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phunguss
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Stillwater, MN
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Sep 14, 2024 - #1
I visited the UofM recycle center and found some video adapters and this Apple BT kb at the cost of scrap. Pretty dirty, and baby wipes would not clean the grease, so had to resort to isopropyl alcohol. A dent below the arrow keys and a scuff by the eject button, but otherwise fully functional.



And a trip to Savers netted me this miniature PC to go with my mini-Mac collection. Oversized mouse, non-functional everything else, except it takes three AA batteries and can play AM/FM radio.

Not quite as cool as this project, but less time consuming and cheaper.
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kb-step1.jpg [View]
kb-step2.jpg [View]
kb-step3.jpg [View]
mini-pc.jpg [View]

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phunguss
Active Tinkerer
Stillwater, MN
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Joined: Dec 24, 2023
Posts: 511
Likes: 440
Sep 29, 2024 - #2
I picked up a very nice iBook G4 1.2GHz from Craigslist for $25. Screen is clear and bright. Drive is dead, but it boots from a FireWire external. So this will get upgraded to an SSD for PPC Challenge 2025.


Attachments:
pb65drive.jpg [View]
pb65info.jpg [View]
pb65about.jpg [View]

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