Somebody buy my old Mac G4 ($50 + shipping -- Lansing, MI area)
08-23-2009, 06:16 PM
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Somebody buy my old Mac G4 ($50 + shipping -- Lansing, MI area)
I have an old PowerMac G4.
I haven't started it up in 2+ years. The last time I tried, it wouldn't fire up. I did enough diagnostics to narrow it down to motherboard or power supply, both of which were a couple hundred bucks at the time, so I bought a new computer instead.
Specs:
CPU: 450MHz PowerPC G4
RAM: 768MB PC100 -- (2x128MB, 2x256MB, some of the sticks are PC133, mix of Micron and Kingston).
Video: ATI Radeon 8500 Mac AGP video card w/ VGA, DVI, and S-video out (64MB; this is upgraded from the original 16MB ATI Rage 128 Pro card)
Hard drive: None -- supports parallel ATA drives, two available bays. I have a few compatible drives laying around (20, 60, and 120GB), but I don't know if they work and don't have a way to find out.
Optical: DVD-RAM drive. Takes DVD-RAM cartridges, or CD/DVD discs
Other: ZIP100 drive, Built in 56k modem, two USB 1.1 ports, two Firewire 400 ports
Extras:
5-port USB 2.0 PCI card
Asante Ethernet PCI card (it also has internal Ethernet, so there are two interfaces).
8 ZIP disks
3 5.2GB DVD-RAM discs
A few games - Unreal Tournament, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. With the video card upgrade, the computer plays those games just fine.
Install CDs for the ethernet card, the video card, and the USB card.
Original software install and restore discs.
It's not worth much, I know. I'm asking $50 plus shipping if anyone is interested. I figure it might be good for parts. It is compatible with the latest version of OS X, and might make a decent server if you fixed it up. The G4 case is pretty cool -- I've seen some PC guys hack them up to accommodate PC motherboards, just so that they could have the case. Whatever you want to do with it is cool with me. I mostly just want it gone, but hate to see it go in the garbage when someone might want it for something.
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I haven't started it up in 2+ years. The last time I tried, it wouldn't fire up. I did enough diagnostics to narrow it down to motherboard or power supply, both of which were a couple hundred bucks at the time, so I bought a new computer instead.
Specs:
CPU: 450MHz PowerPC G4
RAM: 768MB PC100 -- (2x128MB, 2x256MB, some of the sticks are PC133, mix of Micron and Kingston).
Video: ATI Radeon 8500 Mac AGP video card w/ VGA, DVI, and S-video out (64MB; this is upgraded from the original 16MB ATI Rage 128 Pro card)
Hard drive: None -- supports parallel ATA drives, two available bays. I have a few compatible drives laying around (20, 60, and 120GB), but I don't know if they work and don't have a way to find out.
Optical: DVD-RAM drive. Takes DVD-RAM cartridges, or CD/DVD discs
Other: ZIP100 drive, Built in 56k modem, two USB 1.1 ports, two Firewire 400 ports
Extras:
5-port USB 2.0 PCI card
Asante Ethernet PCI card (it also has internal Ethernet, so there are two interfaces).
8 ZIP disks
3 5.2GB DVD-RAM discs
A few games - Unreal Tournament, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. With the video card upgrade, the computer plays those games just fine.
Install CDs for the ethernet card, the video card, and the USB card.
Original software install and restore discs.
It's not worth much, I know. I'm asking $50 plus shipping if anyone is interested. I figure it might be good for parts. It is compatible with the latest version of OS X, and might make a decent server if you fixed it up. The G4 case is pretty cool -- I've seen some PC guys hack them up to accommodate PC motherboards, just so that they could have the case. Whatever you want to do with it is cool with me. I mostly just want it gone, but hate to see it go in the garbage when someone might want it for something.
Reference photo:
Last edited by JakeRobb; 08-26-2009 at 09:53 PM. Reason: Added more info.
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