> Hi everyone, I am new here. I have a question relating to one of my Beige > G3 > Powermacs, it is the 266mhz model with 128mb of RAM. I am looking to > install OS > X 10.2 and I was wondering if I would need to update the firmware. Right > now I > have no idea what version the firmware is and I do not have a hard drive > in it > currently, I got it along with another one for free with no hard drive. Do > I > need to install OS 9 in order to update the firmware if it is needed for > OS X > 10.2? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Beige G3s were the last desktop models before the models which depended upon the MacOS ROM file. As such, what you see is what you get. There were two mobo versions and three ROM SIMM versions, making these 1A, 2A and 2B and 2C. The A ROM doesn't support slave drives. The B and C ROMs do. The difference between the B and C ROMs, both of which support slave drives, is better graphics chip support (for the Rev. 2 mobo) in the C ROM over the B ROM. These pre-New World desktop Macs are now so old it doesn't make much sense to expand these beyond what you might have in-hand. The bus is 66 MHz, and the RAM is limited to 3 x 256 MB = 768 MB. 10.3 is a better OS than 10.2, for this model. SCSI drive support is actually superior to the native IDE support, for this model. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
