There is nothing deader than a dead Mac. I should know. I started with vintage and older Macs that would work one day and be dead the next morning.I tried all kinds of rescues at the suggestions of some of these people in this group to avail.I finally decided,for my skill level,to get no earlier than a G3 desktop.I now have a G3,G4 and am about to get a new Mac Mini.There is something sad about a dead Mac. You almost feel you should bury it. I have been told the tube died or current electrical power was too strong.I have also been told there wasn't enough memory. In the end no one really seems to know.if I were more experienced and had more money I would resurrect them.
--- On Mon, 5/4/09, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Death of an iMate To: [email protected] Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 11:23 AM On May 2, 2009, at 6:27 PM, James Fraser wrote: > Since the iMate I was using seems to have bit the dust, I find myself > wondering if a) a user can do something to kill one and b) if these > units have a finite lifespan. Of course, this assumes that there are > some folks on the list who are still using ADB devices with their G3-5 > machines (there are, aren't there?) > > Somehow, I can't, for the life of me, imagine one of these units ever > wearing out or blowing up. Can someone please tell me what painfully > obvious failure point I'm overlooking here? This is a non-trivial physical device in the physical world and all of those will break, eventually. Even solid state electronics have a finite lifespan, even if we have no idea when they're going to die. The Law of Thermodynamics is a harsh mistress, and she always gets her way. As to what caused it? Some flaw in the material or design eventually gave way under the right circumstances and shorted something out or broke, so your signals no longer flow. This isn't just a bunch of wires, there is actual signal conversion circuitry in there that can fry eventually. There are wires that can corrode and break over time. Hope you can find another one, or replace that ADB device with a USB one. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
