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| Picked up an Indigo iMac G3 from a sidewalk junk-pile! | |
| Posted by: Huxley on 2021-09-28 07:20:09 The other day I was out running errands with my family, and as we drove across town, I spotted a familiar shape and color out of the corner of my eye. I quickly circled the block, double-parked, and hopped out to take a look - it was an Indigo iMac G3! My wife snapped a pic from the car, since she thought it was funny that I'm always finding neat stuff on the sidewalk around here but rarely document it in pics 🙂  The machine is quite dirty and I haven't powered it up yet, but visually it seems to be in good shape, with no obvious cracks or exterior damage. It was set in a pile of refuse, which also included a sweet beige IBM CRT display (I'd guess it's from the "Aptiva era"), and an external SCSI drive of the style you'd usually see sitting under a Macintosh SE or Classic. I grabbed those items too - fingers crossed that they work! Huxley | |
| Posted by: mattsoft on 2021-09-28 08:19:24 Lucky trash find! I never see stuff like that here in Seattle! It's always just an old couch that's been sitting the rain for days. Yuck! | |
Posted by: Huxley on 2021-09-28 09:14:48Lucky trash find! I never see stuff like that here in Seattle! It's always just an old couch that's been sitting the rain for days. Yuck!Thanks! I feel extra lucky this time around, since I found this iMac on Sunday afternoon, and just a few hours later that evening we got a painfully-rare rainshower here. This little iMac (and the SCSI drive + CRT monitor I also grabbed) just missed getting a bath! H. | |
| Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2021-09-28 10:07:14 What, no peripherals? 😀 Love it! | |
Posted by: Huxley on 2021-09-28 10:44:15What, no peripherals? 😀 Love it!Sadly no! I have a healthy number of iMac G3's already, so now I'm torn between seeking out the matching Indigo keyboard and mouse, or just confirming what condition the machine is, cleaning it up, and then re-homing it. Decisions decisions... 🙂 H. | |
| Posted by: Rick Dangerous on 2021-09-29 12:14:57 The best kind of find! | |
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