The tiny keyboard is easier than that mouse. I got an Apple Pro Mouse the day
after I got my B&W. Remember that there is an ADB port on the B&W, so you
could use any old Mac mouse/keyboard of your choice.
It is true that some sub-spec memory will not run with OS X. Since you can
replace all 256MB with a single DIMM that's guaranteed to be up to spec for
~$30 USD, I'd suggest that you just replace it. Note that if you have access
to a G4 AGP tower with OS 9 or greater, the Apple System Profiler (ASP) on it
will tell you what type memory is in each slot. Shut down, put it your DIMMs,
restart, take note of what ASP reports, shutdown again and discard the memory
that will give you problems.
As for the HDs, are they SCSI, IDE or one of each? OS X has been reported to
have problems some SCSI cards and some SCSI drives. I wouldn't be surprised to
learn it had troubles with mixed setups, either. If the 4 GB Quantum is IDE,
that was the stock drive for the B&W G3s; it may just be going bad. I know
that the 4 GB drive by mine died and was replaced with a 20GB one by the
original owner.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'not recognized the Finder'. Are you also trying
to use it to read CDs? There is an extension that comes with Toast that
enables that, but unless there's something wrong built-in CD-ROM, I'd
recommend against enabling it. Allowing 2 extensions to manage one device has
just caused troubles for me when trying to burn CDs, which is why I have a
CD-R in the first place.
Mitch Hogg wrote:
>
> Hi all. I just joined the list and this is my first post. I do recognise
> some of y'all from my Quadlist / PCI List days, however. I just got a
> new-to-me blue & white G3 (350 MHz, 256 RAM, 6-gig, 4-gig, Sys 9.11) and, of
> course, I've got some questions about it. I do apologise if any of these
> have been asked and answered before my arrival:
>
> 1. I've got an external CD burner (Mitsumi CR-4802TE in a LaCie USB
> enclosure) that the Finder will not recognise. Actually, there's more to it
> than that - the Finder will recognise it if I enable the new Apple (OS 9.1)
> authoring extensions, but then I lose Toast support. In order to use it in
> Toast, I've got to disable the extensions. I'm pretty sure there's a fix for
> this out there somewhere, as I seem to recall reading something about it a
> few months ago in one of the magazines, but I dismissed it because it didn't
> apply to me at the time, and now I can't find the article. Any leads?
> Also, I was able to use Toast 5 with my old (SCSI) setup, but it doesn't
> seem to like the USB burner, despite the claims made on Roxio's website, so
> I'm stuck with 3.8.2. If anyone knows a fix for this, I'd love to hear about
> it.
>
> 2. Now that I've got a G3, I'd like to try running OS X, just because I can.
> However, the computer's previous owner (a friend and a guy I trust
> implicitly in all matters Macintosh) said that he had to abandon his install
> of X because the new OS did not play nicely with a: some (apparently too
> slow) RAM he had installed and b: the second hard drive, a 4-gig
> Apple-branded Quantum. I've been searching around MacFixit and the usual
> sources for info about this, but have had no luck. Has anyone heard about or
> experienced this phenomenon? Any and all leads would be greatly appreciated.
>
> 3. How long is it going to take me to get used to this $#&$*!@ tiny
> keyboard??
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