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Power PC G3 266 with a ... audio, modem, USB and display ports
is it something rare? I'm not in the G3 really ....
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Posted by: ironborn65 on 2025-11-18 00:11:59
The USB and FireWire PCI cards are aftermarket but the audio/modem “personality card” panel is stock (it’s audio only though, the modem card is not present hence the lack of port). There were upgrade versions with more A/V IO.

Other ports are standard.

Posted by: chriscarruthers on 2025-11-18 00:58:54
Looks pretty normal (but probably useful) to me. Is that two firewire cards?

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-11-18 01:35:10
@cheesestraws ... OMG ... yes they are two firewires, not DisplayPort... my bad, apologies
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I have not yet made an offer yet, it's working, OS 9.2 installed
What is the small daughter card with lots of capacitors?

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Posted by: ironborn65 on 2025-11-18 01:39:32
What is the small daughter card with lots of capacitors?

the one next to the three PCI cards with the audio ports on the back? That's the personality card, which pretty much contains the model-specific I/O.

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-11-18 01:52:11
What is the small daughter card with lots of capacitors?
Service Source page 71 says "Voltage Regulator".
http://www.applerepairmanuals.com/the_manuals_are_in_here/Power_Mac_G3_Desktop.pdf

Posted by: joevt on 2025-11-18 04:01:29
oh, that daughtercard that I didn't notice at all when I first looked. Ooops.

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-11-18 04:03:06
It doesn’t have the VRAM upgrade card that is nearly unobtainable now, though.

Posted by: pizzigri on 2025-11-18 04:39:30
Does the computer function? The plastic case looks to be in good shape - not broken. The plastic tends to get brittle with age.

Posted by: Forrest on 2025-11-18 05:40:56