[TriLUG] A few good computers need good homes

[Ian Meyer]

its yours!

when would be a good time to meet up to get this thing outta here?

~ian

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- Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me you built a time  
machine... out of a DeLorean?
- The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car,  
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On May 12, 2005, at 3:11 PM, U. Jason Gloege Jr. wrote:

> ian,
>
> i'd love to take the beige g3 off your hands, along with the
> piecesparts it comes with... is that doable?
>
> jason
>
> On 5/12/05, Ian Meyer <ianmeyer at mac.com> wrote:
>
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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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