27 Apr
2014
27 Apr
'14
10:14 a.m.
I have about 12 various models of Mac G4 towers. These were used for audio
recording and art production and were being tossed. Before I spend the time
to see what all is in each machine and their conditions I wanted to see if
there was any interest in the systems. If not I won't bother with them as I
have samples in my own collection already.
Be aware they are rather heavy for shipping. Systems are located in Houston,
TX.
David
www.trailingedge.com
27 Apr
27 Apr
10:21 a.m.
Can you hold on to them for a bit? I have interest but in tight on funds right now.
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On 27 Apr 2014, at 13:14, "David Williams"
<nospam212-cctalk at yahoo.com> wrote:
I have about 12 various models of Mac G4 towers. These were used for audio
recording and art production and were being tossed. Before I spend the time
to see what all is in each machine and their conditions I wanted to see if
there was any interest in the systems. If not I won't bother with them as I
have samples in my own collection already.
Be aware they are rather heavy for shipping. Systems are located in Houston,
TX.
David
www.trailingedge.com
11:03 a.m.
> On 27 Apr 2014, at 13:14, "David
Williams" <nospam212-cctalk at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I have about 12 various models of Mac G4 towers. These were used for audio
> recording and art production and were being tossed. Before I spend the time
> to see what all is in each machine and their conditions I wanted to see if
> there was any interest in the systems. If not I won't bother with them as I
> have samples in my own collection already.
>
>
>
> Be aware they are rather heavy for shipping. Systems are located in Houston,
> TX.
I didn't see the original post, sorry for the double-quote.
I have a G4 MDD with a dead power supply; would you be willing to part at least one
machine out? If so, please reply off-list, as I couldn't quite figure out if I need
to remove any "nospam" parts from your email address.
- Dave
1:10 p.m.
I can see, some of these machines may not work and may only be parts
machines. Was mostly trying to see if there was interest before working on
them.
As for the email address, yeah that's caused confusion before, just use the
email address as is. My ISP gives us phantom email addresses to use to
protect from spam. You set a base that is the same for all and then part
that changes. When I set the base I didn't know what to put so made it
"nospam212-". Some people just reply but some try to strip it off. Oh well,
live and learn.
David
www.trailingedge.com
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of David Riley
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 1:04 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Pile of Mac G4s
I didn't see the original post, sorry for the double-quote.
I have a G4 MDD with a dead power supply; would you be willing to part at
least one machine out? If so, please reply off-list, as I couldn't quite
figure out if I need to remove any "nospam" parts from your email address.
1:06 p.m.
I could probably do so. Mainly wanted to see if there was enough interest
before I put in the work.
David
www.trailingedge.com
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Cory Smelosky
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 12:22 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Pile of Mac G4s
Can you hold on to them for a bit? I have interest but in tight on funds
right now.
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7:22 p.m.
Let me know if they have any upgrades (video cards, capture cards, audio
cards, CPU upgrades, etc) before you toss the non working ones.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Williams
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 4:06 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: Pile of Mac G4s
I could probably do so. Mainly wanted to see if there was enough interest
before I put in the work.
David
www.trailingedge.com
-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Cory Smelosky
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 12:22 PM
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Subject: Re: Pile of Mac G4s
Can you hold on to them for a bit? I have interest but in tight on funds
right now.
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10 May
10 May
6:17 p.m.
Update for those who asked about the Mac G4s. A few have been gutted of PSUs
and/or graphic cards and a couple won't power on at all. Of the rest, they
all power on but none would boot. After trying them all and getting the same
results I opened one up and noticed it had no memory. Another was the same,
seems they have everything in them EXCEPT memory.
Not sure if I have any memory that will work in a Mac G4 to test with...
have to check and see.
David
www.trailingedge.com
11 May
11 May
1:47 a.m.
On 11 May 2014 03:17, David Williams <nospam212-cctalk at yahoo.com> wrote:
Not sure if I have any memory that will work in a Mac
G4 to test with...
have to check and see.
Any old PC-100 or PC-133 SDRAM should do for testing. I have
carrier-bags of it lying around in London.
