24 Oct
2003
24 Oct
'03
10:44 a.m.
I was in a surplus store this morning and some guy walked in with an iMAC
and said "Here you can have it." and walked out! I brought it home and
hokked it up but I can't even figure out how to turn the darnned thing on!
Can anyone help? It's a model M5521 350MHz G3 "Blueberry" iMAC.
Joe
24 Oct
24 Oct
12:09 p.m.
On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 02:44 PM, Joe wrote:
I was in a surplus store this morning and some guy
walked in with an
iMAC
and said "Here you can have it." and walked out! I brought it home and
hokked it up but I can't even figure out how to turn the darnned thing
on!
Can anyone help? It's a model M5521 350MHz G3 "Blueberry" iMAC.
Joe
Did you get a keyboard with it? Mouse?
I am not exactly sure since all I have had are powerbooks and beige
macs but
the power on button is on the keyboard, it think.
12:10 p.m.
I was in a surplus store this morning and some guy
walked in with an iMAC
and said "Here you can have it." and walked out! I brought it home and
hokked it up but I can't even figure out how to turn the darnned thing on!
Can anyone help? It's a model M5521 350MHz G3 "Blueberry" iMAC.
Sweet! Lucky B******! Do you have the keyboard and mouse? It might
require you to use the 'on' button on the keyboard to power it up, I've
never really messed with an iMac.
If nothing else, you should be able to use it as a nice email station by
putting Eudora on it. It can even run the current version of Mac OS X if
you want.
Zane
4:08 p.m.
At 02:10 PM 10/24/03 -0700, you wrote:
Thanks. I think! :-)
I was in a
surplus store this morning and some guy walked in with an iMAC
and said "Here you can have it." and walked out! I brought it home and
hokked it up but I can't even figure out how to turn the darnned thing on!
Can anyone help? It's a model M5521 350MHz G3 "Blueberry" iMAC.
Sweet! Lucky B******! Do you have the keyboard and mouse?
Yes. After I posted the message I got it working. Turned out to have a
bad power cord!!! It works beautifully. It's a model M5521 and has 350 Mhz
G3 CPU, 10/100 ethernet, 56k modem, 2 USB, 320 Mb RAM, 6.3 Gb hard drive,
8Mb ATI Rage video and MacOS-9. Not bad for a freebie!
It might
require you to use the 'on' button on the
keyboard to power it up, I've
never really messed with an iMac.
If nothing else, you should be able to use it as a nice email station by
putting Eudora on it.
That's what I was thinking but the OL has already taken it over to play
Solitare and Blackjack on!
Joe
It can even run the current version of Mac OS X if
you want.
Zane
5:03 p.m.
bad power cord!!! It works beautifully. It's a
model M5521 and has 350 Mhz
G3 CPU, 10/100 ethernet, 56k modem, 2 USB, 320 Mb RAM, 6.3 Gb hard drive,
8Mb ATI Rage video and MacOS-9. Not bad for a freebie!
Wow! You really did get a good deal, the person that dumped it was an
idiot. He could have sold it and gotten at least a little bit out of it.
It has enough RAM that you can definitly load Mac OS X on it. It's
definitly a good computer, and can easily handle internet and office type
tasks.
Zane
12:12 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 3:44 PM
Subject: Got an iMAC, now what?
I was in a surplus store this morning and some guy
walked in with an
iMAC
and said "Here you can have it." and walked
out! I brought it home and
hokked it up but I can't even figure out how to turn the darnned thing on!
Can anyone help? It's a model M5521 350MHz G3 "Blueberry" iMAC.
Joe
Kind of a newer system for this group isnt it? Anyway most macs have a power
on button on the keyboard, hit it and the unit should turn on. Check out
http://www.lowendmac.com/imacs/imac-d.shtml for more information.
12:35 p.m.
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Joe wrote:
I was in a surplus store this morning and some guy
walked in with an iMAC
and said "Here you can have it." and walked out! I brought it home and
hokked it up but I can't even figure out how to turn the darnned thing on!
Can anyone help? It's a model M5521 350MHz G3 "Blueberry" iMAC.
Press any key to continue...
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4:10 p.m.
At 02:35 PM 10/24/03 -0700, Sellam wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Joe wrote:
AFTER I replaced the bad power cord. Gee, I'm glad I had all that high
tech training so that I can handle all these complicated repairs!
Joe
I was in a surplus store this morning and some
guy walked in with an iMAC
and said "Here you can have it." and walked out! I brought it home and
hokked it up but I can't even figure out how to turn the darnned thing on!
Can anyone help? It's a model M5521 350MHz G3 "Blueberry" iMAC.
Press any key to continue...
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