Vintage Apple Powerbook G3 Pismo •400MHz 320MB RAM 6GB HD ATI Rage MacOS 9 Apps For Sale


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Vintage Apple Powerbook G3 Pismo •400MHz 320MB RAM 6GB HD ATI Rage MacOS 9 Apps:
$299.00
ABOUT:For your consideration is another piece from my collection of retro gaming systems, the famed "Pismo" Powerbok G3 with Airport and firewire, a system perfect for MacOS 9 retro gaming! This curated piece has been thoughtfully restored with my personal app, game, and music backup from 2001, making this machine a time capsule system ready to enjoy and reminisce!Please remember that, while I am a retro tech enthusiast, I am not an expert on the specifics of any given piece of retro technology. Some small components may be missing that I am not familiar with, so please ask any questions BEFORE offerding. This is a piece of VINTAGE 1999 technology, offerding on it constitutes an interest to tinker with the understanding of nearly guaranteed random hardware issues and unexpected hurdles common to retro technology.
• Original "yo-yo" Apple power cord• Logitech Mouse Man Optical mouse in rare all black, right click and scroll wheel fully supported in / TESTING:This Mac is in overall good shape for the age and its use as a portable computer, with only normal scuffing to the chassis and missing rubber feet.There are 2 small but noticeable cracks common to the Lombard/Pismo laptops that form between the touchpad and the mouse button (see photo). The charger plug is missing the cosmetic plastic tab that clicks it into the yo-yo cable coil, but the charger works perfectly.Internal sound tested working. LCD takes a moment to warm up after sitting for a long period, but once warm produces a good, clear image.
This Mac was freshly installed with MacOS 9.2.2 via the internal DVD-ROM drive, and restored with a large collection of apps and games shown in the photos above (Marathon! Quake! PacMac Deluxe!) Tower was tested to boot multiple apps, play games, and listen to MP3s using iTunes 2. This G3's ATI GPU was tested to function under Unreal Tournament 99 (included) which runs competitively at 640x480 medium settings.
This Powerbook includes its original battery which is considered dead. The battery technically charges but was only tested to hold that charge for seconds before low battery This is a used, vintage Macintosh computer that is guaranteed to arrive as described and photographed, but offered otherwise ASIS for enthusiast collecting. It is not a modern computer and may require tinkering to findcompatiblecomponents and get some tasks fully functioning. I am offering this unit to another enthusiast with theunderstanding that the buyer is willing toundertake responsibility for the many repair and maintenance variables that come with antique computer components including such delicate tasks as hardware repair and maintenance of a 25 year old system, and more simple stuff like getting all the vintage abandonware software running, all part of the fun of vintage computers! Thanks for looking!