On Jul 9, 2010, at 12:41 AM, leo 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 Only user adjustments to hardware directly are to the flyback transformer (focus and brightness). If and when you get it running, you may discover that the screen geometry is off and that you can reset it to factory default and then adjust, using the software, to your preference. Or it's possible the hardware itself is messed up. In which case, either find a donor machine or give up. Hard drive is missing Uses ATA/IDE, with up to 120+ the max available. 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. I see this a lot. Replace the optical drive with a good one. 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? They're nice little machines, once you get the bugs out. I fix them up and give them away to kids as standalone games/learning machines all the time. Make sure you check and replace the clock battery, which should read 3.6 volts or slightly higher. Toss one that's less than 3 volts. -- Jim Scott -- 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
