Crap. --- Alvaro Zuniga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone: > If you recall, I had a posting a few months back > about a Mac G4 dual > processor which I used for a brief period of time > and the motherboard > fried or something like that. > > I that I was talking to Dr. Traxler about the > computer since he is a > fan. I told him that it was just sitting home and I > wanted to sell it. > His concern was that maybe one of the CPUs was bad > or anything else for > that matter and fixing it would be extremely > expensive. I also talked to > John about the computer and he expressed the same > concern. > > Well, I thought that if I did not fix this baby I > was never going to > sell and it was going to fade out fashion soon, so I > took it to Coy > computers. The machine was dead! however, they tech > guy said that he > turn on the computer and started right away! I think > he upgraded or > restored the firmware. That computers was in a > corner of the house for > months. I even bought a new computer somewhere in > the middle because I > needed a little more power than my Optiplex 400 mhz. > > Needless to say, I do not need it since I already > have a HP 1.4ghz in > addition to the dell and an old zenith which serves > as a firewall and I > have not been able to give to anyone. The tech guy > at Coy computers told > me that he would not sell it for less than $999 so > there it is. It > includes the computer as sold by apple ( ATI Rage > with vga and digital > output, 30Gig HD, DVD, 2-450CPU, 128Ram + I added a > 64chip I had laying > around ), a 17inch Apple Studio Display with > Digital connection, and an > ergonomic ortek translucent keyboard. I am going to > be posting some adds > at LSU over the weekend at the Design, Music, > Computer Science and > English Departments but I wanted to give you a crack > at this great > offer. > > If anyone is interested let me know and we can make > arrangements for you > to see it. Now it has MacOS 9.2 but I could install > gentoo linux with > Altivec optimization and an dual processor kernel in > case you do not > consider the process to be fun. I love that > distribution and this would > be my 7th install from scratch. I find compiler > output to be a beautiful > screensaver:-) > > Take care, > > Alvaro Zuniga > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
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