I live in Ohio, perhaps i can stop in some time! Thanks! John

on 5/15/05 7:52 PM, pam benetti at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I live in Ypsilanti Michigan. The resale shop in
> question was Value World on Michigan Ave. Happy
> hunting!
> 
> pam
> 
> 
> 
> --- John Brownsberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Pam, I have two iMac DV 400Mhzs, OS9.2.2 and they
>> will both start from the
>> keyboard button.  By the way, where do you live?
>> Sounds like a good
>> resale shop to visit!  John Brownsberger
>> 
>> 5/15/05 3:20 PM, pam benetti at
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> 
>>> My roomate works for a resale shop, and sometimes
>>> various computers come through. A few weeks ago
>> she
>>> came home with a slot-loading G-3 iMac, complete
>> with
>>> box, stickers, OS-9 and OSx disks. For $10.
>>> 
>>> I thought I might have been dreaming, so I pinched
>>> myself. Yup, I was awake. a $10 iMac. (This isn't
>>> really so odd considering they put most PCs out on
>> the
>>> floor for $5. They just don't want to mess with
>>> finding out which models are worth money and which
>>> aren't. It's about volume, appearantly.) I fully
>>> expected there would be some problem with it, but
>> so
>>> far the only thing I've found has been that the
>> power
>>> button doesn't seem to work from the keyboard. It
>> also
>>> needs a new battery. I already put a 40 gig hard
>> drive
>>> and 512 mb of ram in it. My next project will be
>> to
>>> install Yellow Dog Linux on one of the partitions.
>>> (Yes, I am one of those Linux people. Of PCs in
>> our
>>> household- there are 4- only one of them even has
>>> anything from MS on it and that one is my room
>>> mate's.) It will still be a dual boot system.
>>> 
>>> And yes, we'll keep our eyes peeled for other
>> cheap
>>> macs coming through there :-)
>>> 
>>> pam


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