Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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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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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![COMPUTER Repair: My MCA Apple ][+ Clone Needs a Power Supply & 3 Sockets! (Computerized Start™ Live)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q80ly9p4EhY/mqdefault.jpg "COMPUTER Repair: My MCA Apple ][+ Clone Needs a Power Supply & 3 Sockets! (Computerized Start™ Live)
Back in September, I got COMPUTER, my Apple ][+ clone from MCA of Japan, powering up to the BASIC prompt. To do so, however, I had to disconnect the keyboard and use another Apples power supply. I think I have what I need to solve both problems.
The power supply was easy: just buy another power supply on eBay (the place where I buy the things I later regret™). I have a cap kit on-hand, thanks to the magic of buying the wrong kit for another project, so well go ahead and recap it.
The keyboard might be even easier: I should have used sockets without a lip for the three sockets that have cables installed into them: the keyboard, the joystick/paddle port, and the memory chip at E3. I purchased some sockets that should fit the cables that go into these sockets, allowing the cables to make and maintain good contact.
Will I get the power supply re-capped without drama? Will I swap the correct three sockets? Will COMPUTER still boot? Youll have to watch to find out!
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![Its COMPUTER Week: More Sockets, More Mooing for My MCA Apple ][+ Clone (Computerized Start™ Live)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QeiCKQ_OVgQ/mqdefault.jpg "Its COMPUTER Week: More Sockets, More Mooing for My MCA Apple ][+ Clone (Computerized Start™ Live)
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![Macintosh SE/30: Blast from the Past [WordPerfect] Processing? (Computerized Start™ Live)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RxOj8zZBFLs/mqdefault.jpg "Macintosh SE/30: Blast from the Past [WordPerfect] Processing? (Computerized Start™ Live)
I found an SE/30 on eBay (the place where I buy the things I later regret™) that looked like a good candidate: it was auction format, the auction end time was during the day, and most importantly, there was no rust visible on the I/O ports. $208 total later (gotta pay shipping and tax), and this SE/30 has landed in the basement.
Last time we looked at this SE/30, we completed the recap and cleaned the floppy drive. Tonight, were going to test everything. And if it works, well launch the original install of WordPerfect to see how perfectly it can make my words...
Will it chime after the recap? Will the floppy drive work? Will WordPerfect for the Mac be a treat to use? Youll have to watch to find out!
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