Mac G3 (Blue & White)
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Mac G3 (Blue & White)
First off I never play with macs, but anyway...
I got this G3, I know it has like 768mb sdram, and for some reason it had 2 ati rage 128 cards...
I tried pluggin it in and it turned on but I had no video from either card, no beeps or whistles, and I wanna have a rough idea of what it probably is...
When I tested it, it was plugged into my acer lcd that I use for normal PC stuff, no keyboard or mouse were connected, no speakers either
I got this G3, I know it has like 768mb sdram, and for some reason it had 2 ati rage 128 cards...
I tried pluggin it in and it turned on but I had no video from either card, no beeps or whistles, and I wanna have a rough idea of what it probably is...
When I tested it, it was plugged into my acer lcd that I use for normal PC stuff, no keyboard or mouse were connected, no speakers either
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<jmr> bsnes has the most accurate wiki page but it takes forever to load (or something)
Fans kicked on, hard drives were bein kicked in and possibly read based on vibrations every now and then, disc drive seemed alrightfranpa wrote:was there a fan noise?
I'm not sure if either video card works
I know if had 2 ATi Rage 128 cards
2 ATA HDDs (diff brands) both 40GB I think
400 MHz (Sonnet?)
768MB pc133 sdram (stock was 64mb I'm guessing)
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if there's no apple bong, it's not completing the equivalent of POST.
pull one of the video cards and all but one of the dimms (they're probably all 256MB, but if it's 1x512 2x128 make it one of the 128MB ones).
while you're in there, look for bad caps and scorch marks on the motherboard and all ICs, and sniff the power supply for that lovely burned-electronics smell.
pull one of the video cards and all but one of the dimms (they're probably all 256MB, but if it's 1x512 2x128 make it one of the 128MB ones).
while you're in there, look for bad caps and scorch marks on the motherboard and all ICs, and sniff the power supply for that lovely burned-electronics smell.
Why yes, my shift key *IS* broken.
Ok I have the newer of the two video cards in there, I tried each stick of ram and I got 3 beeps on one of them, nothin happened with another, and one stick I got video
So atm, I have a 256 in there (first one I got video with), and another 256 in slot 2 (boots up with video), and tossed aside the one that gave the beeping
I get the bong, an apple logo comes up, then goes to the stop logo (or whatever it is)
I didn't have a mouse or keyboard plugged in, which I would assume it's complaining about
So atm, I have a 256 in there (first one I got video with), and another 256 in slot 2 (boots up with video), and tossed aside the one that gave the beeping
I get the bong, an apple logo comes up, then goes to the stop logo (or whatever it is)
I didn't have a mouse or keyboard plugged in, which I would assume it's complaining about
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I believe this mac developped sentience and is pleading you to help it out of its misery.
Using violence.
Using violence.
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<jmr> bsnes has the most accurate wiki page but it takes forever to load (or something)
Ahh okies
I got a PS/2 keyboard working via usb adapter, and got Finnix to boot off a disc so I know it'll boot a disc...
Guess I'll try runnin an OSX disc see how that goes, if that all works out I'll try finding some parts to bring it up a notch...
I got a PS/2 keyboard working via usb adapter, and got Finnix to boot off a disc so I know it'll boot a disc...
Guess I'll try runnin an OSX disc see how that goes, if that all works out I'll try finding some parts to bring it up a notch...
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After tons of searching, I got OSX 10.4 Tiger and it's installed and working
I also found that the newer stick of ram seemed to be problematic, but I can settle with 512mb
I'll play with it more tomorrow, try tweakin it a bit for some speed, throw firefox on it, some codecs, few apps, and some emus
I also found that the newer stick of ram seemed to be problematic, but I can settle with 512mb
I'll play with it more tomorrow, try tweakin it a bit for some speed, throw firefox on it, some codecs, few apps, and some emus
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http://www.apple.com/games/
My guess is you could try Baldur's Gate and Diablo 2 with those specs.
Diablo 2 system requirements:
My guess is you could try Baldur's Gate and Diablo 2 with those specs.
Diablo 2 system requirements:
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System Requirements
Single-Player System Requirements
Mac OS 8.1 or higher
PowerPC G3 processor or higher
64MB of Memory with Virtual Memory turned on
650MB of hard disk space
4X CD-ROM drive or faster
Video support for 256 color display at 800x600 Resolution or higher
Multiplayer System Requirements
64MB of Memory with Virtual Memory turned on
950MB of hard disk space
28.8Kbps modem or faster
Up to 8 Players over TCP/IP Network or Battle.net (Requires low-latency Internet connection with support for 32-bit applications)
Optional Mac 3D Acceleration
Supports Glide, OpenGL (v.1.1.2 or higher), or RAVE
my guess is that his existing PC is already more than capable of playing the far easier-to-find PC versions of those games.Hyos wrote:http://www.apple.com/games/
My guess is you could try Baldur's Gate and Diablo 2 with those specs.
if you're going to recommend any games, they should probably be mac-exclusives like Marathon et al.
Why yes, my shift key *IS* broken.
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odditude wrote:if you're going to recommend any games, they should probably be mac-exclusives like FROG BLAST THE VENT CORE !!1!
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<jmr> bsnes has the most accurate wiki page but it takes forever to load (or something)
I think gaming isn't gonna be somethin I'll do, unless there's something mac-exclusive I wanna try
In the end, it'll probably be cleaned up and given to my mom, since she'd have more use of it than I would
EDIT - I also found some sdram ram that works fine with it, bumps it up to 768mb, and when I checked the specs to make sure it recognized it fine, I noticed it actually had the 733MHz G4 upgrade
In the end, it'll probably be cleaned up and given to my mom, since she'd have more use of it than I would
EDIT - I also found some sdram ram that works fine with it, bumps it up to 768mb, and when I checked the specs to make sure it recognized it fine, I noticed it actually had the 733MHz G4 upgrade
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