Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Continuing from Monday...
I do occasionally buy things from marketplaces other than eBay (the place where I buy the things I later regret™). Case in point: someone in the DC Area Vintage Computing group shared a listing for a PowerMac G4 and an NEC CRT Monitor for $10. Even better, it was only 45 minutes away (or so I initially thought).
Turns out the seller forgot to put "each" in the listing (so it's going to cost $20, still a deal), and the seller is about 10 minutes away from the center of the town in the listing, so my adventure was three hours total from the time I left work until I had the car unloaded.
That's because of two things: First, the seller had four five-gallon buckets of scrap parts, and they let me take whatever I wanted from them for another $10. (I grabbed enough fill a 12x12x12 box when I got home, plus two keyboards.) And second, Maps routed me through Orange, VA as the fastest way to get home, so I "had no choice" but to finally stop by 6R's Entertainment Yard, meet the owner in-person, and pick up two Nintendo cartridges. (Not only is 6R's an arcade, but they buy/sell/trade vintage games.)
Which G4 is it, and will it chime? Will the CRT monitor work? Will any of the scrap rescues work or be good repair candidates? Which video games did I buy? You'll have to watch to find out!
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Continuing from Monday...
I do occasionally buy things from marketplaces other than eBay (the place where I buy the things I later regret™). Case in point: someone in the DC Area Vintage Computing group shared a listing for a PowerMac G4 and an NEC CRT Monitor for $10. Even better, it was only 45 minutes away (or so I initially thought).
Turns out the seller forgot to put "each" in the listing (so it's going to cost $20, still a deal), and the seller is about 10 minutes away from the center of the town in the listing, so my adventure was three hours total from the time I left work until I had the car unloaded.
That's because of two things: First, the seller had four five-gallon buckets of scrap parts, and they let me take whatever I wanted from them for another $10. (I grabbed enough fill a 12x12x12 box when I got home, plus two keyboards.) And second, Maps routed me through Orange, VA as the fastest way to get home, so I "had no choice" but to finally stop by 6R's Entertainment Yard, meet the owner in-person, and pick up two Nintendo cartridges. (Not only is 6R's an arcade, but they buy/sell/trade vintage games.)
Which G4 is it, and will it chime? Will the CRT monitor work? Will any of the scrap rescues work or be good repair candidates? Which video games did I buy? You'll have to watch to find out!
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![Fixing My Apple ][+ and COMPUTER Using eBay: Im Already Regretting It! (Computerized Start™ Live)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7E2_yCszJgg/mqdefault.jpg "Fixing My Apple ][+ and COMPUTER Using eBay: Im Already Regretting It! (Computerized Start™ Live)
YouTube started having ingest issues while I was doing the Wheel of Regrets! segment. This VOD resumes where Wheel of Regrets! left off in the first attempt: https://youtube.com/live/e2C_R8njKkQ
At least I cant blame my USB microphone this time around...
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Adam sent me an Apple ][+ that needs repairs, and COMPUTER is suffering from bad 74LS-series chips. Can I fix both computers using eBay (the place where I buy things I later regret)? Maybe. But the more important question is, Will there be regrets along the way?
Will COMPUTER say COMPUTER again? Will the Apple ][+ say APPLE ][ again? Will all the parts even arrive in time for this stream? Youll have to watch to find out!
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