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Posted by: rushfan82 on 2016-06-23 17:59:03
Found this beauty with the original box and everything, fully upgraded and running 10.2 for only 125$ at a place called WeirdStuff! I made a video too of me opening it and turning it on, its got a lot of extras that I'm not sure about, hoping you guys can help me out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ePFxDOYL8&feature=youtu.be
Part list:
Power Macintosh G3
Yosemite ("Blue and White") Rev 1
550MHz (Powerlogix G3 Upgrade)
1GB Memory
ATI Radeon 7000 32MB
80GB WDC 800JB
Zip Drive (250MB)
PCI:
ACARD ATA 100/133
Sonnet Tempo Trio ATA/USB/Firwire
OrangeMicro Grappler Ultra SCSI 930U
Original Keyboard and Mouse
OS X 10.2 Fresh Install
Do you guys think I can install OS 8 or 9 on this thing? If so, will all the cards work with it natively? Also, does anyone have the cover for the zip drive?
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Posted by: bigmessowires on 2016-06-23 18:03:27
Nice! Weird Stuff is great, but rarely has interesting vintage Mac stuff anymore.
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Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2016-06-23 18:05:09
The TempoTrio card is probably the most valuable thing in that purchase. They're sought after.
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Posted by: rushfan82 on 2016-06-23 18:08:35
Nice! Weird Stuff is great, but rarely has interesting vintage Mac stuff anymore. I think I remember seeing a Power Mac 9600 there a while back, it didn't work and was being sold for 50$. it was gone the next time i was there, 3 days later.
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Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-06-23 18:22:53
Ooooo, nice. I almost bought that when I was there the other day with Mori512k. 😀 I was on the fence. I love computers when they have their original boxes and stuff. 😛 I just couldn't justify bringing home another computer. Pretty cool that someone here picked it up.
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Posted by: rushfan82 on 2016-06-23 20:20:27
Do you think it would be possible to install OS 8.5 or 9.1 and have everything work (drivers, cards and such)?
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Posted by: LarBob on 2016-06-23 20:35:24
According to EveryMac, it came preinstalled with 8.5.1 and will work with up to 10.4.11.
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Posted by: Juror22 on 2016-06-24 08:14:08
Very nice! I enjoyed watching the video.
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Posted by: Cory5412 on 2016-06-24 08:27:17
9.0-9.2.2 will be really great on that hardware. I ended up settling on 9.2.1 or 9.2.2 for mine when I was actively using it, and even without a faster G3 or a G4 add-on (I had a /450 1M G3 CPU) it was great.
If you're specifically looking for an OS 9 machine, that system should make you happy. have fun with it!
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Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-06-24 15:26:17
As others have said, 9.2.1 or 9.2.2 would be perfect for that machine.
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Posted by: tsundoku on 2016-07-14 15:02:29
I went to Weird Stuff last year when I was in the area and did not see many interesting machines (at least not in the area open to customers), but I did load up on cables and adapters for old Macs, and bought some software. It was fun to look around.
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Posted by: Johnnya101 on 2016-07-14 15:50:23
As others have said, 9.2.1 or 9.2.2 would be perfect for that machine. Seconding this. 9.2.2 can run basically every Mac OS thing.
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Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-07-14 22:16:34
Only thing I know of that 9.2.2 doesn't work with is the original Civilization. You need a CivHack extension, otherwise it'll crash. The extension doesn't work with 9.2.2. Only reason I keep my machine on 9.2.1.
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