[TriLUG] A few good computers need good homes

Fri May 13 10:02:59 EDT 2005

Ian,

You're preferring that folks come and get stuff, yes?  You're near
downtown Raleigh?  Also, apart from looking to get folks to pick
things up with some alacrity, is there a particular deadline by which
things must be gone? [i.e. are you moving for the summer, or anything
like that?]  The reason I ask is that I have to borrow a car to come
get them, and have to talk to the person whose car I would borrow to
set up a time, and I wanna know your schedule restrictions.

Jason

On 5/12/05, Ian Meyer <ianmeyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> its yours!
> 
> when would be a good time to meet up to get this thing outta here?
> 
> ~ian
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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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