FS: Canon Notejet 486 - $80 shipped

[Medessec]

Yep. It's a Canon Notejet 486 on a Thinkpads forum. I'm selling it here on the count that obviously- someone will want it, and has Floppy Drives on hand to maybe get it working. Because I kinda don't...

http://www.medessec.info/m/Notejet/IMG_1065.JPG

It appears to be fully functioning. Plugging it in and powering it on boots it right up, however to a notice indicating a feature not working due to missing "extra space"... but skipping that proceeds to F1 to boot, or Ctrl+Alt+Esc to go to the BIOS setup screens. Booting takes you to a "Insert System Disk and press <Enter>" loop, I've even tried using another IDE HDD plugged in to get it to boot... but the original HDD in this looks MUCH older... far from the scope of what I can play with.

http://www.medessec.info/m/Notejet/IMG_1061.JPG
http://www.medessec.info/m/Notejet/IMG_1064.JPG

http://www.medessec.info/m/Notejet/IMG_1070.JPG(Picture of Hard Drive)

The condition of the actual laptop is kinda mixed. It doesn't have any hugely noticeable scuffs or cosmetic issues, and could otherwise be a museum piece... but there's a swelling beneath the back I/O: http://www.medessec.info/m/Notejet/IMG_1072.JPG that causes the door there to goof up(I don't want to take it apart and ruin it trying to fix it) and the hinges are busted, seems that someone tried taking it apart and didn't assemble the hinges correctly. The lid doesn't hold at all when it's up.

There is still a single black cartridge in the printer assembly. Not sure how much ink is in it if there is any-and it seems cartridges are still on ebay for a fair price. Turning the printer on with the computer on, the printer hums and makes regular printer noises, nothing out of the ordinary.

I'll ship it domestic to your address for $80 flat. If you need international shipping, I can work something out. Just PM me.

[Medessec]

Bumped, and price drop.

[Saucey]

Note to those interested in this unit or any 'tire kickers', if you do not wish to risk an ink cartridge purchase, you can get those ink refill kit instead.
Good luck Medessec!
Hopefully someone with the knowledge to get that machine running buys it from you.

[Medessec]

if you do not wish to risk an ink cartridge purchase, you can get those ink refill kit instead.

Interestingly enough, I peeked on ebay to see how much they were, and they were extremely cheap(a few bucks.) But yes, ink refill kits do work, but getting something to print in the first place will probably be a bit of a task in itself. You have to install DOS and Win 3.1 or whatever this thing takes(486DX CPU, so whatever OS will run on that) and the Canon printer software. I don't have any of that hardware(floppy drives, IMG files of DOS and Win 2 or 3) so I can't jump in, plus I've never bothered with anything this old.

I'm pretty sure someone out there would like it though. Again, any questions, please ask on here, and I'm down for offers or trade.