★ New upcycling community bulletin board WikiPost on MR Marketplace!

[B S Magnet]

Some months back, I posted a “feeler/trade” post on the MR Marketplace: Collectibles forum, and today I decided to re-visit that post with a twist on an old idea:

Take the resourcefulness of the WikiPost feature and apply that to a place where our community can easily find, then trade or barter long-discontinued parts to help keep our “obsolete” PowerPC and Early Intel Macs running and out of landfills, boxes, or even shelves!

The new WikiPost is pretty straightforward, and the how-tos within should be, as well.

Access, as with any Marketplace post, comes with the usual requirements set by the MR admin team and is completely out of my hands, but adding items to the WikiPost “bulletin board” is editable by anyone with that access. I’ll try to keep out an eye and make sure things stay in check, but it’s really up to everyone now to try it out and see how helpful it is to find stuff we may have which ordinarily wouldn’t be worth the energy and time to post a whole new thread.

Give it a go and let’s see whether this idea is worth its salt!

 

[B S Magnet]

Some months back, I posted a “feeler/trade” post on the MR Marketplace: Collectibles forum, and today I decided to re-visit that post with a twist on an old idea:

Take the resourcefulness of the WikiPost feature and apply that to a place where our community can easily find, then trade or barter long-discontinued parts to help keep our “obsolete” PowerPC and Early Intel Macs running and out of landfills, boxes, or even shelves!

The new WikiPost is pretty straightforward, and the how-tos within should be, as well.

Access, as with any Marketplace post, comes with the usual requirements set by the MR admin team and is completely out of my hands, but adding items to the WikiPost “bulletin board” is editable by anyone with that access. I’ll try to keep out an eye and make sure things stay in check, but it’s really up to everyone now to try it out and see how helpful it is to find stuff we may have which ordinarily wouldn’t be worth the energy and time to post a whole new thread.

Give it a go and let’s see whether this idea is worth its salt!

I went ahead and added a couple of 12" A1104 PowerBook G4-specific parts to the WikiPost, along with some AirPort cards.

 

[hardon]

I went ahead and added a couple of 12" A1104 PowerBook G4-specific parts to the WikiPost, along with some AirPort cards.

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Some months back, I posted a “feeler/trade” post on the MR Marketplace: Collectibles forum, and today I decided to re-visit that post with a twist on an old idea:

Take the resourcefulness of the WikiPost feature and apply that to a place where our community can easily find, then trade or barter long-discontinued parts to help keep our “obsolete” PowerPC and Early Intel Macs running and out of landfills, boxes, or even shelves!

The new WikiPost is pretty straightforward, and the how-tos within should be, as well.

Access, as with any Marketplace post, comes with the usual requirements set by the MR admin team and is completely out of my hands, but adding items to the WikiPost “bulletin board” is editable by anyone with that access. I’ll try to keep out an eye and make sure things stay in check, but it’s really up to everyone now to try it out and see how helpful it is to find stuff we may have which ordinarily wouldn’t be worth the energy and time to post a whole new thread.

Give it a go and let’s see whether this idea is worth its salt!

 

[B S Magnet]

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These are the Marketplace rules set by the MR admin team. I’ve updated my post above with that link.

 

[hardon]

Well I personally think a 250 post rule is ridiculous .

I love helping vintage lovers and owners out,
But I suppose I’ll have to keep recapping boards and PSU s for non techie types to do that!

Shame, as I have lots to offer, but no time, because of my hobby

 

[B S Magnet]

Well I personally think a 250 post rule is ridiculous .

I love helping vintage lovers and owners out,
But I suppose I’ll have to keep recapping boards and PSU s for non techie types to do that!

Shame, as I have lots to offer, but no time, because of my hobby

I mean, I hadn’t anticipated I’d be here with over 1,500 posts on MR forums when I joined a few years ago, but I found how much I enjoy being of help to folks who come here with questions about working on or fixing their gear. I understand your situation, though.

If in the event you do find yourself with any spare time, posting some how-tos on the kind of repair work you do, much as @dosdude1 and @LightBulbFun have done on here, could be invaluable to have on these forums (namely, PowerPC Macs and Early Intel Macs), as they can help out folks who want to do the same wherever they happen to be.

I think your specific knowledge on PSU repair, as well as knowing the type of capacitors one should use when, say, recapping an iMac G5 board, would add a great deal to this community to continue to keep their vintage gear running well and out of both waste streams and basement boxes.

 

[hardon]

Hi again, thanks for your kind words, what I should have said is that I have been a member for nearly two decades, and I do not meet the criteria.

I just think there should not be a post count to make you part of that club.

Knowledge is power, but if your not a keyboard warrior, like me, my power is in the solder iron

Anyway, I expect I’ll make the grade in ten years time, so my bits and bobs will be more valuable ?

 

[B S Magnet]

Hi again, thanks for your kind words, what I should have said is that I have been a member for nearly two decades, and I do not meet the criteria.

I just think there should not be a post count to make you part of that club.

Knowledge is power, but if your not a keyboard warrior, like me, my power is in the solder iron

Anyway, I expect I’ll make the grade in ten years time, so my bits and bobs will be more valuable ?

That’s ok. I think they have the post criteria in there to limit the frequency of fly-by-night posters who might use the community service for their own quick gains — to sign up, make a handful of posts, get access to MR’s Marketplace forum, and then use it as their own private store like it’s eBay. The idea behind the criteria they’ve set, I think, is to encourage community involvement over time, as one is able.

As with others who post with some frequency over time, I’m one who does enjoy writing. That’s the case whether I’m relying on a keyboard or a ballpoint pen, or whether someone’s reading it or for my personal journal. That probably doesn’t mean a keyboard warrior, but I think I understand how you mean.

I look forward to your future posts when you’re able!