Got an iMAC, now what?

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Fri Oct 24 20:08:40 2003

At 02:10 PM 10/24/03 -0700, you wrote:
>> I was in a surplus store this morning and some guy walked in with an iMAC
>> and said "Here you can have it." and walked out! I brought it home and
>> hokked it up but I can't even figure out how to turn the darnned thing on!
>> Can anyone help? It's a model M5521 350MHz G3 "Blueberry" iMAC.
>
>Sweet! Lucky B******!

   Thanks. I think! :-)


>Do you have the keyboard and mouse?

  Yes. After I posted the message I got it working. Turned out to have a
bad power cord!!! It works beautifully. It's a model M5521 and has 350 Mhz
G3 CPU, 10/100 ethernet, 56k modem, 2 USB, 320 Mb RAM, 6.3 Gb hard drive,
8Mb ATI Rage video and MacOS-9. Not bad for a freebie!


 It might
>require you to use the 'on' button on the keyboard to power it up, I've
>never really messed with an iMac.
>
>If nothing else, you should be able to use it as a nice email station by
>putting Eudora on it.

   That's what I was thinking but the OL has already taken it over to play
Solitare and Blackjack on!

   Joe



 It can even run the current version of Mac OS X if
>you want.
>
> Zane
>
Received on Fri Oct 24 2003 - 20:08:40 BST