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| iMac Colored Accessories | |
| Posted by: eraser on 2013-10-07 09:17:58 In the late 90s there were many fruit iMac-inspired color products and accessories. Some came in a couple colors from the factory (like the Handspring Visors) and some had swappable covers (like the Epson 740i). I am looking around for some "matching" items for fruit colored iMacs but most of them seem to be forgotten nowadays. What were some of them? | |
| Posted by: markyb86 on 2013-10-07 10:00:21 I had some a set of tangerine desktop speakers and a tangerine Epson printer. I wish I knew the brand of the speakers, because I wouldn't mind having some of them again. I still have my Imation brand USB floppy drive that is bondi blue and clear white. Also macally made or makes mice that are the fruit colors. Target sold a bunch of non-computer accessories with the same colors too, like alarm clocks, desk lamps and portable cd players. Vtech cordless phones, aiwa cd-players, etc. can't think of any others at the moment. Also: if you have a staples office supply store, they sell storage containers (called "Really Useful Box"), ranging from 2"x2"x3" up to a foot deep or so in the fruit colors (even bondi) they are the fruit color on the bottom with clear white lids. I know that's not really a computer accessory but I grabbed a bunch for the desk to hold flash drives,screws etc. | |
Posted by: Cory5412 on 2013-10-07 11:02:18called "Really Useful Box"Woefully, mine only has clear white/blue/pink/purple on a regular basis, but some red and green have shown up, presumably in prep for the holidays. (I'm keeping my eyes out for black and orange and brown or some other interesting colors.) Anyway just a note to add that I literally have 30 of these boxes and that they're available in lots of great sizes and stacking them is super easy and I am slowly replacing all of my other boxes and part bins with these. | |
| Posted by: dougg3 on 2013-10-07 18:18:15 The Agfa SnapScan 1212U was a USB scanner that came in a semi-transparent bluish-green color. | |
Posted by: eraser on 2013-10-07 23:03:03Target sold a bunch of non-computer accessories with the same colors too, like alarm clocks, desk lamps and portable cd players.Yes! I remember those and I was actually looking for the lamps and figured they would be a nice compliment to a fruit iMac. I was having a lot of trouble finding them and finally found out why: https://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2007/Halogen-Table-Lamps-Sold-at-Lowes-Stores-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-Hazard/ xx( Although the CPSC site mentions Lowe's I noticed that these were the same lamps sold at Wal-Mart and Target. Were there others? The Agfa SnapScan 1212U was a USB scanner that came in a semi-transparent bluish-green color.Oh yes! That's a cool looking scanner. | |
| Posted by: bibilit on 2013-10-08 04:51:16 Yes, i 've got my USB Floppy Drive as well and a no-name mouse. Will make some pictures tonight. Also have an Imation Superdisk in white and blue colors. Used to have a PC mouse Tangerine in colour. | |
| Posted by: bibilit on 2013-10-08 11:17:19 Here are mines  | |
| Posted by: TheMacGuy on 2013-10-08 11:39:27 I actually have that SuperDisk. Now just to get the matching iMac. :lol: | |
| Posted by: markyb86 on 2013-10-08 12:40:49 It's a little expensive but there's this USB hub/dock http://www.ioffer.com/i/mac-usb-to-scsi-db25-converter-imac-g3-g4-ibook-new-nib-28006647  | |
Posted by: MacJunky on 2013-10-08 13:29:04The Agfa SnapScan 1212U was a USB scanner that came in a semi-transparent bluish-green color.There was also the SnapScan Touch that had swappable coloured handles on the lid. Though the lid itself was translucent white and the body of the scanner was white.  | |
| Posted by: finkmac on 2013-10-08 18:59:55 Keyspan adapters were produced in a few colours…  | |
| Posted by: bibilit on 2013-10-12 07:17:54 Hey, look at that, just been given by a friend a 4 port USB hub, will be a perfect match for an IMac G4.  Red glowing wires and white base. | |
| Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-10-12 09:59:04 Ha! Nice. :approve: That reminds me, I've got a floor lamp that looks very much like the top of your hub. I was hacking it to be a ceiling lamp for the old place. | |
| Posted by: directive0 on 2013-10-15 09:43:34 Not related in any way, and predates the iMac by a couple years, but I always liked this piece of coloured translucent plastic.  | |
| Posted by: coius on 2013-10-16 20:20:40 Is that a tamagotchi? Wow, I haven't seen one of those since the early to mid 1990's I remember when furbies were new. Anyone heard about the furby convention which resulted in 5000+ fried furbies when they simultaneously fried their circuits due to a bug? I thought that was hilarious and couldn't stop laughing | |
| Posted by: directive0 on 2013-10-17 12:41:45 I was mad into Tamagotchis in middle-school. Still have a couple kicking around, though not the blue one. I wasn't into furbies. I tried searching for a link to an article describing what you mentioned, but all I found was furry conventions, 8-o | |
| Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-10-17 13:36:49 eww!!!! đŸ˜› | |
| Posted by: directive0 on 2013-10-18 13:07:28 Doesn't bother me, just wasn't what I was looking for. I know some furries personally, they're harmless. To each their own, right? Hey you guys remember this?  Must have been the ultimate iMac accessory! | |
| Posted by: markyb86 on 2013-10-18 15:31:33 I remember someone buying that eMachines PC from the thrift store a few years ago, they were so thrilled to finally get a Mac! :lol: :lol: :lol: | |
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