Yeah...a 1400/G3 would have no problems at all with the WWW...i was referring to PB1400s which still have a 603e (mine does)

My notes on an early Paradise drive (taken from contemporary reports) are provided below. The one described by the OP sounds similar, but seems to use the floppy rather than serial…

the only way i can get OS X to install on my Beige G3 is by using the stock 24x cd drive. it boots instantly and installs flawlessly. if i use any other drive it wont boot or fails…

Matsushita is the worst for optical drives. They'll often have trouble reading perfect discs, or just crap out half-way through an install for no reason. Click to expand... Yes…

Although it's now 18mo. since last I did so, and the times they have a-changed, a PB1400/400MHz/64MB was still adequate—under Mozilla 1.0.2 (using a RAM Disk for browser cache) and…

You're not using the original POS Matsushita-manufactured optical drive, are you? Try a different drive and see if that helps. Matsushita is the worst for optical drives. They'll …

Man, I gotta check my facts. 82.9 MHz? Yeah. Try 83.3. ;-) That sounds a bit like a corrupted CD. Rhapsody DR2, eh? I've got OS X Server 1.2, and it seems to work well on a…

Indeed...on a 1400/117 with little RAM, i probably wouldn't go much further than...8.1. However, a 1400 with a quick enough CPU (either a 166 or a G3) and enough RAM can easily han…

I remember reading a report about someone's experiences and benchmarking of various systems on the 1400 and the general consensus was that System 7.6 was the best compromise of spe…

I thought it said 117mhz, but I'd have to check to be sure ... Click to expand... It will not matter greatly before you wish to upgrade the CPU or the RAM, but just be aware th…

Well, should the mystery D shaped slot be .71 inches or 18 mm wide with a PCB 14 contact finger tab, it's likely the video card output connector to an external adaptor cable made b…

MacDan says they'll take any standard laptop optical drive [] ]'> Click to expand... And he is very much-so correct, provided that you're running OS X. (or OS 9 if you…

alright, the jag CD I have is not working. It boots after 10 minutes, but all I get is a blue background with a moveable mouse pointer, and nothing else. So, I turned it in to an …

What do you mean? I installed 9.1 on my 1400, and it just installed, no problems at all ... Click to expand... Perfectly true. A 1400 with enough RAM can install, boot from an…

Ayup, that'd be a video card. The ethernet cards had a standard RJ-45 port on the board, rather than on a cable like what PCMCIA cards have, so its definately video, not ethernet.

actually I made a mistake, the harddrive does not connect to the SCSI port, it connects to the floppy port!! Just like an HD SC20. Click to expand... The HD20 and the HD SC20 a…

Well, should the mystery D shaped slot be .71 inches or 18 mm wide with a PCB 14 contact finger tab, it's likely the video card output connector to an external adaptor cable made b…

It was probably originally made for an early Mac. The floppy port was the only way to connect a hard drive pre- SCSI.

Nice. Is it a 117mhz or 133mhz? Click to expand... I thought it said 117mhz, but I'd have to check to be sure. Since I already have a couple SCSI Zip drives laying around, I'…

actually I made a mistake, the harddrive does not connect to the SCSI port, it connects to the floppy port!! Just like an HD SC20. I thought nobody else had made floppy drive hard…

OS 9.1 is possible, but takes some hoodwinking of the NuBus architecture, Click to expand... What do you mean? I installed 9.1 on my 1400, and it just installed, no problems at…

There may be some main bus <-> PCI bus timing issues that make running at 66 MHz more sensible. I'm no expert, but I would think it would be a simple question to ans…

With no floppy drive or Ethernet port to speak of (at least as far as I can tell), and that strange (25-pin?) SCSI port, I'm sorta stuck at the moment. Click to expand... get y…

The 1400s are fine machines, especially if they are the later 'extended' models. Max. notional RAM is 64MB, which is a kindness to them, and allows the most compatible OS, 8.6, to…

i have one and i love it!!!only problem is tht the screen is broken