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Posted by: Patrickool93 on 2007-07-07 23:22:34
I accidently posted this in the Trading Post, I deleted that and put it in here...
I finally went to a local computer shop and got RAM for my iBook G3, which is running great now, btw...On my way out I noticed some old macs lying outside on the ground. Shocked, I went inside, and asked about them. They had been sitting outside for 2 years, there was a Multiple Scan 17, Centris 610 and a LC 475. I asked how much for the LC 475, and he said $5. I lied and said I said I had $3 on me and he took it. I took it home, and cleaned off 2 years of outside grime. I opened it, expecting hell, and to my surprise it was rust/corrosion free. Since it has not rained in over a week, I figured I would be OK to power up. I hooked it up, and turned it on. No video. A light went off in my head that said !!Pizza Box Power Toggle!! and, it booted, with video. As the extensions were loading, I was watching it. All of a sudden as an apperant speech extension loaded, a voice said "No thanks, I take it black, like my men." My friend was with me and she (and me) burst out laughing. I guess a file placed in the extension folder will play the file at startup...Anyway, I think it was a true liberation from an unloved enviroment.
Also, more macs at that shop include
2xGraphite G4's
3xApple monitors
Stylewriters
PM 7200
Centris 610
So a deserving iBook got ram and a LC 475 got a loving home.
All for 2 sticks of 256mb DDR2 memory from a MacBook and $3...
Worth it? I think so...
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Posted by: equill on 2007-07-08 00:05:20
Truly a noble act of liberation, for which your name should be enrolled in some significant place. I have it! In the Macintosh 68K Liberation Army!
de
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Posted by: jkoci on 2007-07-08 05:50:00
Nice. I just picked up a 475 myself. What is the "Pizza Box Power Toggle"? As far as I know the 475 needs a good pram battery to have video.
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Posted by: Patrickool93 on 2007-07-08 05:56:33
The toggle is leaving it on for about 5 seconds, then quickly "toggling" it to off then on. It leaves enough juice in the system for you to get video, and a working pizza box. Worked on my PM6100 too.
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Posted by: MrMacintosh on 2007-07-08 09:15:50
Nice job! And I would go back and snag at least the Centris 610.
Well, and probably the rest of them, too.
Kyle-
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Posted by: Quadraman on 2007-07-08 10:46:20
If he was keeping them outside all that time, I'd have made a midnight raid and grabbed them all for nothing. He probably would have been happy they were gone.
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Posted by: Patrickool93 on 2007-07-08 10:50:31
he wants them gone, Badly. But he also like money.A lot.
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Posted by: Bunsen on 2007-07-08 15:42:52
Get the 610! Get the 610! Pizza love!
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Posted by: John8520 on 2007-07-08 15:50:26
Centris 610s aren't pizzaboxes I don't think....
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Posted by: bigD on 2007-07-08 15:53:29
Centris 610s aren't pizzaboxes I don't think.... I'd consider the 610 the very definition of a pizza box! The 605 is more like a box for an order of breadsticks... 🙂
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Posted by: MrMacintosh on 2007-07-08 16:06:15
Woah. Wait. Now that I am more awake, it sunk in - why haven't you grabbed yourself a deal on those G4s? Offer him like $40 for everything. Even if he has the G4s inside out of the rain, maybe he would let them go.
Kyle-
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Posted by: alk on 2007-07-08 20:04:46
Can you post that extension somewhere that we can all download it? I'd love to get a copy of that...
Good find, by the way!
Peace,
Drew
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