eWaste Rescue: A Rare Apple Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One (Molar Mac AIO)
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 15. 06. 2024
- This poor Apple Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One was dumped at an eWaste site! Someone posted a photo of it online, could I race against time and rescue this Mac?
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:45 History of the G3 All-In-One
06:21 The Trek Begins
09:34 Arrival
12:06 What Else Is Here?
15:25 A Rare Discovery
20:26 Pickups Recap
23:41 Closing
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Man, I cannot express how glad I am it was saved.
You're doing the Lord's work, sir, saving classic Macs from being scrapped.
LOVE THIS!
Yes sir
Yes sirrrrrr
Same
Samee
Master Jeffreys,
I was not expecting you
I own a G3 "molar" as well, and I found it, at my local landfill! It was sitting in their dump house on a chair and I asked them if I could have it. They said SURE. And I was shaking as I put in the truck. I have also leaped off the truck into a pile of trash to get another Mac (at the same landfill) that turned out to be a complete Macintosh Color classic! Great video. I know the feeling when you strike gold like this. Too bad I can't find a Lisa that way!
What a trip! Awesome haul!
Thank you for mentioning this channel, i love these videos.
@@ForkLiftCertified me too man!
I've always loved these machines. My fifth grade teacher had six of these in his room and he used the one with video output to show us multimedia content constantly. It's so funny that they only sold them for so brief a time because they really were great machines, not nearly as attractive as the iMac, but so much more capable and expandable. And yes those were some great CRTs, so awesome that all that one needed was a cable snapped back in.
as a collector of PowerPC Macs I am very glad to have found your channel. Now I'll binge all your content
Such a harrowing molar Mac tale! I was on the edge of my seat hoping you got the Molar! :) glad you got it!
Wow, some amazing finds! So glad they all were rescued and seemed to work! That iSight G5 is a rare one too, they only sold them for a few months and they go for a lot more than the early Intel and G5s go for online right now! It's amazing how many people just throw away perfectly usable technology just "because it's old".
Is the 17 inch eyesight G5 rare I have one with a smashed LCD
Yo honestly I just stumbled upon this channel. I actually like it, it gets my attention and itâs not a boring channel, Iâm glad to see there are people that like old apple items. Iâm glad you found all those rare apple machines!
Oh my God, that Molar Mac! It is so unbelievable that it boots and works so well, after everything it has been through. That and the clone! Congratulations on these great finds, and thank you so much for sharing it with us.
Is there any way I can add more than one 'like' to this video? What a great story, and what a fantastic find. Thank goodness you're out there saving these Macs Steve!
Incredible story - was on the edge of my seat! Congrats on the amazing finds man, glad this stuff was saved from e-waste!
My elementary school had at least three dozen of the Molar Macs, among other beige glory. I love them!
18:38 Fun fact: View sonic CRTs are amazing because they are usually Trinitron tubes. Mitsubishi also made monitors using Trinitron tubes. View sonic, Sylvania (for 2 or 3 high end models), Mitsubishi and a couple other brands bought the tubes and built them into their own branded units, usually with some kind of licensing agreement with Sony so they could advertise the fact the TV's used Trinitron tube technology.
Why yes officer. This is my mac, mac clone and other piles of ****. :) Great save
This was epic, and your storytelling kept me at the edge of my seat! No MacBook Proâs there?
Also, does your wife care how many Macs you bring home or do you keep them in the garage?
So I was in Middleschool from 2001 to 2003 and HS from 2003 to 2008, and these things were everywhere in the libraries and corners of classrooms. I had no idea they were rare because I saw them so often.
ALSO HOLY CRAP THOSE 5500S WERE EVERYWHERE!
Glad I watch you, you just named 2 more Macs I had The 5200-75 and the LC-550! and I played with the Molar Mac at my school back then! Huge computer! our computer hunt reminds me of y many trips to my school district's computer warehouse! Where I live there are very few if any of these places to hunt down such rare items. I can't wait to see more of your videos on these finds! Your making my day on saving these gems!
I'm so happy for your shelf that will hold this old computer while it further ages. Congrats!
I do exactly what you do, man. From one Apple geek to another, thank you for doing what you do. I feel like we could be good friends in another life.
That was an awesome road trip and find! the clones can really be fun! I have a clone made by Radius... it is simply gorgeous.
