[TriLUG] OT-humor-A few good computers need good homes

Marty Ferguson martyferg at nc.rr.com
Fri May 13 10:50:28 EDT 2005


Giving away all of these noble old warhorses just doesn't make any sense 
to me.
I would think you could start a computer relic museum, set them out on 
display, and charge 50 cents admission.


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Ian Meyer 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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