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CD-ROM Noise G3 MT — #2

Wade, I have the same machine and the same problem. The problem is not as difficult as it may appear. I understand this problem affects only a percentage of mt 300s but you and i j…
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G3 to G4 — #2

It won't be possible! The G3 is related to the 603e, and the G4 will be "directly" related to the 604e. Similar to how the 68040 was with the 68LC040 that I have in my P640 with …
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G3 to G4 — #3

Smoke signals from different rumor sites within the past 2 or 3 months suggest that a pin compatible G4 may well be in the cards. However, Maxbus and AGP4x may be available on fir…
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G3 to G4 — #4

The current G3s will, in fact, be upgradeable to G4 processors. The first version of G4 will come in the same 360-pin BCA package, so yes it will be upgradeable. Remember that the …
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G3 to G4 — #5

mkbhatia is right. The presentation by Motorola explicitly states that the first version(s) of their G4 will be pin-compatible with G3s. The only minor quibble about mk's post was …
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G3 to G4 — #7

If you don't own a Apple g3 now (and you have the cash), you should buy one. Don't sit around and wait for the g4. Once the g4 comes out your will be thinking about holding off fo…
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Adding another IDE drive? — #2

The ide bus can only have 1 master and 1 slave on the chain. If you want more IDE drives, you need a second IDE connector from a 3rd party card. JohnW
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using iMac as monitor for B&W; G3 — #2

Now I have never done this and never heard of it being done but I know that if you take the bottom casing off of the iMac that the monitor cable is there. I guess you can connect …
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Overclocking Beige G3's — #2

I too wouldn't wind knowing how to get my Beige G3/300 MT upto 333Mhz if possible. I've seen how to get a 233 faster but never the 300.
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Blue G3 100BaseT FULL DUPLEX — #2

Ckeck your hub setings, I run a Macsence switch and I get default full duplexing. If your hub only handles half then the card will sence and switch to a half duplex. -------------…
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Blue G3 100BaseT FULL DUPLEX — #3

Just reading the docs on the onboard NIC and the secret is that your hub needs to be autosensing and full duplex capable. Meet those conditions and the B&W will connect at 100B…
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Dual ATI Cards — #2

Ok, I got both cards working, but when I try to get the DVD output to the tv, either with mirroring on the viewer window turns white and you cant see the video, or by trying to mov…
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Nintendo, PowerPC and Altivec — #2

The new Nintendo, code name Dolphine, will use a PPC 400 processor from IBM. From what I have been hearing, the Dolphine is going to be a relativly cheap machine. I suspect that fo…
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Nintendo, PowerPC and Altivec — #3

Altivec was really not made for games,I am not an expert on the subject, but for high end jobs like Photoshop. A good graphics chip would probably be better then Altivec. Besides, …
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PM 7200 and G3 Upgrades — #2

According to an interview with one of the upgrade company CEO's, the cache slot on the 7200 "doesn't have enough wires." In the Developer's Notes on the 7200, it refers to the cac…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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