Ship to Washington Dc? How Much? Thanks Morteza Are you in Ireland? I used to live in sandy ford road(Dundrum), I went to high school 84-88 .
Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2012, at 9:52, Michael Everson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 29 May 2012, at 18:46, Charles Lowndes wrote: > >> I'm interested and in England, what are you thinking? > > Here's what I'm thinking. I've put together an eBay auction with lots of > pictures and the text below. I prefer to sell via eBay because of the > protection offered by PayPal. Have a read of the description, and if you are > interested in it, send me a mail with a price that you would be happy as a > Buy It Now price. If I'm content with that, I'll list the auction with that > Buy It Now price and the auction will be short indeed. If I think it too low > and want to chance the auction, I'll do that. > > ========== > You are bidding on a used Apple Macintosh G4 Cube. > > This trusty machine served me as my main computer from 2001 till faster > machines came along, when the Cube became my print server in the guestroom > where I keep the laserprinter. It has run pretty much continuously for 11 > years (sleeping when not in use, of course). > > The 500MHz cubes seem to be considerably rarer than the 450Mhz Cubes. When > new, this Cube came with a 40GB hard drive and I believe 256MB of RAM. A few > years ago I upgraded it to a 120GB hard drive and its maximum memory of > 1.5GB. > > After 11 years there is a light patina of use, but only one blemish worth > mention being a slight vertical line about 1cm long on the front lower left. > Unlike many Cubes, however, this Cube's case has none of the cracks that > could appear in the case (often from the top area where the screws are). > > Of the two female USB ports on the bottom of the core, one of them is missing > the plastic tongue that helps to orient the male USB plug correctly. The port > works fine (I just tested it by plugging the speakers into both ports), but > you must be careful inserting the male USB plug into the port. It is best to > insert it properly in the right-hand port to get the correct orientation and > then move it to the left. > > The Cube is running both Classic OS 9.2 and and Mac OS 10.4.11. A variety of > software is installed in both environments. I have the original "About the > Power Mac G4 Cube" booklet and both Software Install and Software Restore > discs that came with the Cube (OS 9.0.4 v.2.1). I have fitted the Cube with a > new lithium clock battery. > > The Cube's modem works, or at least did the last time I used it, which was in > 2005. The Cube has an Airport card and connects perfectly to 802.11b/g > compatible wireless networks. (The wireless security I use with the Cube is > WPA/WPA2 Personal.) > > It breaks my heart a bit to sell off this piece of engineering art. But for > me it is time to move on, and so time for someone else to enjoy and care for > this magnificent machine. > > (The thing that made me decide to sell was when the separate UPS backup > battery gave up the ghost. As I live in a rural location I've used the UPS > just to ensure that the occasional power outages we have don't affect the > Cube's power supply. There's nothing wrong with the power supply in this > auction, but they are known to fail (this is the second one I have had with > this Cube) and when I weighed the difference between getting a new UPS and > getting a Mac Mini I decided to go for the latter.) > > I will ship to addresses in Ireland and in the UK with GLS, since UPS, DHL, > and TNT all quoted about €100 for shipping. I have set a €50 flat rate for > GLS but believe the actual shipping cost will be less, and I will refund the > difference to the buyer. (I can't know exactly till the Cube and its > accoutrements are finally packed and weighed.) > > Here follows selections from the System Profiler report: > > Hardware Overview: > > Model Name: PowerMacG4Cube > Model Identifier: PowerMac5,1 > Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (2.9) > Total Number Of Cores: 1 > Processor Speed: 500 MHz > L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB > Memory: 1.5 GB > Bus Speed: 100 MHz > Boot ROM Version: 4.1.9f1 > Serial Number (system): CK104H06K5G > > ATA Bus: > > ST3120026A: > > Capacity: 111.79 GB > Model: ST3120026A > Revision: 8.01 > Serial Number: 5JT42ZYK > Removable Media: No > Detachable Drive: No > BSD Name: disk0 > Protocol: ATA > Unit Number: 0 > Socket Type: Internal > Mac OS 9 Drivers: Yes > S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified > Volumes: > Daeron: > Capacity: 111.66 GB > Available: 30.85 GB > Writable: Yes > File System: Journaled HFS+ > BSD Name: disk0s10 > Mount Point: / > > MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8186: > > Model: MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8186 > Revision: F213 > Serial Number: > Detachable Drive: No > Protocol: ATAPI > Unit Number: 1 > Socket Type: Internal > > FireWire Bus: > > Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec > > ATY,Rage128Pro: > > Chipset Model: ATY,Rage128Pro > Type: Display > Bus: AGP > Slot: AGP0 > VRAM (Total): 16 MB > Vendor: ATI (0x1002) > Device ID: 0x5046 > Revision ID: 0x0000 > ROM Revision: 113-72701-136 > Displays: > Display: > > DIMMB/J7: > > Size: 512 MB > Type: SDRAM > Speed: PC133-333 > Status: OK > > DIMMC/J8: > > Size: 512 MB > Type: SDRAM > Speed: PC133-333 > Status: OK > > DIMMD/J9: > > Size: 512 MB > Type: SDRAM > Speed: PC133-333 > Status: OK > > System Power Settings: > > AC Power: > System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 0 > Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10 > Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 15 > Sleep On Power Button: Yes > Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No > Wake On AC Change: No > Wake On LAN: Yes > Wake On Modem Ring: Yes > > USB Bus: > > Host Controller Location: Built-in USB > Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI > PCI Device ID: 0x0019 > PCI Revision ID: 0x0001 > PCI Vendor ID: 0x106b > Bus Number: 0x18 > > Speakers: > > bcd_device: 0.01 > bus_power: 500 > device_speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec > manufacturer: Apple Computer, Inc. > product_id: 0x1101 > serial_num: p4000 > vendor_id: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.) > > Speakers: > > bcd_device: 0.01 > bus_power: 500 > device_speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec > manufacturer: Apple Computer, Inc. > product_id: 0x1101 > serial_num: p4000 > vendor_id: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.) > > USB Bus: > > Host Controller Location: Built-in USB > Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI > PCI Device ID: 0x0019 > PCI Revision ID: 0x0001 > PCI Vendor ID: 0x106b > Bus Number: 0x19 > > AirPort: > > Type: AirPort > Hardware: AirPort > BSD Device Name: en2 > IPv4 Addresses: 192.168.250.245 > IPv4: > Addresses: 192.168.250.245 > Configuration Method: DHCP > Interface Name: en2 > Router: 192.168.250.250 > Subnet Masks: 255.255.255.0 > IPv6: > Configuration Method: Automatic > AppleTalk: > Configuration Method: Node > Default Zone: * > Interface Name: en2 > Network ID: 65415 > Node ID: 137 > DNS: > Server Addresses: 10.28.2.1 > DHCP Server Responses: > Domain Name Servers: 10.28.2.1 > Lease Duration (seconds): 0 > DHCP Message Type: 0x05 > Routers: 192.168.250.250 > Server Identifier: 192.168.250.250 > Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 > Proxies: > FTP Passive Mode: Yes > Ethernet: > MAC Address: 00:10:c6:6b:1b:19 > Media Options: > Media Subtype: Auto Select > > Card Information: > > Card Type: AirPort > Locale: USA > Firmware Version: 9.52 > Current Network: Cnoc Sceichin > Channel: 1 > > Modem Information: > > Modem Model: Spring > Interface Type: Serial > Modulation: V.90 > SKU Name: Euro > Hardware Version: 4.0F > Firmware Version: APPLE VERSION 0007, 7/31/2000 > Driver: com.apple.driver.AppleSCCSerial (v1.3.0) > Country: 16 (United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Norway) > ========== > > > Michael > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. 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