WTB: Cheap Mac Laptop w/broken screen

[Makosuke]

I'm hunting around for a laptop to mod into an in-house server, and figured I'd check here while in the process of going to junk shops and keeping an eye on eBay and Craigslist.

It's mostly for fun, so my budget is really low--in the range of $150--so I'm not expecting much. But, since I have no interest in using it as a laptop, all I really care is that the motherboard is working. I don't need drives, I don't care how trashed the case is, battery isn't important at all, and if anything I'd prefer if the screen is flaky or otherwise broken, since it'll be hooked up to a TV as a monitor anyway.

If you've got something that roughly fits this description, let me know! PB, iBook, heck, even a beaten-up G4 iMac or mini sans-drives, I suppose.

Thanks!

[mattthemutt]

If you're interested, I've got an old HP Omnibook 15" PIII that runs decently, if that interests you. The backlight is busted, as it flickers all the time. It has an RCA/Video out port on it, but I'm not sure if that works either. Other than those two things, it works perfectly well. It's a pretty tough little laptop.

EDIT: Actually, I have a pair of these, one of which is the one described above, and the other is in worse shape.

[Makosuke]

Thank you for the offer, mattthemutt, but I should have been more specific--I was thinking Mac laptop (kinda hoping to use it as an iPhoto repository, among other things).

So I'll pass, but again, thanks.

[tangerineyum]

hi, i have an ibook g3 just sitting here collecting dust. the screen is busted, either the lcd back light or the inverter board broken. it's a 14" 700mhz g3 with 640mb ram, combo drive, and has an airport card. it also has all the usual scrapes and scratches that go along with an ibook this old.

[DSchwartz88]

i have an old ibook g3 at home just sitting around also with a broken lcd backlight or something (the lcd itself isnt cracked). Send me a pm with the price you were looking for oh and it has airport