[TUHS] free PowerBook G4

[Kenneth Goodwin via TUHS]

I remember cardbus. I have two brand new cardbus network modules sitting on
the shelf.
It lived about a year or so as i recall

On Sun, Oct 26, 2025, 11:44 AM James Frew via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:

> Clearing out my garage I came across a Mac PowerBook G4 15"
> <
> https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/specs/powerbook_g4_1.67_15.html>
>
> that I bought new in 2005 (!). It's been sitting in my garage (boxed)
> for at least a decade. Physically, it's in really good shape, no dings,
> no screen rot. I powered it up, did a clean install of OS X 10.5
> (Leopard), and it seems to work just fine. (It also booted and ran a
> Ubuntu 12.04 (!) Desktop live disc.)
>
> If you'd like your very own twenty-year-old UNIXoid system, lemme know.
> I'm happy to give it away as long as you either come fetch it in Santa
> Barbara, or prepay the shipping (~10 lbs) to somewhere in the US.
> Includes 2 power bricks, DVDs for OS X and Ubuntu, and a couple of
> CardBus (remember those?) adapters (SD card and extra USB ports). Full
> specs (System Profile output) on request.
>
> Cheers,
> /Frew
>