How easy would it be to pick one up?
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Lyle Lathem <skyl...@isp.com> wrote: > > I just rescued a blue g3 500 mhz 20 gig HD. It's working fine. The > guy has a bunch more.. $50.00 ea. They are from a school. Lyle > > > > > > > > Clark Martin wrote: >> Peter Mc Court wrote: >> >>> Learned ones, >>> >>> I just rescued a Ruby iMac (G3, 400MHz, 36GB HD, CD drive, 256MB RAM, >>> OS9.2.1, Firmware 4.1.9) from the Uni skip. She (Ruby) is fully >>> functional, except that I need to use the power button on the box to >>> start her up. >>> >>> None of the keyboard power buttons for my other 3 iMacs (similar >>> vintage) can start Ruby up, but they all can shut her down. >>> >>> I see that Ruby's power button is sits more deeply in the bezel than on >>> the other iMacs, so I guess she has been subject to some abuse. Is there >>> an easy fix for this power button issue? I've read that one should avoid >>> using the power button that sits on the iMac box. >>> >> >> Don't believe everything you read (except this :). There is nothing >> wrong with using the button on the computer to power the computer up. >> It is not recommended to use it to turn the computer off, you should use >> a controlled shut down instead. >> >> If the button works to initiate a shut down then the button is okay. >> The difference is on power up the button sends a signal through the USB >> connection to start the computer. This was a non-standard >> implementation of USB and Apple eventually abandoned it. It's possible >> the iMac is "new" enough that it doesn't implement the keyboard power >> on, I don't know when things changed. >> >> Me, I wouldn't worry about it, just use the power button on the computer. >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