I canât believe how many awesome items were at that e-recycling spot!! I wish I had a similar spot near me with anything decent
Harbor freight has an actually pretty nice rechargeable flashlight for $24 and Walmart has a rechargeable headlamp for $24.
Iâd highly suggest picking up one or both. The head lamp is so handy when working with small components, and everyone should have a working flashlight in their car.
Hooray! I love a story with multiple happy endings - fantastic work on this rescue mission!
Fun video man, thank you for putting it together. Nice to see someone else geek out about this stuff. 8 )
The trash is the best place to get old computers and game systems. Rescued my G5, G4 graphite, Mac Pro, iMac G5, several Thinkpads, Xbox One, original Xbox, Xbox 360, etc. saves on ewaste and preserves a nice piece of history.
That was a hell of a story! I know this is an old video, but still congrats! I used the Performa 5200 and the G3 Molar Mac in school. I even have a photo that my mother took of me in class with the G3 Molar in the background. Had no idea they were rare machines at the time haha.
Only reason Iâm here was because I grew up with Macs, then went to PC for 2 decades, and now expecting my new/old 2017 iMac sometime in the mail tomorrow hopefully. Thought it would be fun to go down the vintage rabbit hole. Iâll definitely be subscribing by the way!
I came to watch your channel because of your skills, but will stay because you have to be the most lovable tech guy on the entirety of CZcams!! I hope that your wife understands and doesn't mind sharing you with us!!! She must be really cool, too! Best to you both and to your continuing success here!
Thank you very much for the kind message :-)
You got the best eMac! Congratulations on finding so many working, delightful items! Reminds me of the time I found an iMac G3, 2 eMacs, and an iBook G3 on the same day at a similar event!
I love how the description says â...could I race against time and rescue this Mac?â like if this video would exist if you couldnât
I have a lot of nostalgia around the molar macs. My middle school had an entire lab of them.
Wow - that is the haul of the century!
A few months late - but always awesome to see rare Macs get new love by being found. :) Particularly this model. Great work - really enjoying this video.
I have an Australian sold Power Macintosh 5500 that is Black with 'Director's Edition' stamp on it in storage - love it to bits. :)
Thank you! And awesome 5500... so cool!
What an incredible haul! Persistence pays off!
Unbelievable epic haul! Wow!!!
STEVE VERY INSPIRING VIDEO YOU CAPTURE HOW ALL OF US MAC COLLECTORS FEEL ABOUT OUR OWN MACS AND FINDING GOLD WHERE YOU LEAST THINK TO FIND IT, VERY ENJOYABLE TO WATCH I HAVE 3 POWER MACINTOSH G3 AIOâs ONE WAS A RESCUE FROM A SCHOOL AND A PILE OF AIOâs TO BE FIXED AND I WILL BE DOING THAT, FINDING THE CLONE MAC GOT ME AS EXITED AS YOU, BEAUTIFUL FIND MY FRIEND, I TRUELY DELIGHTED TO WATCH THIS VIDEO AND I HOPE THERE IS MORE TO COME!
So you ARE from Central Jersey. I guess you must be the one who beats me to half the local listings I miss haha! Keep up the great work! Maybe we will meet at a local flea market or festival once they are open again!
Hah! Iâm not too far away from there! Thereâs always plenty of stuff to go around, I havenât been out looking in ages. I miss it đ€
I"m sure I saw the Molar Mac smiling at you.
In the Uk we never had that model for the school I worked in.
We only had G3 iMacs and Later the G4 Emac but we didn't buy many.
I was the sixth grade when the G3 all in one was released. There is one in the the computer lab in our school and I remember our teacher talking about how fast it was. I really liked the way it looked with that weird translucent plastic on top.
Amazing story telling :) Enjoyed it very much !!
Awesome finds! These are the kind of things I dream about finding haha
Enjoy
What an epic tale! One the way to getting mine in another state, I dented my 1 week old new truck, but I felt content after getting the G3 AIO home.
What an amazing story, I loved this! Thank you so much for sharing. You have a new subscriber
I think the last time I saw one it was during a trade show. Haven't seen one in person ever since. I'm glad it was rescued!!!!!
I always loved these. My elementary school had these as well as the iMac G3s and Performa 5400s. All three of these made me fall in love with the Macs from that era.
