Digital BW, The Print

Barry
Here is a super quick Mac history and recommendation.
In the early mid 90s Mac introduced the Power PC chip.
It was called the 601, then time passed and we got the
604, then by the late 90s we arrived at the G3-made
most popular by the iMac. We are now using the G4,
which will be replaced by the G5 or IBM 701 within the
next year. Okay so you want cheap and usable. I would
stick to anything 604 and beyond. Old 601s are just
too slow. Antonis mentioned he used an 8500, that's a
604. I saw a 9500 (a notch bove the 8500) with a G3
upgrade on ebay yesterday for $50. I would also look
into the "beige" G3s as they are called, again I have
seen cheap ones on ebay. The only glitch in those
older machines is that they do not have USB
connectors, they used ADB, so you would have to get a
USB adaptor to connect the printer. The first native
USB machines are the Bondi Blue iMac and the Blue and
White G3 tower. Prices on those are higher though. 
Hope this helps,
John E

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