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>> I'm not sure if it was actually really good, or I just associate it with a happy time in my life. I am a collector of Macs from around this time. I just pic

>> I'm not sure if it was actually really good, or I just associate it with a happy time in my life. I am a collector of Macs from around this time. I just picked up an orange G3 Clamshell iBook, and I absolutely adore my 'pixar lamp' iMac G4. I'm considering internal hardware mod projects to get these two up to a reasonable speed.

reaperducer 7y ago
The monitor on my iLamp went black last week for no reason that I can determine. The machine still works, and I can VNC into it to use it, but that's not so much fun. I have the tools to fix it, but no longer possess the manual dexterity. Sadly, it will probably end up in the garbage because my local Apple Store won't take it back for recycling.
- lostgame 7y ago
  That's unfortunate. The LCD displays on these units are stunning. I still use mine for small Photoshop work and drawing in Flash. It's just beautiful and inviting for work. If you were anywhere near Toronto I'd take it off your hands. I specifically want broken units for my hardware mods as I feel bad intentionally destroying a functioning unit. It's just kinda shitty to collectors.
  - reaperducer 7y ago
    I've love to let you have it, but I'm over 2,000 miles from Toronto.
- electricviolet 7y ago
  There may be other local electronics recyclers who will take it.
  - reaperducer 7y ago
    Just the country, but only one day a month, business hours only, and it's an hour drive each way to the dump.
- mciancia 7y ago
  Better try to sell it/give it away, maybe someone else will be able to fix it. Recycling should be last step ;)
rusk 7y ago
I got one of these lamps a while ago, and even used it for a while, but there were one too many painful moments (its crazy how far our expectations have come in terms of what we can put up with in terms of stability; or just even being able to watch YouTube) for the joyful novelty of its use to overcome ... I do want to bring it out again some day, but for now its in the attic ... Any thoughts on what you might do with yours? I did some research and there seems to be a few options at various levels of the stack but all with efforts levels that far exceed my current resources. Some guys say they have NetBSD running on it ... there’s another guy who figured out the idiosyncratic video interface so you can gut it if you want and reppace the innards with something more modern (it doesn’t feel right to me). I thought it might see some use as a sexy remote terminal for my main computer but nope - it couldn’t even do VNC without vertically flipping the right hand half of the image. Something to do with the screy nvidia drivers I presume ... incidentally the reason why there’s not much in the way of interesting Linux support. I might use it as an emacs terminal maybe now that I think of it. It sure is pretty though!
- reaperducer 7y ago
  I used it as a media server. I could still use it for that because a media server doesn't need a screen, but my wife won't allow it to sit in the living room if it doesn't have a pretty screen saver running on it.
amatecha 7y ago
Ah yeah, I've been keeping my eye out for a great deal on a clamshell iBook G3 for years. I have two iMac G4's (15" and 17"). One day I'll get the 20" ;) Classic hardware with an equally-classic operating system.

reaperducer 7y ago

The monitor on my iLamp went black last week for no reason that I can determine. The machine still works, and I can VNC into it to use it, but that's not so much fun. I have the tools to fix it, but no longer possess the manual dexterity. Sadly, it will probably end up in the garbage because my local Apple Store won't take it back for recycling.

lostgame 7y ago
That's unfortunate. The LCD displays on these units are stunning. I still use mine for small Photoshop work and drawing in Flash. It's just beautiful and inviting for work. If you were anywhere near Toronto I'd take it off your hands. I specifically want broken units for my hardware mods as I feel bad intentionally destroying a functioning unit. It's just kinda shitty to collectors.
- reaperducer 7y ago
  I've love to let you have it, but I'm over 2,000 miles from Toronto.
electricviolet 7y ago
There may be other local electronics recyclers who will take it.
- reaperducer 7y ago
  Just the country, but only one day a month, business hours only, and it's an hour drive each way to the dump.
mciancia 7y ago
Better try to sell it/give it away, maybe someone else will be able to fix it. Recycling should be last step ;)

rusk 7y ago

I got one of these lamps a while ago, and even used it for a while, but there were one too many painful moments (its crazy how far our expectations have come in terms of what we can put up with in terms of stability; or just even being able to watch YouTube) for the joyful novelty of its use to overcome ... I do want to bring it out again some day, but for now its in the attic ... Any thoughts on what you might do with yours? I did some research and there seems to be a few options at various levels of the stack but all with efforts levels that far exceed my current resources. Some guys say they have NetBSD running on it ... there’s another guy who figured out the idiosyncratic video interface so you can gut it if you want and reppace the innards with something more modern (it doesn’t feel right to me). I thought it might see some use as a sexy remote terminal for my main computer but nope - it couldn’t even do VNC without vertically flipping the right hand half of the image. Something to do with the screy nvidia drivers I presume ... incidentally the reason why there’s not much in the way of interesting Linux support. I might use it as an emacs terminal maybe now that I think of it. It sure is pretty though!

reaperducer 7y ago
I used it as a media server. I could still use it for that because a media server doesn't need a screen, but my wife won't allow it to sit in the living room if it doesn't have a pretty screen saver running on it.

amatecha 7y ago

Ah yeah, I've been keeping my eye out for a great deal on a clamshell iBook G3 for years. I have two iMac G4's (15" and 17"). One day I'll get the 20" ;) Classic hardware with an equally-classic operating system.