Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson 

On Jan 4, 2017, at 1:29 PM, Clark Martin 
> wrote:


I feel like the Data Security Dalek: "DE-MAGNETIZE! DE-MAGNETIZE!” 8-)

Just be thankful the policy isn’t to do a DOD wipe procedure.  Could be a 
little difficult trying to find an 8” drive… or computer to use it.

Given the amounts of iron oxide flakes that peeled away as I was shredding 
them, I expect that process would have lasted for two, maybe three disks before 
the drive was unusable.

I'm pretty sure, though, that shoving them three at a time through a 
diamond-cut shredder left no real chance of recovering decades-old NMR studies 
or Xerox Star docs (we had two of them in the College when I got here in ’91. 
Amazing machines. )

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Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Clark Martin 

Clark Martin
A designated driver on the information Super Highway

> On Jan 4, 2017, at 11:53 AM, Bruce Johnson  
> wrote:
> 
> The hard drives I can see, but what did those poor CD drives ever do to 
> anyone?? :-)
> 
> (sez the guy currently degaussing about 150 3.5” floppy disks and spent a 
> couple of hours running some 8” (!) disks through our shredder a while 
> back…someone discovered a couple boxes of old data disks in storage and 
> university policy is "Destroy all data!” 
> 
> I feel like the Data Security Dalek: "DE-MAGNETIZE! DE-MAGNETIZE!” 8-)

Just be thankful the policy isn’t to do a DOD wipe procedure.  Could be a 
little difficult trying to find an 8” drive… or computer to use it.

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Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson 

On Jan 4, 2017, at 12:33 PM, charles lenington 
> wrote:


I have 10+  iMacs that were taken from service by drilling through bottom of 
case killing hard & cd/dvd drives. I'll have to check for model id.


The hard drives I can see, but what did those poor CD drives ever do to 
anyone?? :-)

(sez the guy currently degaussing about 150 3.5” floppy disks and spent a 
couple of hours running some 8” (!) disks through our shredder a while 
back…someone discovered a couple boxes of old data disks in storage and 
university policy is "Destroy all data!”

I feel like the Data Security Dalek: "DE-MAGNETIZE! DE-MAGNETIZE!” 8-)

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Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread charles lenington 

On 1/4/17 11:36 AM, Zeke Ulrey wrote:
I'm two hours south of Spokane, WA.  Anyone know of a functioning 
500Mhz or higher G3 iMac, anywhere?  (Every time the CRT goes out in 
mine I pull the guts and put it in another. I've done this three times 
since 1999.)


Finally, for the first time, I'm having difficulty locating a donor.  
All I really do is download music and play iTunes with it but these 
machines are perfect for that, humming along unobtrusively...

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I have 10+  iMacs that were taken from service by drilling through 
bottom of case killing hard & cd/dvd drives. I'll have to check for 
model id.


Charles Lenington

Paden, OK 74860

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Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson 

On Jan 4, 2017, at 11:18 AM, Bruce Johnson 
> wrote:


On Jan 4, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Zeke Ulrey 
> wrote:

I'm two hours south of Spokane, WA.  Anyone know of a functioning 500Mhz or 
higher G3 iMac, anywhere?  (Every time the CRT goes out in mine I pull the guts 
and put it in another.  I've done this three times since 1999.)

Finally, for the first time, I'm having difficulty locating a donor.  All I 
really do is download music and play iTunes with it but these machines are 
perfect for that, humming along unobtrusively…

Find a 15” lcd VGA monitor and swap it out for the CRT. Should fit without too 
much modification (although you will likely need to disassemble it) and connect 
to the internal VGA port.

Here’s some info : 


That would be a one-of-a-kind project!

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Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson 

> On Jan 4, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Zeke Ulrey  wrote:
> 
> I'm two hours south of Spokane, WA.  Anyone know of a functioning 500Mhz or 
> higher G3 iMac, anywhere?  (Every time the CRT goes out in mine I pull the 
> guts and put it in another.  I've done this three times since 1999.)
> 
> Finally, for the first time, I'm having difficulty locating a donor.  All I 
> really do is download music and play iTunes with it but these machines are 
> perfect for that, humming along unobtrusively…

Find a 15” lcd VGA monitor and swap it out for the CRT. Should fit without too 
much modification (although you will likely need to disassemble it) and connect 
to the internal VGA port.


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Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread 'sasse' via iMac Group 
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I'm two hours south of Spokane, WA.  Anyone know of a functioning 500Mhz or 
higher G3 iMac, anywhere?  (Every time the CRT goes out in mine I pull the guts 
and put it in another.  I've done this three times since 1999.)
Finally, for the first time, I'm having difficulty locating a donor.  All I 
really do is download music and play iTunes with it but these machines are 
perfect for that, humming along unobtrusively...

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Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Zeke Ulrey 
I'm two hours south of Spokane, WA.  Anyone know of a functioning 500Mhz or
higher G3 iMac, anywhere?  (Every time the CRT goes out in mine I pull the
guts and put it in another.  I've done this three times since 1999.)

Finally, for the first time, I'm having difficulty locating a donor.  All I
really do is download music and play iTunes with it but these machines are
perfect for that, humming along unobtrusively...

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