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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... — #1

does anyone know how to "undo" a firmware update?? i recently found out that Apple Computer's recent firmware update (for Blue and White G3's) eliminates the ablilty to upgrade to …
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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 — #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…
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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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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 …
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Upgrading an old 7500/100 — #1

My old system was a powermac 7500/100 and I was pretty happy with it. It did everything I needed, but then for my high school graduation I got a beige g3 333mhz minitower. Eventual…
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Upgrading an old 7500/100 — #2

According to NewerTech you are in bizness: MAXpowr G3 Carrier Card will launch you into the current day with ZIF technology. ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) sockets are quickly becomin…
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Firewire-Max Length — #1

Can somebody tell me what the maximum length for a firewire segment is? I read in Macworld that a firewire segment can be 72 meters long, however, Orange Micro claims that you need…
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Firewire-Max Length — #2

Supports up to 63 devices using cable lengths up to 14 feet. http://www.apple.com/firewire/ search Apple TIL: http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.n...+search+simple
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Firewire-Max Length — #3

I'm going to be connecting a video camera via firewire to my B&W G3 like this: (Sony DCR-PC1)+(15 Foot FireWire Cable)+(Orange Micro FireWire Repeater)+(15 Foot Fire Wire Cable…
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Firewire-Max Length — #4

Why do they make s-video cables that are 30 feet long when the spec says 6 feet or less? Because it usually works, especially with a repeater... Drewman
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Painting G3 (beige) case — #1

Has anyone painted their beige g3's? I just got a cool lookin' silver VCR - Emerson from WalMart, yeah... big spender . Anyway, I'd really like to paint my desktop g3 case to mat…
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