Thread
Beige G3
Paws for Cause was selling parts computers for $4.99 each. I picked up two of them...
#1:
PowerMac Beige G3 MT 266mhz
2 DIMMs, unknown capacity
4.3GB (?) IDE hard disk
CD-ROM drive
Zip Drive
SCSI hard disk with adapter, unknown capacity
A/V card
Yoda on the left side of the case.
This one needs some cleaning. Hope it works afterward.
#2:
Gateway Athlon PC with bad capacitors
3 DIMMs, at least one is 128MB
NVidia Quadro4 AGP video card
SB Live! PCI sound card
PCI network card
PCI modem
old CD burner
no hard disk
Needs cleaning, but I doubt it will work with the caps in their current condition. I'm planning on moving the guts from my print server PC to this one since this case is built like a tank.
Most of the other computers were either Baby AT cases or P1/P2 systems.
#1:
PowerMac Beige G3 MT 266mhz
2 DIMMs, unknown capacity
4.3GB (?) IDE hard disk
CD-ROM drive
Zip Drive
SCSI hard disk with adapter, unknown capacity
A/V card
Yoda on the left side of the case.
This one needs some cleaning. Hope it works afterward.
#2:
Gateway Athlon PC with bad capacitors
3 DIMMs, at least one is 128MB
NVidia Quadro4 AGP video card
SB Live! PCI sound card
PCI network card
PCI modem
old CD burner
no hard disk
Needs cleaning, but I doubt it will work with the caps in their current condition. I'm planning on moving the guts from my print server PC to this one since this case is built like a tank.
Most of the other computers were either Baby AT cases or P1/P2 systems.
I found an ADB keyboard and mouse in my office. However I have not found a Mac-VGA adapter so I can see if it works or not. Sad thing is that I have two of them somewhere.....
I even tried adding an ATI Rage128 PCI card from a B/W G3 to use it for video instead and still can't get it to show a picture.
It does appear to boot though. Upon powering up the bong sounds. It starts, then immediately restarts and sounds like it loads normally.
Is there a way to force the Mac to use a PCI card instead of the built-in video?
I even tried adding an ATI Rage128 PCI card from a B/W G3 to use it for video instead and still can't get it to show a picture.
It does appear to boot though. Upon powering up the bong sounds. It starts, then immediately restarts and sounds like it loads normally.
Is there a way to force the Mac to use a PCI card instead of the built-in video?
You might need to zap the PRAM to get it to send the video to the Rage card by default...
I think there's a way to force output on the Rage card via Open Firmware, but if you aren't seeing video there in the 1st place, you have a chicken & egg problem.
Peace,
Drew
_________________
Power to the PowerPC!
I think there's a way to force output on the Rage card via Open Firmware, but if you aren't seeing video there in the 1st place, you have a chicken & egg problem.
Peace,
Drew
_________________
Power to the PowerPC!
Finally found a Mac-VGA adapter in my pile of parts. Unfortunately it is jumperless so is stuck at 640x480 on a 17" CRT. I do have a jumpered one somewhere, but have been unable to find it.
It has either MacOS X 10.0 or the public beta installed along with MacOS 9.1. No version number appears on About This Mac, only a build number. With the Rage 128 PCI video card it KPs on me.
This machine was used by someone who worked with graphics. Beside the normal Adobe MacOS 9 applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc), there were files for VHS and CD covers.
There was a floppy disk and Zip disk in the appropriate drives. The Zip disk had porn on it.
Now I'm trying to get my other Beige G3 to boot with video. It briefly did this morning, but hasn't since.
It has either MacOS X 10.0 or the public beta installed along with MacOS 9.1. No version number appears on About This Mac, only a build number. With the Rage 128 PCI video card it KPs on me.
This machine was used by someone who worked with graphics. Beside the normal Adobe MacOS 9 applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc), there were files for VHS and CD covers.
There was a floppy disk and Zip disk in the appropriate drives. The Zip disk had porn on it.
Now I'm trying to get my other Beige G3 to boot with video. It briefly did this morning, but hasn't since.
Hello, nice PPCMLA community.
This is to proudly present to active service a Beige PPC G3, 300 MHz minitower, 640 MB in RAM, with an Apple Multiple Scan 720 display; actually this post is being made from such a great machine.
Thanks for this opportunity. Further details will be sent, in order to get the best advice in this Forum. In fact I picked up the equipment from the Delivery Office nearly an hour ago.
This is to proudly present to active service a Beige PPC G3, 300 MHz minitower, 640 MB in RAM, with an Apple Multiple Scan 720 display; actually this post is being made from such a great machine.
Thanks for this opportunity. Further details will be sent, in order to get the best advice in this Forum. In fact I picked up the equipment from the Delivery Office nearly an hour ago.