G4 upgrades for G3's... — #2
There's no way to undo the Firmware update. But, what you can do is mess-up your logic board and take it to an Apple Service Provider and let them order a new logic board. When t…
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G4 upgrades for G3's... — #3
newer G3's are coming with the update made so chances are a replace,ent logic board will have that done already. I wouldn't stress about it. Apple will allow you to upgrade once th…
ATI Rage Orion 128 — #1
Help guys,
I have an all in one G3 educational unit and I just got a ATI Rage Orion
128bit accelerator card. I dropped the card into the PCI slot and found
that the card will on…
ATI Rage Orion 128 — #2
There may be some hardware hack where you're able to string your internal monitor to your Rage 128 card, but that definatly requires some know-how and the right parts. As far as so…
wall street upgrades — #1
An email from xlr8:
"Thank you for asking about XLR8 upgrades! Keep an eye on our website, as
that will be one of the first places to see an announcement for G3 upgrades
for the …
USB External Hard Drive and CD-R Help — #1
I have been looking into external USB hard drives, as well as USB CDr's and have a few questions. The USB hard drive that I found was made by lacie and was 20 gigs. You can check…
USB External Hard Drive and CD-R Help — #2
Do you have an iMac or B&W G3?
If it is an iMac then USB is your only shoice and I WOULD suggest LaCie, I have one of their SCSI CD-R's and it is excellent!
--If you have a B…
scanner and camera — #1
I have a small amount of money available to purchase a scanner and digital camera for my middle school art students to use. The computer we will use is a power mac 5300/100 lc. Any…
Monitors — #1
I am looking at the new G4 computer. I would probably buy if it were not for that expensive monitor. Is there another company that makes the Apple "ice color" monitors that might…
400 MHz Sawtooth G4s??? — #1
The rumor is that the current 400 MHz G4 model, based on the old B&W motherboard, will be phased out fairly quickly. Does anyone know whether a 400 MHz Sawtooth model will rep…
400 MHz Sawtooth G4s??? — #2
Chances are that Apple will speed bump in November or December, phasing out Yosemite. Then 450 MHz will be the lowest speed, so there shouldn't be a 400 MHz sawtooth.
Installing IDE drive in beige G3/266 desktop — #1
I just bought a Maxtor Diamondmax 10.2 gig IDE drive for my beige G3/266 desktop. I want to install it as a slave device, since I don't have a zip drive in the drive bay. However, …
Installing IDE drive in beige G3/266 desktop — #2
You need to get an Apple Service provider to order a mounting kit (they may call it a sled) - you can get either an upper tray sled or a lower tray (they are different). I would ge…
Installing IDE drive in beige G3/266 desktop — #3
Hi,
You should check which revision of beige G3 you've got as the early ones do not support slave drives. I wanted to add a slave drive myself but cannot because of this situation…
64-Mb SIMM in 8100? — #1
Has anyone successfully used 64-mb SIMMs in an 8100? Apple rates it to use up to 32-mb (only), but I read somewhere 64's work in 6100s (also rated by Apple for 32's max).
Epson Perfection 636u Availability? — #1
Hey, I've had my order in at ecost.com for over a couple of weeks now, ever since this scanner started getting rave reviews from the Mac community. Needless to say, I haven't recei…
Epson Perfection 636u Availability? — #2
I ordered a 636U from outpost.com 3 weeks ago, because they said I would have it in 2-3 days. Yesterday I cancelled the order and bought a 1200U at CompUSA. It cost me a little mor…
Epson Perfection 636u Availability? — #3
Maine also took about a month, but now that I have it, I wrote the following (mostly-derogatory) review of it. Caveat Emptor.
The 636U would be an excellent buy if not for its ho…
Which DVD-ROM drives can read DVD-RAM? — #1
Since Apple have choosen DVD-RAM as their writable DVD storage it would be nice to know which DVD-ROM drives can read such disks.
While searching for this information I got several…
Digital monitors (& FireWire?) — #1
Does it make any sense to expect I'll be able to drive a digital LCD monitor from the Firewire ports on my blue G3? Or do I need to wait for the appearance of ADP slots or ports on…
Digital monitors (& FireWire?) — #2
It will not be possible to connect your Digital Flat panel to a firewire port until the flat panel has hardware to interface with Firewire as well as the software required to decod…
Digital monitors (& FireWire?) — #3
Why wait? <a href="http://www.formac.com/">Formac</a> makes a mac compatable PCI video card which can support both VESA and SGI TFT's. It is called the <a href="ht…
Apple Flat Panel vs. 17" Colorsync- HELP — #1
Can anyone give me an opinion comparing the display quality (color, sharpness) of the Apple 15" Flat Panel Display with the older 17" Colorsync? I now have a 17" Colorsync that I a…
Apple Flat Panel vs. 17" Colorsync- HELP — #2
Whatever you do, dont use any other resolution then the optimal one on LCD's.
Borrow a Powerbook and find out how it looks.
I have a 15" Studio display closeby and the quality is s…
Apple Flat Panel vs. 17" Colorsync- HELP — #3
he's right, The flat panel has similar quality, the color can be a bit off though if you do not calibrate a profile for the display. Don't settle for the Apple Default FPD profile…