Who has a iMac G3 with either a Sonnet Harmoni processor upgrade and or a item that uses the Mezzanine slot?

[Angelgreat]

I would want to know if someone has or had use them. Feel free to post your experiences. Please add a photo if possible.

 

[LaPorta]

I have my Rev. A iMac that still has it's Griffin iPort installed.

 

[Angelgreat]

I have my Rev. A iMac that still has it's Griffin iPort installed.

Cool, could you provide a photo if you can?

 

[jeremywork]

I haven't grabbed a Rev A/B, but I have stored pictures away as the auctions have gone by. Here's what I've seen:

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First, there's the Griffin iPort, which uses the physical slot opening but not actually the mezzanine interface. The PCB runs cables to the standard 8-pin mini-din serial connector for the infrared port and the DB15 port for the internal CRT to provide both interfaces externally.




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Then, there's the iPro RAID, which was delivered in two versions; one with an ultrawide SCSI controller and another which also bundled analogue video (/tuner?) input. (only one picture of this available) This card does use the mezzanine interface. I actually have one of the SCSI-only models in box, despite not yet finding an iMac to put it in...






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And finally (that I know of) the 3dfx Game Wizard, which adds Voodoo II acceleration to the onboard display.




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And also, the Sonnet Harmoni G3 500 or 600MHz, which occupies neither the Mezzanine interface nor the slot opening when installed.

 

[LaPorta]

Thanks for the photo: my iMac is happily secured in its original box, it would have been an ordeal to take out and photograph.

 

[CC_333]

I so want one of those Harmonis!

Alas, all are too expensive for me (I thought $400 for one back in 2005 was expensive, but in retrospect, that price is actually quite affordable, because these often go for 2x more!).

c

 

[ArmorAlley]

iProRAID
There is an iProRAID on sale on eBay Germany with a BIN Price of €22.
I've posted more about it in a Trading Post thread.

 

[StevieC]

I wonder whether there would be a way to adapt the brains of the DVD PCMCIA decoder card for the PowerBook G3 to the Bondi Blue iMac's mezzanine slot?

 

[Forrest]

Sean of Action Retro recently posted a video installing a Harmoni G3 into an original iMac

 

[macintosh2002]

i also have an iMac G3 Rev. B with the Sonnet G3/600 Harmoni in it, got that Sonnet Card for 25 Euros, it was in a broken iMac (seller didn´t know what he had...)