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266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #12

I'd see about using xpostfacto to install 10.3 on it. I found that 10.2 was a nightmare on the older G3 hardware (beige G3, Wallstreet Powerbooks). Not to mention, Panther just r…
68kMLA PowerPC by Hrududu Tue, 3 Feb 2009 - 05:23

Apple IIc video cable type? — #7

If you have a cable that has one connector on one end, and three on the other; then it's the wrong cable. The cable you want is properly titled an "RCA connector to RCA connector"…
68kMLA Hardware by Anonymous Freak Tue, 3 Feb 2009 - 04:48

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #11

I have been able to use iBook disks on other macs. Thats the only ones that seem to be workable. Click to expand... The retail discs are model-agnostic. However, the discs that…
68kMLA PowerPC by Christopher Tue, 3 Feb 2009 - 04:01

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #10

I have been able to use iBook disks on other macs. Thats the only ones that seem to be workable. Click to expand... The retail discs are model-agnostic. However, the discs that…
68kMLA PowerPC by tomlee59 Tue, 3 Feb 2009 - 02:04

3400 screen crapping out — #2

The standard things to check are the connectors, both at the motherboard and at the display panel itself. The latter in particular are somewhat infamous for developing poor contact…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Tue, 3 Feb 2009 - 01:14

3400 screen crapping out — #1

The screen keeps flickering a brown hue and colors are off. :-/ halp? :O
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MrMacPlus Tue, 3 Feb 2009 - 00:34

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #8

I have the install discs for tiger that came with my iBook. Click to expand... Those are 'system-specific' installation discs. Are their labels grey? 'Original' in this conte…
68kMLA PowerPC by equill Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 21:17

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #6

as far as running panther or tiger, you have to have the original system discs. It won't install without help from xpostfacto, but i can guide you along if that is the route you w…
68kMLA PowerPC by sircabulon Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 17:58

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #4

Very nice. If I may ask though, why 10.2.8? A machine like that is just crying for 10.3 or 10.4...not to mention that you'll be able to run more modern software, too
68kMLA PowerPC by LCGuy Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 11:12

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #2

ReallyCool Dude! Talk like that got me almost ran off another fourm.The G5 Intel Elite would tell you to kick that crap to the curb like they did me. I say stick it to the man an…
68kMLA PowerPC by Mac SK Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 04:17

Newton MessagePad 120 — #4

Ahh, sounds good. I found the handwriting recognition was 100x better on the 2000 than on the MP100, but since you can run OS 2.0 you should be good to go. They make great little…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Hrududu Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 04:14

266MHZ Beige G3 mini tower buildup — #1

Over the past couple days or so I've been working on a G3 mini tower I picked up on ebay for $30 shipped. So far all I've done is clean it up a bit, get it running, and check to se…
68kMLA PowerPC by Green78II Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 02:18

Beige G3 suspends in Jaguar, how do I waken it? — #10

Something to try from Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22360?viewlocale=en_US Click to expand... Wow! I'd never seen that screen saver before! The box must have been locking …
68kMLA Software by Green78II Mon, 2 Feb 2009 - 02:02
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