$26 iPhone 3G 8GB

Hello everyone! Today I will be talking about my iPhone 3G 8GB I got off Gumtree for $26! It came in the mail about 2-3 months ago. I had to pay extra because of some problems I had with postage.



                                          Here's some photos of it:

               

          Its running iOS 4.2.1
       (I was planning on jailbreaking it to iOS 6 but I don't know how. If you do know feel free to tell me!)

The volume button is missing which was not mentioned in the ad (Hmm wonder why?) but it is still usable using my nail. Battery life is not very good (that's the reason I did not sell it). I did have a discovery at my local tip in a bin that I always look in. It was a iPhone 3GS box! I was staring at it in shock. Two things were going though my head: is it in there? is the box empty? Well when I looked inside... nothing just the stickers and manuals but I tried to put it up for sale on eBay but I got no bids (I had the iPhone in the box too). I have some more eBay listings up (about 40) at this link: \
https://www.ebay.com.au/usr/gamerbay-electronics     (some are my parents (like coin auctions) )

And I have some Apple items too: iPod touch 1st gen (has problems), and iPod Nano 2nd gen 4GB blue, And iPod touch 6th gen 32GB space grey (my main iDevice), and my iPhone 3G 8GB.



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1997 Toshiba 480CDT Laptop

Hello everyone! This time I will be writing about my 1997 Toshiba laptop (featured in the 1948 Bruce D Mann watch).



                                             

                                             (I'm not Brad)
The laptop's specs are: 64MB ram, 2MB video ram, Windows 98 SE and a 3.80GB hard drive with 2.42GB free. (Note: it also has a CD-ROM drive for disc games & music files) The thing is about this laptop is the fact that I have too keep the laptop plugged in for it to work (the battery is broken) but that was a problem to. I got it without the charger and kept it for about a 4-5 days before going to pick some stuff my parents had bought. While I was looking around I found this adaptor that said 'Toshiba' I knew this was it. When i got home I plugged it in and it worked fine (plus no password!)

The story of HOW I got it is in the post 1948 'Bruce D Mann Watch'


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My Sony Handycam From 1998

Hello dear Readers! Today I will be writing about my Sony Handycam from 1998. I got this camera last year for $10 (was $15 but I haggled it down).



                                                Here's a photo of it:

                           
It's in basically in mint condition with only on scratch i know of. It has been for sale on eBay for $220. 

                                             Here's The Story On How I Got My Camera

I was at the local tip/junk yard and was looking for cameras (because I had found only a week or so before two vintage video cameras for 5 bucks) and I stopped at a bag, a camera bag to be precise. I went over to it and opened it up. I was very surprised. ''Dad'' I whispered ''There's an old Sony Handycam over there! ''But its $15'' He whispered back. I said to him: ''Yeah but there expensive cameras though'' (In the end I bought it. But my parents thought I had bought a piece of rubbish) When I got home I got it inside and plugged it in. It was working fine with battery holding charge like a BEAST. Once I had brought it to a wildlife park for my sister's birthday. About 2/5 months later I get it out of my wardrobe to find it had only lost about 1/4 blocks of charge! I was very happy that I had a camera I could trust to bring on car trips and days out. And now I have only charged it about 4-5 times since I got it.


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Apple Macintosh & Lisa

Hello! Today I will be writing about my dream items: The 1984 Apple Macintosh and the Apple Lisa




                                                                   Here they are:

                                                           

                                                               Apple Lisa (Above) (1983)

                                                   Apple Macintosh (1984)



My dream would be to one day to own one of these two. (If I can find one cheap enough on some place like Gumtree or eBay) I have a few Apple items such as: 2x 3 pin power adaptors and 1x S-Video cable.

I will try to get a emulator for Mac-OS but I am still on the hunt for one. (If you have a emulator please post a comment with the download link! P.S I am running Windows 7)

The Macintosh I'm after is the 128k or 512k (but to be honest i don't really care which Mac I get. I would be SUPER happy if  I got a Macintosh FULL STOP.



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My Windows 98 SE PC From 1998

Hello dear readers! This time in my 6th post I will be writing about my 1998 Windows 98 SE PC.
I got it last year for free at a garage sale and it came with: a CRT monitor, a keyboard, and the PC itself.



                                                Here's a few pictures of it:

                                                           

                                   
                                       Booting up                                       Windows 98 Logo
                                               
The PC's specs are: 256MB PC133 ram, Pentium  2 processor and Windows 98 SE and a 4GB hard drive.


(Note: the computers graphics card is 64mb and is at 16 colours and at the resolution 640x480p) 
                 


                                                            Anyway moving on:


                                                    The story on how I got a 1998 desktop for free


Me and my dad were garage-sale hunting when we came across a house (the garage sale). As we were parking the car my Dad said to me: ''Look over there! there's an old computer!'' so I went over to have a look I was very surprised to see an old PC sitting there I asked one of the garage sales owners how much for it and he said: ''Ahh you can have it.'' I was very happy and thankful as I carried the million kilo monitor to the car. When I got home I plugged it in with the power cable that came with it. The picture was blank and I was disappointed with it. About a month or two later the tower was sitting in the corner of my room gathering dust so I decided to test it again. But to my surprise the screen turned on! I was super happy about it working I rushed into the lounge telling my parents the it worked. They were happy for me to have a computer to have fun with and use. I quickly untangled a PS/2 mouse from a bunch of cables in my brick-a-brack box and plugged it in. It worked fine! I was really happy by then and used it for about 3 hours not watching the time (whoops!). I got CD-ROM games to play and had lots of fun with it. Until I got a 2005 Windows XP pc and then neglected it. But soon turned back because it was VERY slow.


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1948 'Bruce D Mann' Watch

Hello Everyone! This time I will be writing about my 1948  'Bruce D Mann' watch!



                                                           
                                                  This is my Watch & Nokia E71

                                                           This is how i got it:

It was a Sunday, and my Dad an I were looking for something to do, because an Anzac parade was on and they had blocked the roads off so the only way to get home was an 10-15 minute drive AROUND the bridge. My Dad spotted a sign about a clear out nearby so we headed that way (also the way home to) when we went there I was surprised about the location (a butter factory) and when we went inside I was VERY excited because there was antiques and boxes of: books, glass cups, cheap water-proof phone bags, and brick-a-brack. I found a Nokia E71 in a phone bag and I wanted it but I thought I could not keep it because it was part of the box (the box was like $15) but later he gave it to me for free! 
I loved the place (but soon loved it more you will find out if you keep reading) Dad and I were both looking at a box of card games and pottery and junk when I saw a watch band I read the back of it and guess what it said...18KT Gold! I showed it to my Dad and he said: 'get it' so I asked how much for the box and he said $10. So I bought it home checked the computer (to see the price it was worth) and found nothing at all on the web. I kept it for a while and then FINALLY listed it so it was out of the way for me. Back to the subject, I found the 1948 Bruce D Mann watch inside the box and i was amazed to find out it was 70 years old! I tested it and to my surprise it worked! Later I was walking around trying to look for more stuff when i got into a conversation with the owner of the stuff in the boxes when he said: ''Do you like laptops'' and I said: ''yes!'' So he said: ''I have a couple of laptops around the back, you can have if you want'' So I was super happy about that. (and one of them is the laptop on my introduction post) The laptop still works fine but I didn't know that until a few days later when i found the charger for it in a free stuff box. 


                        So That's The Story On How I got My 
                     
                                              1948 Bruce D Mann Watch... 

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