For Sale: Apple Macintosh PowerBook G3 (Kanga) | 250MHz | 32MB RAM | 32GB SSD | 20x CD-Rom (updated)

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Howdy,

For sale is my Apple Macintosh PowerBook G3 (Kanga). Docs on this model are on:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_G3#Macintosh_PowerBook_G3_(Kanga)
2) https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/specs/powerbook_g3_1st.html
3) https://www.powerbuch.ch/powerbook-g3-kanga.html

It is little used, and in excellent condition -- all hinges/legs are operational, and there are practically no visible scratches (see pictures).

Comes as pictured -- the machine itself, PSU, still-functioning (?) battery, 20x CD-Rom, and some apps and a large number of older games installed on disk (more than visible in one of the pictures).

Machine status:

1) The CMOS battery has been removed not to cause a leak (it did not leak so far, at least it seems so?)
2) The original 5GB PATA hard disk was replaced with a new Transcend PSD330 32 GB SSD (PATA (UDMA 4), 2,5")
3) The partition has NOT been resized to fill the whole disk, so there is ready-made space to install other supported OSes (MacOS X Server 1.2 and/or Rhapsody)
4) Mac OS was upgraded to 9.1, with files needed to further upgrade to 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 copied to disk (but 9.2.2 is not officially supported so some things don't work without tinkering around, that's why I didn't install it)
5) Keyboard comes with Latin-2 stickers on some keys, if that's a problem they should be removed (see picture of keyboard)

I can ship this so we are not limited to exchange in person. I checked the shipping costs -- $40 for US, and for European destinations it can only be the same or less.

 

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I have opened the machine to remove the CMOS battery. It did not leak. Altogether the situation inside is as good as new.
I am attaching pictures just to keep parts of this little machine archived. The disk on the picture is the old one which has been replaced.

 

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After installing the new SSD disk I upgraded Mac OS 8.1 to Mac OS 8.5 and then to Mac OS 9.1.
The built-in screen (800x600) seems to have 2 dead pixels. The screen and brightness are completely fine, not dim -- the pictures below are strange just because I took them from a close distance.

 

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Previously in this thread I mentioned that the machine was occasionally locking up during recent testing. I suspected this was due to disk errors.
That was indeed the issue - after I installed the new SSD disk the crashes stopped.

EDIT: But after a while the crashes started again. The behavior is random. Sometimes it locks up after 15 minutes, sometimes it plays all games and works fine running all day for multiple days.

 

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(Just a note that this machine is still available for sale.)

 

[Kouzui]

You may want to make a thread over on 68kmla's Trading post. Kangas are pretty desirable for some, IIRC.

 

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Hello!
Just a quick info that the PowerBook G3 (Kanga), 250MHz, 32MB RAM in Europe is still available, and will soon be scrapped.
If anyone wants it before that, it can be had for the cost of shipping (which, the last time I checked, was $40 for US; so EU would be the same or less).
All info/specs are the same as described in other posts above.