Xserve G4
So, eBay has a "Make Offer" function that buyers and sellers can use for items on the site.
When you submit an offer, the seller has 24 hours to respond.
Turns out, if the auction has less than 24 hours remaining and zero bids eBay will auto-accept the "Best Offer" instead.
So that's how I got a G4 Xserve for $50 (the seller wanted like $300)
The Xserve G4 I have is the absolute base specification 1.0Ghz single processor unit however the RAM has been upgraded to the maximum 2GB allowed. I had previously attempted upgrading it with a 1.25Ghz dual processor card from a G4 MDD "donor" system but the machine failed to POST (Chime?) and was downgraded back to stock.
The only other modification was installing all four IDE disk bays and configuring them with StarTech SATA adapters for future use.
Due to the significantly more performant G5 Xserve (and the G5 Quad PowerMac) there currently are not any plans to bring this machine into service
also I forgot to take a shot of the rear of the unit. However with no expansion cards installed there's nothing of interest on it compared to a stock unit
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