I found one of these Molar Macs at a scrapper. Didn't want to sell it to me, told him I buy it or I break in later and steal it. Cost me $50... lol
I had four of these in the mid-2000s. Wish i still did. Got them from a local school.
Great video and Congrats! While I'm incredibly jelous of your score, I'm glad this stuff was able to get rescued!(Especially the molar Mac and the clone)
I used to collect a bunch of vintage Apple computers, but stopped a few years ago. Now they are sitting at my place, but most are at my parents. There's just something about the old Apple hardware that is so appealing to me!
Wow, what a sweet score!!
Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One, is the best mac of all time, hands down ;)
A great story - thanks for sharing!
Wow. I remember my secondary school in the early 2000s having a computer lab *filled* with these G3 "Molar Macs". Loved the fact that it had a built in zip drive. One of them in our library was upgraded to run Mac OS 10.1. I wonder what happened to them ..
I also used a number of Power Macintosh 5500s in elementary school into the millennium...
You finally got one! Congrats Steve!
Awesome finds!
An eMac!! I haven't seen one of these since they first came out.
OK, not technically an "eMac" but that's what we called it before they came out with their own eMac.
Congratulation on the wonderful finds. I love this stuff.
amazing finds!! and awesome video!
This is awesome! I would grab everything I could possible take!
I've worked in public school IT for 20+ years. I think of the interesting stuff I've recycled over the years. We had 3 or 4 of those all in one G3s. One was tricked out with high-speed SCIS for video editing. Heavest most awkward machines ever. I wish I held on to a rev A iMac and a few other machines (I had a pile of Plus, SEs, and Classics we sent off when I first started). I did keep a few goodies over the years though just to take me back...
glad you saved all this tech.
keep and use it, or sell it for others to enjoy!
Great story. Thanks!
Instant subscriber
A new place for cruising other nerds :-D. Loved the video! Ciao from Italy!
I saw the LEM post. Well done for saving it, what an adventure.
Wow you are very lucky good job finding all those computers!!!
I could feel the excitement in this video! I would have grabbed a few of those Compaqs too but I know a car only has so much room đ€Ł
Just found mine! I remember vividly when my school (elementary) received their 2 units. I was so excited to see the boxes and got scolded to NOT touch them even though I was just looking at them đ. The one I found today is completely embedded with Nicotine, i just started to clean it entirely, itâs already getting back in shape. Problem though is that there is no chime and video for now. No sign of accessing the HDD too⊠Iâll see if a battery change and PRAM reset will do the trick.
so many crazy finds.
man that was a crazy trip
Congrats on your finds. Such a great storyteller as well!
Thank you! :-)
E waste is so annoying people just dump cool old computers.
Well at least it's better to recycle it than have it just be thrown in a landfill. They are cool tho!
Yeah but for every stand out like a Molar Mac or god forbid an SGI, you'll have dozens of E-Machines or other hohum PC clones. Although finding an eOne or a Wedge Packard Bell would be cool if in decent shape.
Story time with Steve, love it!
I'm so jealous! In the USA you can find incredible things.
I saw this on the LEM Facebook page. Good work
11:30 This is anecdotal, but a friend of one of my college professors who SAID he worked for apple told me they designed the PowerMac G3 AIO to be harder to steal. It was a heavy as it was, as big as it was, as bulky as it was, and as difficult to grip as it was by design. Also it was so ugly no one would want one at home. He emphasized that last bit a lot rofl.
Completely anecdotal, cannot confirm, as its been 20 years since I had that conversation, but makes a whole lot of sense to me.
Itâs a great feeling when these opportunities arise, it works out and we get lucky. Had a similar situation occur for me. A Roland JX-8P, posted 11 minutes before I saw it. Getting in my car and assuming somethings going to happen that will sour the deal. Fortunately for me, it was the will of god or my destiny, but I still have to keep reminding myself, I own a Roland JX-8P.
Oh, man! That's one heck of a haul, dude!
I enjoyed this very much!!
Thank you!
Haha this is so amazing! What a great story :) I have a viewsonic p220f that thing is heavy!
That was some good storytelling.
23:03 This was SUPER COMMON on higher end prebuilts in the 90's. HATED IT. Have like 12 cases in my warehouse with that same type of front panel guarded sidepanels. PITA
So cool!
Your a good guy for saving this
I saw a TRS-80 that you left behind.....
