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http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/* On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Joss <jossa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've had this PowerMac G3 for several years unused because first I > couldn't plug in the monitor and it was very difficult to find an > adapter. Finally I succeeded and then discovered that the keyboard I > had needed USB and the PowerMac had none, so I eventually got a card > (which I still haven't installed). The unit has been basically stored > through all these years because I was very busy working insane hours - > and had being driven crazy by the nightmare of dealing with microsoft > viruses on my pc - until I'd reconfigured it so many times that stress > erased the part of my brain that permits me the choice of doing > another microsoft reconfiguration. What a relief! Then I converted > to LInux Ubuntu which helped tremendously to reduce the trauma of 24 > years of coping with microsoft software... (after buying and playing > with the first Sinclair, my first true computer world love affair was > the Atari 1040 and then I switched to the Mac 512 etc but my business > involvements required me to work in the PC environment which removed > me from the human race for quite awhile - I became a robot manipulated > by the machinations and mind control of microsoft. I'm ashamed and > penitent but I admit it . I am a fugitive from the microsoft robot > gang. (Movie soon to be released ...) > > Anyway in 2004 this orphaned G3 psychically reached into my heart (at > a garage sale) and reset my robot heart into a human one which been in > a "pining for Macintosh" coma since 1982. The paradigm shifting earth > shattering experience that broke the hopelessness spell which had > bound my spirit to the lord of the microsoft underworld which had > instigated this miraculous turnaround was the sudden explosion of > neurons in my brain by its invasion by the lightning bolt sentence "it > still works perfectly and is running OS10 server and also functions > well as a desktop" and "the only reason we are parting with it is > because we have upgraded to a newer model". I was in apple-mac love > again. And so even though I couldn't plug it in and really get it > running etc etc it kept the dream of reentering the World According > To Apple alive in my abused psyche for another 5 years. Scene Change > to the year 2009... my son got me a Mac Mini 2.33 and my life began > again - 10 months ago. "It was 7pm on a Sunday and outside my window > delicate snowflakes gently floated and swirled magically with the odd > gust of wind when... " Well, you get the gist of it (it's all iln > the movie) > > Reborn into the reNEWed Age of Mac with the arrival of my new (OLD > mini Mac) my life has taken on new meaning and direction... > > I was too embarassed at having had this brick taking up space and > gathering dust for five years to be able to just say: > > I'm trying to figure out if I should plug in the USB card and see if I > can actually get this giant computer running. Can anyone tell me if > there's anything worthwhile that can still be done with a G3 PowerMac > that warrants my exerting any more brain cells and physical work to > see if this machine actually runs, or whether I should just junk it. > I'd really appreciate some clear understanding because each time I'm > just about ready to let this dinosaur pass on to its well deserved > reward... I hear "something"... that makes me think that maybe I can > still do something with it. Please HELP!!! > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
