[vcf-midatlantic] iMac

[David Riley]

On Dec 11, 2015, at 12:56 PM, chrisjpf33--- via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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> I agree, it sends the wrong message, despite personal feelings about a particular computer.
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> But that aside, are they worth anything to anyone? What is a good price for an untested one in good cosmetic condition?

It depends.  I wouldn't mind having a Rev B iMac, since it was the last one with the PCI mezzanine slot (especially if I could find one of those hens'-teeth-rare Voodoo2 cards for it that I didn't get back in the day...).

Other than that, the original rev A and B are of historical interest as the first New World Macs, but they're not overly nice computers and the flyback transformers have an annoying tendency to go bad in them.  On the other hand, their monitor wasn't half bad, and they play classic Mac games pretty nicely as long as they run under Mac OS 8.1 or higher.  They're pretty sluggish on any version of OS X worth using.

No idea on price, but Tony and Herb already spoke to that issue.


- Dave