Also that taking off the front plate to access the sides was common in Compaqs of that era.
I've been there with the phone flashlight taking valuable power... I haven't regretted buying a slim (yet powerful) flashlight, which runs on AAAs or slim lithiums. Plus that way you can aim it without being tethered to the camera lens! I carry that thing everywhere. And I use it all the time, even indoors. It's just more convenient to pull out this little flashlight and click the button on the end, than to turn on the flashlight in my phone. Highly, highly recommend picking one up. You can get really solid metal ones for $20 or $30, which are usually waterproof and drop-proof to boot. If I'm going on a long drive or something, I can bring a few more low-self-discharge batteries along with me.
Awesome monitor and clone finds by the way... holy crap. Some rather good monitors in that pile if they're fully functional. Decent colour accuracy etc etc. Nice BNC ports on that one particular one too.
Lots of opportunities to harvest this pile, repair and then sell on, even if you're not interested in keeping some of these pieces... real good find.
Yes, I had a head-mounted light I could have brought, and a mini flashlight just sitting in my room I could have taken, d'oh! At least next time I'll remember. Yes, very happy that everything seems to work (so far).
I just recently saved one of these a few weeks ago. I saw a listing on Craigslist for this and a heap of other vintage computers. And I mean literally a heap. I drove the 30 or so miles out to go get it. Loaded it up in my car. Left them the $10 for it. Now... I didn't get a chance to really look at it when until got home. This poor thing along with the other computers have been outside for who knows how long. EMI shields are rusted and shot. CD drive was impacted and made the carrier crack into 20 pieces. The delicate casing has been cracked on top in a few spots and the corners on the bottom have been hurt. It's stand was snapped off and missing. But I'm hopeful for it still. The logic board and it's audio personality card seem good. Though full of dust and dirt and spiders. Unsure about the CRT. I was trying to get the casing off following the Apple Service Source guide but it just won't come off.
In any weird chance, would you have some tips? I really want to save this rare machine. It's an early one with a 4/98 date code.
I had the Performa 575. Then a PowerMac 6100 with G3 upgrade card. Would have drooled over this machine at the time.
Glad it got saved. Would love to see a video on those Palm devices sometime. Too bad we don't get many ewaste events around here, I'd be happy to just find a Mac Mini.
Nice find! I totally know what you mean about your heart starting to race when you find something like that. I have had a few similar scores and will be featuring them on my channel soon. Subscribed! Also, you are wearing my fall uniform. Geeky t-shirt and flannel :) Keep up the good work.
Now those are some awesome saves! Would have been a major shame if it didn't go home with you!
Done this many times from ewaste places and abandoned sites! Screw the legality part of it! You're doing the old school PC world a favor :)
This reminds me of when I found an old PS/2 IBM at a place I was exploring. Carried the CRT, PC, and Keyboard for a little over 1 mile to my car! My hands were dead. Back left the chat. But hey, I was happy as I could be.
Just found your channel and I got to say that this was a very interesting and fantastic video. I always love when people save electronics from e-waste. I really wish the e-waste places near me would let anyone take what they wanted since it would allow people to get cool stuff for free and allow less electronics to go to the landfill.
Get yourself an external USB battery mate. As someone who does a lot of traveling it's a must.
You seem like a nice guy. I liked this video :-)
Gosh I need to find some eWaste
Man this makes me feel pretty sad because I came across a G3 AIO that is still at my recycling center... unfortunately I had to choose between saving it, or saving a Macintosh TV. I chose the Macintosh TV because the G3 suffered some external damage and SEVERE rusting... maybe someone else will save it before itâs too late... but Iâm glad you were able to save yours!
(Edit: I actually did save the unit! Unfortunately despite my efforts to clean it up it didnât work.)
I often wondered if someone should make a warehouse for unwanted old tech. Drop off old junk for free, no disposal fees, and scavengers can browse and take them home cheap or something. Maybe an idea if someone has an old big box or something that's not open anymore laying around.
The real treasures are the friends we made along the way
We had several computer labs at my university filled with these. I always loved that machine though the zip drives on them went bad so fast.
Great story. I probably would've done exactly the same thing (at least in the before-times...)
I know of a recording studio that uses Macs only and the last time I was there they had tons of old models even one of these. Just sitting in storage in the garage.