Re: Dimise of some G4's

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:51:57 +0100, steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (SteveH)
wrote:

Paul Russell <prussell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why is that though .. when a useable new PC psu is ~ £15?


Here we go again...

Actually, I don't think that's what T i m is getting at in this case.

I'm assuming he means that you could buy an ATX PSU and wire it up to
the G4.

I know it can be done, 'cos I've had an iMac running off an ATX PSU -
took me about half an hour with bullet connectors and crimping pliers to
adapt it.

Well it was partly that Steve (as per the previous thread on that
subject and volts are volts etc) and 'why should' a 'Personal
Computer' (especially what was an expensive one) be considered
financially irreparable for what *should be* (as *is*, in the case of
most PC / clones) a fairly cheap and modular component. Buying another
one cheap from eBay isn't necessarily going to help the situation
(same age, same problems)?

It wasn't meant as a dig (though I guess some still have the blinkers
on when it comes to me) but a straight engineers question ...?

All the best ..

T i m





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