Sorry, I'm not made of money. I completely lucked into the 180-gig SCSI disk. I frequent the IU computer auctions and "dump." You can often buy an entire palette of supposedly "junk" Macs for $5-$10. It's easy enough to piece together at least 4 or 5 working machines, which I then sell for $25-$75 each.
Anyway, I bought a box of four Q840 AVs, and while trying to crank them up and popping their covers to explore their innards, lo and behold! I FOUND the 180 gig drive inside of one of the boxes. That particular machine's motherboard was TOTALLY FRIED. I mentioned that I wish I'd bought a faster hard drive when referring to it. Duuhhhh... I was thinking of a couple of other hard drives I did buy new. They're also IBM. I didn't mean to dis this HD too much. It was almost a FREEBIE, after all! I'd like to buy a new G4 tower. If I had the money to buy an eMac, I could certainly scrape enough money together for a low-end tower and have much more horsepower. Besides, like I said before, I do get a kick out of refurbishing old Macs that don't cost me much, fix 'em up, rev 'em up as much as I can and sell 'em CHEAP to disadvantaged people I discover who want a computer but can't afford one. I've made more than a few Mac fans out of a lot of people. To me, it's one of the best ways to evangelize the Mac platform. In addition, my wife LOVES her Q840-AV. The only thing she uses it for is e-mail, but she seems intrigued by it's audio/video capabilities (which aren't being used). Take that back, she's got a little Sansui stereo amp and my Bose 301 speakers hooked up to it, and she uses it for a CD jukebox while she's doing her freelance work on a Pentium III. [Don't jump on me for that. She's a Deputy County Recorder who does freelance title work at home on the side. Her machine has to be a PeeCee because the software she has to use is proprietary. She hates that machine, the application, the interface, and the people who cooked up that crap!] She was thinking of getting me the G4 tower until I caved and bought the 9600 and souped it up with a G4 processor and other goodies. What I'm really hoping for at Christmas this year is a set of Peavey drums!!! Allen ----- * Grand Funk Railroad is BACK!!! David Pierce wrote: > > >My "new" file server is a Quadra 950 a friend from West Virginia gave to > >me for the price of shipping. It has 128 megs of RAM, a 2-gig and a > >180-gig internal hard drive. I also replaced the floppy drive with an > >internal 24x CD-ROM drive -- much more useful than a floppy, anyway. I > >also have an external Zip drive attached to it. > > *knocks palm against side of head* > > I'm sorry, did you say 180 GB SCSI Hard Drive? > > Just checked pricewatch, they do exist... but they are at least $999! > Yikes, why not just buy a new eMac to use as a server. You probably aren't > kidding when you say "Mac-Poor", but even an eMac could outpace the 9600 > you have, and now we know you have (had?) the $$$. > > *guilt trip* > > Spending money like that on hard drives while your wife chugs away on a > Quadra? Shame on you. You should buy her an iMac for Christmas, and if you > don't celebrate Christmas, you should buy her one anyway. :-) > > */guilt trip* > > Yipes. > > -Dave -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
