Lombard

[G4foreva]

Hello!

I'm a lurker around here but I thought I'd post this so I can pointed to some much needed resources.

I just purchased a very, very nice Lombard from its original owner over craigslist, and it's in fantastic condition. Original boxes, cords, adaptors, CDs, and a working battery. He reset it to 8.6, and included the upgrade for OS9 . I've already upgraded it, and am now surfing the web using Classilla.

Here's the machines specifications:

G3 333mhz

64 MB RAM

CD-ROM drive, and he gave me a 3rd party floppy drive. I may start looking for a DVD drive.

4 GB hardrive

I've never really used OS 9 before, and my machine is quite bareboned. I'm looking for some resources and applications. Can anyone point me to some great stuff? I have it hooked up to my cable modem via ethernet and it's working really well. I've wanted a G3 PB since they first came out and I'm so happy I finally got one.

 

[LCGuy]

Nice score....while its no Pismo, the Lombard is still a very nice machine.

As for software - your best bet would be eBay, or our very own Trading Post.

 

[MultiFinder]

Sounds like an awesome conquest! One thing - if you plan on actively using OS 9 on that machine, I'd bump the RAM up from 64MB to at least 128, if not 256.

 

[G4foreva]

Thanks for the advice! I did go to the Goodwill and get some extra RAM. I'm very much a beginner when it comes to upgrading and tinkering with machines, so just the fact that I managed to get to the second RAM slot without breaking anything was amazing!

Unfortunately, the only RAM they had that I could use was PC-133 so the Lombard doesn't recognize all of it, but the addition of 256 in addition to the 64, minus whatever the mac didn't recognize left me at 192. It's definitely much faster and smoother then before. I'm going to hunt around some more and maybe I can come across a 256 PC-100 stick for cheap.

I ordered an Orinoco Gold card, and that should be here soon. After that comes I'll be able to go to the coffee shops and be even of more hipster then all the hipsters with their Macbook Pros!