So, at the end of the day we opened the box.
PowerBook G3 Series II
233MHz PowerPC G3 Processor
512k L2 Cache
160MB RAM
2GB Hard Disk
ATI Rage LT 4MB Graphics
14.1" Active Matrix Display
Dual Booting Mac OS X Jaguar and Mac OS 9.2.1
It currently lacks a power adapter, a battery and an optical drive. We're currently working on locating the optical drive and i'm working on finding a power adapter for it. The battery will be sourced from elsewhere i'd imagine. I have spare 30GB and 40GB drives which will both work in this machine, with possibly a 512MB RAM kit around here as well. The keyboard also has a row of keys that don't work correctly, but I think we've probably resolved that issue with some reseating of ribbon cables.
After some fiddling around with equipment that we have in the shop, it started up. The store manager went into the store room for a moment and returned with his PowerBook G3, a Lombard. It too was running Mac OS 9.2 and after running through some of the features of pre-2000 Apple OSes (which drew the attention of the entire store staff), a photo was in order.
I'm told that in our store, every christmas season the old Macs come out to play. This week we've had four iMac G3s and two PowerBook G4 Titaniums in for service. Some of our Intel Macs joined the spirit of the season, running Mac OS 9 via architecture emulation which the customers found both entertaining and impressive.
PowerBook G3 Series II
233MHz PowerPC G3 Processor
512k L2 Cache
160MB RAM
2GB Hard Disk
ATI Rage LT 4MB Graphics
14.1" Active Matrix Display
Dual Booting Mac OS X Jaguar and Mac OS 9.2.1
It currently lacks a power adapter, a battery and an optical drive. We're currently working on locating the optical drive and i'm working on finding a power adapter for it. The battery will be sourced from elsewhere i'd imagine. I have spare 30GB and 40GB drives which will both work in this machine, with possibly a 512MB RAM kit around here as well. The keyboard also has a row of keys that don't work correctly, but I think we've probably resolved that issue with some reseating of ribbon cables.
After some fiddling around with equipment that we have in the shop, it started up. The store manager went into the store room for a moment and returned with his PowerBook G3, a Lombard. It too was running Mac OS 9.2 and after running through some of the features of pre-2000 Apple OSes (which drew the attention of the entire store staff), a photo was in order.
I'm told that in our store, every christmas season the old Macs come out to play. This week we've had four iMac G3s and two PowerBook G4 Titaniums in for service. Some of our Intel Macs joined the spirit of the season, running Mac OS 9 via architecture emulation which the customers found both entertaining and impressive.