Mastodawn

My second HP LP2065 20-inch 4:3, 1600x1200 pixel display died. (The first died, and I found a NIB unit on eBay to replace it.) It's the perfect screen to use rotated as a second display. I've been using one for 20 years (they each last about 10, in my experience).

Anyone have any recommendations for a source for a decent 4:3 aspect display with a VESA mount? They're a bit harder to find, these days. About to hit eBay again...

#displays #monitors #LCD #dualhead #Mac #MacSetups #macOS #hardware #tech

Blake Patterson Mar 10, 2024

Following yesterday's #MARCHintosh toot, here is the same desk, different setup. Flash forward to 2001 from 1999, for the Power Mac G4 "Quicksilver" (dual 800MHz, dual Sony CPD-G420 CRTs, and a GeForce 3).

More photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/albums/72157604329214257

#Macintosh #Mac #PowerPC #G4 #PowerPC #CRT #dualhead #nVIDIA #GeForce3 #posters #desk #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #vintageapple #tech #Apple

PowerMac G4 (dual 800MHz)

My dual-G4 800MHz Power Macintosh. An excellent machine that was eventually replaced by a dual-G5 2.5GHz box. This machine felt like lightning, though. Originally configured with a GeForce 3 gfx board, it was upgraded to a GeForce 4Ti. Great gaming and general 3D performance out of this rig. I gave it to my niece when I jumped to the G5.

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Blake Patterson Mar 9, 2024

A shot of my Power Mac "Blue & White" G3 400 setup from 25 years ago, for #MARCHintosh. (Shot taken with Apple QuickTake 200 in 1999.)

More photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/albums/72157604337980863

#Macintosh #Mac #PowerPC #G3 #PowerPC #CRT #dualhead #SCSI #Rage128 #Voodoo2 #posters #desk #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #vintageapple #tech

B&W PowerMac G3

I purchased this 400MHz "Blue & White" G3 Macintosh in January 1999, ordered the day it was unveiled at Macworld San Francisco '99. It ran MacOS 8 and 9 mainly, OS X having arrived only a few months before I upgraded to a "Quicksilver" dual G4 800MHz Mac. This unit had, at it's peak, 512MB RAM, ATI Rage 128 + 3Dfx Voodoo II video and an ATI Rage Pro for 2nd screen as well as a 9GB, 10,000 RPM Ultra-wide SCSI boot disk. I sold this unit in July-August of 2001.

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