So, Beige G3's.

[Brett B.]

What do you guys have for specs on yours? Can be tower, desktop, or AIO, although I prefer the server version myself

I have:

G3 Tower (server version)

OS 9.2.2

433MHz G3 (overclocked 400...runs really cool with a 486 fan)

Rev. 3 ROM

"Wings" card

Maxed VRAM

768 MB RAM

80GB HD

52x LG CD-RW drive

16x LG DVD-RW drive

ATI Radeon 9200 PCI (also cooled with another 486 fan)

2-port USB card

10/100 ethernet

I've had mine for a few years and have just been building it slowly. I used it as my main desktop for a long time but its role has been reduced to a file server for all my Mac apps. I also have this weird prototype FireWire card for it...never used it, but comes up as "FireWire 200 Card" in ASP.

EDIT: Holy crap, I found it here:

http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index.php?id=45

All the way at the bottom - "FireDrill" [:O] ]'>

 

[quinterro]

I currently have the following:

G3 Tower with G3/400mhz processor from my Blue/White G3

192MB RAM

4.3GB hard disk

Zip 100 drive

Wings A/V card from a G3 AIO

Panasonic 24x CD-ROM drive

USB 1.1 card

2MB VRAM

ATI Rage128 PCI video card with 16MB RAM

MacOS 9.2.2

I know that it has a Rev. 2 motherboard, but have no clue about the ROM version.

I use it for older games and for its A/V capabilities. When I get the urge I connect my Dreamcast to it to play games for that system.

 

[porter]

As original with zip

replaced drive with 8gig disk

installed 10.2.8

 

[Christopher]

I got an 8500 with a G3 CPU, thats my "beige G3"

Specs is in the signature.

 

[iamdigitalman]

I have a 233mhz tower. It has no RAM in it currently, the stock 4gb HD, pretty much everything is stock and barebones. Has the audio only IO card but it also has a modem, which makes me think it was at one time a personal home machine. I also stole the VRM out of it to see if that was a problem in my AIO. It has the earlier yellow board VRM, so methinks it was one of the first to roll off the line.

I also got a G3 AIo that I am having a lot of trouble with. I narrowed it down to the power supply. It's a shame too, because it's the much more desirable 266mhz model with the AV Io card, but no modem, and an "Apple Fast Ethernet 10/100" PCI card and USB 1.1 card. I hope to get it running soon.

Oh, both models have revision B ROMs, so I can add secondary hard drives if I see fit.

-digital

 

[MacMan]

Mine is specced as follows:

G3 tower

266MHz G3

512MB RAM

Wings AV card

10GB hard drive (originally from a slot-loader iMac)

Mac OS 9.2.2

CD ROM

Zip 100

This machine is my Mac OS 9 workhorse which I use for any power-hungry apps that won't run on OS X, such as the (free) full version of Pro Tools (MIDI app).

 

[jhvaughan2]

ooh, I get to brag about my babies...

#1) g3 420mhz (oc from 400) Revision C ROM, 768 MB RAM

Superdrive from eMac Stock Floppy

40 GB ATA - OS: 10.4 9.2.2 in separate boot partitions. also separate swap partition, and partition for storing old software ect.

40 GB ATA with music library

Wings Personality

Radeon 7000 mac connected to 17" monitor

Combo firewire 400 / USB 2.0 card

Additional 10/100 NIC

Firewire External 160GB disk for backups of other machines

Mobile Black box FM transmitter

- upon boot, tunes and a VNC server are automatically started, so I can VNC from any computer and play music on any radio on my property.

- Also has the iTunes music from mine, my wife, and son's account (with passwords) shared so that anyone can listen to anyone else's music whether they are online or not.

Apple extended keyboard, Apple mouse

#2 AIO G3 317(?) mhz (oc from 300) Revision C, 640 MB RAM

ATA 7 GB with 9.22

ATA 4 GB 8.6

Stock CD, Stock floppy

Audio only card (what's that called again?)

Loaded with all my old classic games

Conectix VGS and ADB Game controller for playing playstation games

X10 controller software and serial interface - not currently used.

Apple extended keyboard, Apple mouse

My plan is to move all file storage/backup and music to a G4, and make the AIO the Classic only machine. Anyone in the ATL area need a AIO?

 

[Quadraman]

I have a pair of mini towers. A 266 and a 300. I just got some hard drives from another 68kmla'er because they didn't come with any. I also ordered a pair of 500mhz G3's recently that I am waiting on. If I can get everything working together I'll be putting 9.2.2 on them but I don't have an OS X disc so I'll probably be trying to find a 10.2 or 10.3 disc soon.

 

[Franklinstein]

I have more than one.

The MT sitting in my closet is a 333MHz model with the ATTO U160 SCSI card. I don't recall RAM, but it's at least 256MB. It has a Wings card, 10k RPM 9GB primary drive (with OS X 10.2), an 18GB 10k RPM secondary drive (for stuff), and a 9GB 7200RPM drive (for OS 9), Zip 100, and a 12x10x32 CDRW. It also has an Intel 10/100 NIC. It only works under OS X, but that's what it runs mostly anyway.

My Molar Mac is pretty stock right now since I'm not using it. It's 233MHz, 128MB RAM, Wings card, Zip 100, stock CDROM, 4GB HD.

My super beige G3 is a MT, with an 83MHz-rated Grackle and Rev. F ROM. So, it runs 416MHz on an 83MHz bus with 768MB of PC100 RAM. It has a 12x10x32 CDRW, 30GB 7200RPM ATA drive, Zip 100, USB, and Wings card.

