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    From Ed Norton@21:1/5 to Graham J on Tue Aug 17 14:28:37 2021
    XPost: uk.comp.sys.mac

    On Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:50:07 -0400, Graham J wrote
    (in article <sfgssh$vlk$[email protected]>):

    Is there a market for a Power Mac G4 in unknown condition?


    I have one of those also including the ginormous monitor that goes with
    it. I also have a buttload of old IIci's, Powerbooks, iMac's, SE's,
    MacBook Pro's, etc. Even the original "portable" aka "lugable". Apple
    IIe's, a IIc, and all kinds of accessories, accelerator cards,
    interface cards, cables, disk drives, carrying cases. etc, etc, Oh,
    and an Apple Digital Camera. Probably a lot of other stuff I have
    forgotten also. Plus Application and System software for all of them
    going back to the original Macintosh. Everything works as far as I
    know. God only knows if the floppy disks are good after all this time.

    I'm sure there is a market for it. Just look on eBay. No matter what
    it is, there is somebody who is looking for it. Maybe even broken, for
    parts. My guess is that I could get a couple of thousand dollars for
    it all, but the effort of listing, testing, shipping, and returns when
    someone is dissatisfied just isn't worth it to me I'm afraid it's all
    headed for the local electronics recycling bin... who probably just
    ships it to Nigeria where it pollutes the land.

    Sic transit gloria mundi.

    --
    Ed

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  • From Otto Pylot@21:1/5 to Ed Norton on Mon Aug 30 13:51:18 2021
    XPost: uk.comp.sys.mac

    On Aug 17, 2021 at 11:28:37 AM PDT, "Ed Norton" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:50:07 -0400, Graham J wrote
    (in article <sfgssh$vlk$[email protected]>):

    Is there a market for a Power Mac G4 in unknown condition?


    I have one of those also including the ginormous monitor that goes with
    it. I also have a buttload of old IIci's, Powerbooks, iMac's, SE's,
    MacBook Pro's, etc. Even the original "portable" aka "lugable". Apple IIe's, a IIc, and all kinds of accessories, accelerator cards,
    interface cards, cables, disk drives, carrying cases. etc, etc, Oh,
    and an Apple Digital Camera. Probably a lot of other stuff I have
    forgotten also. Plus Application and System software for all of them
    going back to the original Macintosh. Everything works as far as I
    know. God only knows if the floppy disks are good after all this time.

    I'm sure there is a market for it. Just look on eBay. No matter what
    it is, there is somebody who is looking for it. Maybe even broken, for parts. My guess is that I could get a couple of thousand dollars for
    it all, but the effort of listing, testing, shipping, and returns when someone is dissatisfied just isn't worth it to me I'm afraid it's all
    headed for the local electronics recycling bin... who probably just
    ships it to Nigeria where it pollutes the land.

    Sic transit gloria mundi.

    Pick a representative sample of the equipment in chronological order and set
    up a little "tech museum" someplace that your wife (if you are married) won't mind. I too have a bunch of Apple things (original iPods, iPhones, etc) neatly arranged at the end of a bookcase. Nice comversation piece for when folks come over. The big-@ssed "dual mirror" G4 is still in the closet tho along with stacks of drives, external toys, etc.
    --
    Deja Moo: I've seen this bullshit before.

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