Took to Craigslist this week to find two keyboards and mice for my old Macs.
I wound up with all of this, including an interesting ergonomic keyboard and numpad. I suppose spares are never a bad thing to have! Now to find some more beige ADB cables that match the aesthetic...
Apparently I'm an Apple collector now. I only really wanted the G4 and the cinema display, but this was all being sold as a lot, so...
Fun fact - apparently some of these old iMac G4's don't have a manual eject for the optical drive? I had to take mine apart to get it unstuck - it jammed during transport.
Not-so-fun-fact: it's really grimy in here. I'm glad I had to open it, this fan really needs help!
I do need this CD drive to work too, I can't get it to boot from a USB optical or flash drive.
Shame it isn't a superdrive but it appears to be a base 700mhz G4, maybe I should upgrade the drive later. Model recommendations?
Up and running! CD drive is still a bit sticky on the eject mechanism, but it seems to be bad tolerances, not bad lubrication. It works 85% of the time, and for the rest a little percussive maintenance gets it done. I'll probably seek out a replacement at some point but not any time soon. What a pain to get to that drive!
By the way, 'member USB 1.1?
I 'member...
Nick Charles