[TriLUG] A few good computers need good homes

[Ian Meyer]

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hey everyone, i've got a few computers laying around the house that  
need homes... they're sitting here not being used and taking up  
space, and i'd much rather get them to someone who can get some use  
out of them. most of the are free, a couple isn't.

first up is a vintage Apple Network Server (for more information on  
this beast, check out shiner.info). Its got a full complement of  
drive trays but not all have backplanes for connections, it has the  
original CD-ROM loaded tray, as well as several trays with 68 pin UW- 
SCSI connectors. I have a few UW-SCSI drives that'll go with it, but  
since the pinout os different it needs some adapter cables, but guess  
what, the parts to roll your own are also included!

next we have another beige mac, this time with a little more  
horsepower and a much smaller case, a beige g3. its currently halfway  
through an install (as in when you boot it'll ask for disc 2) i  
think, i haven't even turned it on. comes with a monitor, and adb  
keyboard and mouse.

next down the line we go back in time a little farther with a  
commodore 64. this baby comes complete with floppy drive and a big  
bol o' software, some on discs, some on cartridges.

sitting over here on my bottom shelf is a great old machine in need  
of a new harddrive, a mac se! this one has even been decorated with a  
painted-on Link (in the Wind Waker style, you know, the guy from  
Zelda) that was done by a friend of mine last summer when we had too  
much free time, spraypaint, and masking tape.

now for the un-freebies: first up we have a NetPliance iOpener. This  
is a sweet little machine running at right around 100 or 133 MHz if  
memory serves me right, modded to have an attached 4 gig laptop hard  
drive that fits right inside the case. It's got a parallel port,  
hardware modem (!), and usb out, also includes a USB hub that is also  
a network adapter, no extra drivers necesary to get it running under  
linux. the drive currently has mandrake 10 on it, but for some reason  
I've coerced it into not booting from the drive anymore. some BIOS-fu  
should get up and running though. I'd like to get a little bit for  
this sweetie, they get around $100 on eBay usually, but I'd be happy  
to get 2/3 of that.

and the last guy is 700 MHz G3 iMa, Graphite color. Its spent nearly  
all its life on my grandmother's desk and is a great machine. Still  
kickin' along, it will come to you with a fresh install of OS X 10.3  
Panther. Comes in the original box with a Apple pro keyboard and  
Mouse ( yeah, one button :-/ ), its a wonderful box to use for a  
server or kids computer or even a spare workstation somewhere. I'd  
like to get around $400 for it, but make me an offer.

Anyway, thanks for reading, hopefully you'll decide to take some of  
this off my hands! I'd prefer if you could come and pick it up at my  
place in downtown Raleigh, but if you'd like to make other  
arrangements, let me know and we can probably work something out.


~Ian Meyer

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