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2:22 a.m.
i happen to have 2 powermac g4 machines myself a 533mhz and a 500mhz i think the second is
a 500 but i know one of them is 533 and i have loads of pc100 and 133 ram around. i know
for sure the 533 machine i have works. i myself am looking for an emac the last model made
or the last dual processor mdd or a mac mini g4 if i could get one of those but if anyone
wanted these g4 machines as well come get them or whatever. both of the g4 models i have
are the digital audio models.
-----Original Message-----
From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sun, May 11, 2014 1:47 am
Subject: Re: Pile of Mac G4s
On 11 May 2014 03:17, David Williams <nospam212-cctalk at yahoo.com> wrote:
Not sure if I have any memory that will work in a Mac
G4 to test with...
have to check and see.
Any old PC-100 or PC-133 SDRAM should do for testing. I have
carrier-bags of it lying around in London.
--
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Email: lproven at cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven
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Cell: +44 7939-087884
8:29 a.m.
On May 11, 2014, at 4:47, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
It's worth noting that the MDD uses DDR. I can't seem to
find the original post, so I don't know if that applies here.
- Dave
On 11 May 2014 03:17, David Williams
<nospam212-cctalk at yahoo.com> wrote:
Not sure if I have any memory that will work in a Mac G4 to test with...
have to check and see.
Any old PC-100 or PC-133 SDRAM should do for testing. I have
carrier-bags of it lying around in London.
9:16 a.m.
Several of them are MDD and I have a working MDD in my collection so I
figure I could pull the memory from there to test them at least. Not sure
about the other models. I have some older memory around I believe, have to
see if it works.
David
www.trailingedge.com
-----Original Message-----
It's worth noting that the MDD uses DDR. I can't seem to find the original
post, so I don't know if that applies here.
2 Jun
2 Jun
9:48 a.m.
On 11 May 2014 22:47, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Some is, most isn't. I quite seriously have too many of the things to
bag up individually - I don't have that many small antistatic bags.
Actually, I don't have that many A/S bags at all, and in big
motherboard ones, the collection would fit a packing case, not a
carrier bag.
Nonetheless, I upgraded a few machines with some of them recently and
all Just Worked(tm) and passed various RAM tests.
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Any old PC-100
or PC-133 SDRAM should do for testing. I have
carrier-bags of it lying around in London.
I hope that's an anti-static carrier bag... 
3 Jun
3 Jun
11:34 a.m.
Storing RAM modules in normal carrier bags]
Nonetheless, I upgraded a few machines with some of them recently and
all Just Worked(tm) and passed various RAM tests.
The problem is that static damage does not always show up at the time.
The RAM (or CPU, or motherboard, or...) may work fine, and keep working
for some time, but then fail long before it should have done.
-tony
5 Jun
5 Jun
10:34 a.m.
On 3 June 2014 20:34, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Storing RAM modules in normal carrier bags]
I'm sure you're right, but when it's a generic old PC box - the sort
of thing you rejected when I offered you one - or an old Mac with zero
collectability value which I'm going to give away anyway, then it's
more likely that some moving part - a hard disk, or a vital cooling
fan - will die first.
These are not bits for valuable or particularly interesting machines.
I treat those with a little more respect. These are cheap COTS parts
for decade-old cheap COTS computers.
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Nonetheless, I upgraded a few machines with some of them recently and
all Just Worked(tm) and passed various RAM tests.
The problem is that static damage does not always show up at the time.
The RAM (or CPU, or motherboard, or...) may work fine, and keep working
for some time, but then fail long before it should have done. 
12:52 p.m.
I'm sure you're right, but when it's a
generic old PC box - the sort
of thing you rejected when I offered you one - or an old Mac with zero
collectability value which I'm going to give away anyway, then it's
more likely that some moving part - a hard disk, or a vital cooling
fan - will die first.
These are not bits for valuable or particularly interesting machines.
I treat those with a little more respect. These are cheap COTS parts
for decade-old cheap COTS computers.
I'm much like you apparently when it comes to keeping old parts. I tend to keep parts
as they are convenient. Some in tubes, some in anti static bags, an sometimes thrown in a
box. If they were particularly rare I'd keep some parts with more care but in my
experience the parts that I have are fairly likely to work just fine regardless. I know,
I'm a charlatan. :)
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