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This chunky boy is just a random I saved to post when Macstack came back, so here it is

Also, just contributing a new topic to get this place going

Yikes, that really is a chunky boi. Funnily enough I’ve temporarily taken my old PowerBook 1400 (the one I had in the early days of the MAF) out of retirement. I’m using it to write my memoir

whoa, that system font!

Remember Sand? https://fonts2u.com/sand.font

The CHUNKIEST boi

Ahhh yes, the G3 AIO, aka the ugliest Mac ever. That said as an Aussie if I had the opportunity I’d still pick one up given they were only sold in US/Canada, and only to education customers

I was cleaning out my office tonight and went back in to snap this pic of old tech. I am not close to done sorting. In this corner I have a 2015 iMac running Bunsen labs Linux a bondi blue iMac with original OS a Molar Mac (G3 AIO) some random CRT monitor and a Apple IIe. I can't bear to toss this stuff but feel so bad its just around doing nothing.

I really miss how cool those iMacs looked. Not like modern computers, which look like tools.

I’ve taken to vintage stuff recently. I recapped/revived two Mac Plusses that I had in my basement, then repaired a pair of IIsi’s that needed some work.

I ended up setting up and maxing out a QS G4 tower my dad had, which is a very nice OS9 machine. Especially after you add a SATA card and m.2 SSD, etc. I actually use it for Adobe Illustrator and Finale.

I’m in the middle of building a Plus/ITX project right now, but it’s competing for time with a couple other projects I’m working on.

I had an Apple IIc and that game

God, I want a G3 iMac so bad. Just because. I'm not sure where I would stick it, and what if anything I could do with it.

ConnertheCat wrote: Wed Feb 18, 2026 6:06 pm

God, I want a G3 iMac so bad. Just because. I'm not sure where I would stick it, and what if anything I could do with it.

I have a Flower Power iMac... it's cooler looking but less useful than my eMac, so... ummm....

It may need repairs though, I'd have to look.

dv wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 4:41 pm

ConnertheCat wrote: Wed Feb 18, 2026 6:06 pm

God, I want a G3 iMac so bad. Just because. I'm not sure where I would stick it, and what if anything I could do with it.

I have a Flower Power iMac... it's cooler looking but less useful than my eMac, so... ummm....

It may need repairs though, I'd have to look.

I want a Ruby or Sapphire one. I was browsing eBay… they are not cheap.

Fasten your seatbelts

I want a Macintosh LC550 and a Macintosh LC, because those were the two Macs that I was first introduced to.

I still have a Color Classic... in a box... somewhere... I think

Just finished replacing the bearings and gibs on this 1963 Rockwell 21-100 mill. I also repainted it to the correct Rockwell gray, instead of the Ford Blue someone had badly applied at some point in its past. It was nearly working from the auction, but I also had to replace the arbor tilt gear (which is no longer available), so I 3D printed it.

Still left to do is to get the scales mounted for the digital readout.

Also picked up this 1937 Atlas-Craftsman 12x48" lathe

It was pretty well sorted from the seller, I've just added some custom geartrain to the quick change gearbox so that I can cut metric threads in addition to SAE threads. I may add a DRO to this as well, I haven't really decided yet.

I recently cleaned up my Quadra 700 and gave it to my music director. I had kept a lot of my old Macs in the dream that someday I'd have a room with them in it and enjoy retro/vintage this and that. I finally accepted that I would not be making enough money to afford a house with that much spare space, and since he actually does have the space and did follow through on the same idea, I figured it was better as a gift than in a box in the basement.

I still have my IIsi, Quicksilver, and Apple IIGS... hope springs eternal.

I have a variety of old MacBook Pros, a Bondi iMac, and a replacement TAM for the one my Ex took with her. All still work, and occasionally get used, though I have to shuffle things around to swap the TAM and the iMac. Those mostly get used to play Diablo, and Myth

Ooh, a TAM! I don't think I ever got to see one of those in person.

Only time I saw one was at an Apple User Group meetup; and the reason I went there was because The Woz was there! It was great to see him in person.

Mine still runs, but there are some issues. The CDROM is flaky (a common issue) and one of the speakers is buzzing, so perhaps a bad capacitor or something.

To be honest, I have considered giving it to someone who will refurbish it and use it…

Please note: G3 tower and BeBox on the desk

ukimalefu wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 3:01 pm

Please note: G3 tower and BeBox on the desk

Seriously jealous of the BeBox. Does it still work?

I don't know, not mine; the source didn't say.

Too many old machines, not enough tabletops.

I have a PowerMac 7100 staring at me in the living room on a shelf, I want to fire it up to play F/A-18 Hornet or get back into hobby programming since I still have a CodeWarrior compiler.
In storage are a clamshell iBook, later redo iBook, polycarbonate MacBook Pro, and original Macintosh.

It's funny that making Macquariums is now considered blasphemy. It's like in the car world how Integras and Civics were gutted and modified left and right in the 90s but now an original one must be preserved.
Not that I'm considering doing it, I'd rather not take care of fish when I can play Stuntcopter.

I remember buying a stack of Sega Genesis/CDs from someone on here (or CH54). Don't recall who; a few worked a few didn't but I still have them… somewhere. I have a SNES proper I picked up about 15 years ago in entertainment system but it's not connected. Now that there are legit emulators on the Apple TV seems… un-needed.