I have a couple desktops and another MT, but don't recall what they are. A couple run strictly OS 9, so they have IXMicro TV tuners and Voodoo video cards. In the future I'll be installing the other 83MHz-rated boards into some of those, particularly the Molar Mac. I plan to upgrade that with a 466MHz G3 (run at 476MHz), CDRW/DVDROM, and maybe an Ultra160 SCSI hard drive. I've looked into replacing the onboard video with a Rage 128 or Radeon, but it's a bit of a job with one of those.

 

[Unknown_K]

I have one G3 MT

G3-433 (oc 400 had it at 466 but turned it down)

512MB RAM

6MB VRAM

Wings card

13GB IDE

OS 9.2.2

Firewire card

Targa 2000 Pro Video capture

68 pin SCSI card

18GB 10KRPM HD for video

8x CDR (replaced the stock cdrom)

Zip 100 drive

 

[Brett B.]

Cool, you guys have some pretty nice machines. I've got several more desktops and another server tower, but nothing really built up. I probably won't build any more close to what I already have...it took me forever to round up all the parts for that one!

I'm really contemplating finding a faster G3/4 for my other server tower...currently I think it's a 333, and maybe throwing some RAM in it. I had a lot of fun with Jag and Panther back in the day so I may see if I can build a decent box to do it again.

Most of my Wings cards (I think I have like 5 or 6...) came from AIOs that I stripped. I came across a load of those with dead screens and it seemed the decent thing to do...kind of like organ donors

 

[Unknown_K]

Upgrading machines is like an itch you have to scratch to me for some reason.

B&W's, PCI Powermacs, and Beige G3s are just so cheap to get and upgrade these days and they are actually usefull when upgraded, kind of hard not to.

 

[Quadraman]

I have more than one. The MT sitting in my closet is a 333MHz model with the ATTO U160 SCSI card. I don't recall RAM, but it's at least 256MB. It has a Wings card, 10k RPM 9GB primary drive (with OS X 10.2), an 18GB 10k RPM secondary drive (for stuff), and a 9GB 7200RPM drive (for OS 9), Zip 100, and a 12x10x32 CDRW. It also has an Intel 10/100 NIC. It only works under OS X, but that's what it runs mostly anyway.

My Molar Mac is pretty stock right now since I'm not using it. It's 233MHz, 128MB RAM, Wings card, Zip 100, stock CDROM, 4GB HD.

My super beige G3 is a MT, with an 83MHz-rated Grackle and Rev. F ROM. So, it runs 416MHz on an 83MHz bus with 768MB of PC100 RAM. It has a 12x10x32 CDRW, 30GB 7200RPM ATA drive, Zip 100, USB, and Wings card.

I have a couple desktops and another MT, but don't recall what they are. A couple run strictly OS 9, so they have IXMicro TV tuners and Voodoo video cards. In the future I'll be installing the other 83MHz-rated boards into some of those, particularly the Molar Mac. I plan to upgrade that with a 466MHz G3 (run at 476MHz), CDRW/DVDROM, and maybe an Ultra160 SCSI hard drive. I've looked into replacing the onboard video with a Rage 128 or Radeon, but it's a bit of a job with one of those.

I wish I could find a beige with 83mhz parts.

 

[JRL]

My desktop:

Stock CD, HD

USB dual-port card

OS 8.6(going to upgrade to 9.2.2 shortly)

233 MHz

112 MB RAM

Still love it though!

 

[Unknown_K]

I have a beige g3 desktop too, but the tower is my favorite and has most of the upgrades.

Finding a G3 with 1MB cache will speed those systems up. Built in video isn't too bad, the 4MB upgrade to 6MB helps if you need high rez and 24bit color.

If you want to use slave drives you will need to find the B and C ROM chips.

The worst thing about the G3 towers is that Apple shortened the case (same layout as the 8600/9600) and removed those 2 bottom HD bays.

 

[Bunsen]

Mine was my main machine until recently. Paid $600 for it in about '99/2000, sold the internal ZIP for $100, and got a good six-seven years of use out of it. I'm still working on the transition to my new dual 533 DA.

Rev C 300 desktop

Upgraded to a 466MHz G4 ZIF

768 MB of RAM

2 x 10GB Seagates

Original 24x ATA CD-ROM (most of the time)

Generic USB card

ATI Rage 128 PCI video card

6MB VRAM on the motherboard

Pair of 21" Dell CRT monitors

Wings AV card (replaced the Whisper)

OS X 10.2.8

I'd love an AIO for shits and giggles, but they're rarer than gigantic hen's teeth Down Under

 

[Quadraman]

"The worst thing about the G3 towers is that Apple shortened the case (same layout as the 8600/9600) and removed those 2 bottom HD bays."

I wonder if anyone's tried mounting a G3 motherboard in an 8600/9600 case.

 

[Temetka]

Mine:

G3 MT 300 @ 500MHz now with a G4

768MB PC100 RAM

2 x 40GB Maxtor HD's

Sonnett ATA/100 Card

Rage Orion 32MB PCI Card

Sonnett Tempo card w / firewire and USB

LG 16x DVD, CD-RW Drive

Zip100

Floppy

WingsAV Card

Great machine.

 

[Bunsen]

I wonder if anyone's tried mounting a G3 motherboard in an 8600/9600 case.

I've considered it. I have a few spare beige motherboards and a dead 9500.
The other nice thing about the beiges is that the motherboards are actually pretty small - good for recasing projects. Especially if you can live without the PERCH card.