You can always empty the case and make an aquarium, or a kitty house, or something out of it --they still are real cool-looking. Other than that, don't bother trying to fix it. It sounds too screwed up.
One has to learn when to stop. I have been lucky on eBay, but there's the occasional lemon --like a Quicksilver I got there. I replaced the memory, the hard drive, even the logic board, and it never worked right anyway. Just one of them money pits... :-) Felix On Jul 9, 3:41 am, leo <artistic...@gmail.com> wrote: > I bagged an original Rev A Bondi-blue G3 off ebay to find it was worth > well less than their original asking price. I could manage to > refurbish it, but I'm reluctant to spend any more money on it. > > Screen image is off center and I cant find any adjustment > Hard drive is missing > CD Drive is feeble, and spins up only if held pressed in, and the > computer doesn't seem to register the OS 9 disk once it does spin up. > > Thats about the worst of the problems with it, cosmetically, its worn, > but the internals look good and dusted out cleanly. I'd love to > refurbish it, but am reluctant to order a CD drive for it with the > screen mal-adjusted like it is, and I cannot find any adjustments on > any inch of the case, inside or out. Is this old guy worth the trouble > for a little nostalgia? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
