Topic: G3/233 worth the restore?
Yes and no. Get the parts for free, have time to kill, and yes. Anything
else, no.
leo artistic...@gmail.com Jul 09 12:41AM -0700
I bagged an original Rev A Bondi-blue G3 off ebay to find it was worth
well less than their original asking price.
Always pays to check out the COMPLETED AUCTIONS listings on eBay or a big
city's Craig's List postings to determine actual market value. In Seattle,
people GIVE these away. I just picked up FIVE in one day. Will make
excellent gifts for friends to give to their kids, etc.
I could manage to
refurbish it, but I'm reluctant to spend any more money on it
Good. Refurb it, but spend nothing. How? Ask for the parts on CL and your
local Freecycle group. LEM swap is a dim possibility, but a lot of folks
there sell the old stuff thinking they're supposed to make big bennies off
it.
Screen image is off center and I cant find any adjustment
It's a software adjustment in preferences.
Hard drive is missing
Then you don't have access to preferences because you don't have on OS
loaded. You need an HD with an OS loaded to muck around with adjustments.
I have an 80gb you can have for $40 plus shipping. Show me a picture of
your install disk to prove you're doing a legal install and I'll pre-install
your OS for you if you can't do that at home. That could be useful--read on
to see why. OR, you should be able to find 20 - 40 gb IDE units for free or
pocket change. Check out Freecycle, Craig's List, or your local computer
recycling depot. Almost any IDE drive will work, even ones from toasted
PC's. Just blank, reformat and install. Don't have a working Mac to rock
all that with? Borrow one. Again, check with listed resources.
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.
OK, so the optical drive is toast. Pre-install the OS on the HD you're
going to install via another machine (as I could do for you as mentioned
before, or as you can do if you have a spare HD and another CPU. Or,
perhaps someone would be willing to do that for you for free if you provide
them with your own HD), then change out the optical at the same time. Get a
new optical for free from the resources named above. Or screw the optical
drive once you have the OS loaded, and just use a USB drive. Or...dump the
whole thing and get a free Firewire iMac.
Honestly, you want an iMac with Firewire to be halfway useable in the modern
world...you get target disk mode and the ability to load 10.4 with Firewire
and that makes a world of difference for internet use, iPod linking, etc.
etc. You want a free Firewire iMac? Pay me for shipping and packing and
two hours of my time and it's yours. Live in Seattle? Buy me lunch, tell
me some funny stories, and pick it up free. Or find one via Freecycle,
Craig's List, or your local computer recycling center or non-profit refurb
center. Seriously, I pick up free iMacs, iBooks and even Pismo's and
Powerbook G4's that way all the time--4 - 10 a year. All needed heavy
refurb but all made great gifts to deserving pals or needy kids.
Run in Seattle
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