downsizing the collection. :-/

Mount your HDD to anything you have handy and put rubber feets on the bottom of that until you can source a carrier.
Posted by: markyb86 on 2012-11-19 08:45:13
Which g4 is it? if its a graphite I could probably slide one of the bottom-of-the-case mounts your way.
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2012-11-19 08:55:08
As stated in the Conquests forum, I recently came into possession of a 733MHz Digital Audio G4
OOPSIE! [😉] ]'>

I purchased a IIci back in the 80's.
Brand spanking new High End Mac?
Posted by: KC13 on 2012-11-19 09:26:47
Yes, it was brand spanking new back then. I later replaced the cache card with a DayStar '040 expansion card and also added an Apple video card. That Mac cost me a bundle back in the day. I still have it in the closet, but alas it will no longer boot. It started booting silent, then went to no boot at all. Likely it needs to be recapped, but unfortunately I don't posses those types of skills and am currently in a bit of financial hardship having lost my job back in January.

PS, I may be dim, but I don't see an option to reply with quotes. How is that done here?
Posted by: markyb86 on 2012-11-19 09:53:06
scroll down after you hit reply, you can pick each post you want to quote by a button in its upper right hand corner.
Posted by: KC13 on 2012-11-19 10:17:54
lol, I am dim!!!
Posted by: mcdermd on 2012-11-19 10:21:10
It's not just you - I've been doing it by hand for a couple of years now. I always looked for the quote button in the forum posts themselves, not in the post input page.
Posted by: volvo242gt on 2012-11-19 12:48:38
It's not just you - I've been doing it by hand for a couple of years now. I always looked for the quote button in the forum posts themselves, not in the post input page.
Ah, yeah, definitely not what I was used to.

Yes, it was brand spanking new back then. I later replaced the cache card with a DayStar '040 expansion card and also added an Apple video card. That Mac cost me a bundle back in the day. I still have it in the closet, but alas it will no longer boot. It started booting silent, then went to no boot at all. Likely it needs to be recapped, but unfortunately I don't posses those types of skills and am currently in a bit of financial hardship having lost my job back in January.
PS, I may be dim, but I don't see an option to reply with quotes. How is that done here?
Re: your ci, I have a spare ci board that was just recapped with tantalum caps. If I don't wind up using it for the IIcx that I'm picking up in an hour or two, you're welcome to it. $15 on exchange sound fair? I send you my recapped board, then you can send me your board that doesn't work in exchange.

-J
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2012-11-19 13:13:36
Yeah, it's a pain to quote here on purpose. We were getting what seemed like the entire previous thread with nested quotes inside replies to replies all too frequently. It's better now, making quoting a manual proposition ensures that the quote is more specific and necessary to the flow of the thread . . .

. . . if not, they tend to disappear automagically for some unknown reason. 😉

Posted by: Bunsen on 2012-11-21 12:20:59
There's also a guide to posting etiquette at the Forum rules page, under "House style".
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2012-11-21 15:16:58
That too!

I'd meant to say so, but neglected to do so: Good luck finding a new job, I'm sorry to hear about your difficulties, I hear ya! Been there, it's no fun at all, I hope the upcoming year has nothing but good in store for you and yours, comrade.
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