On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 07:41 PM, Kevin Willis wrote: > I know it is off topic but this is the only list I subscribe to. > I am > looking in to getting a Power Mac G3/233. I don't know anything about > them. > Do they use daughter cards? How hard is it to upgrade to a 266? > If it > takes a daughter card, would a NewerTech G3/300 card work in it? What > are > the differences between the G3 and say a 8500? > Finally, is this even off topic? I think the manual refererred to > it as > a Power Mac.
Once removed, sort of, it is a PCI-powerMac after all. The Beige G3 series doesn't take daughter cards, but ZIF cards, a small card containing pretty much just the CPU. It is simple to upgrade to a 266. Swap in a faster ZIF and set the jumpers on the motherboard. Cards meant for older 7/8/9x00 series systems will not work, but if you want a 266-333 mhz original G3, ask on the swap list, you'll probably get a bunch out of desk drawers and such real cheap, since upgrading these systems to faster G3's and G4 cpu's is easy. The G3: Faster 66 mhz bus, 2 built in IDE channels (though with a 233 it's certainly a Rev 1 system, which has issues with the IDE channels accepting slave drives), 1 SCSI, only 3 ram slots, but they'll take up to 256 meg SDRAM dimms for a total of 768 MB. Up to 6mb onboard VRAM. It has 3 drive bays; one is at the bottom of the case under the two hdd bays and CDrom. the 8500: slower 50 mhz bus, no built-in IDE, 2 SCSI channels, 8 ram slots, though limited to 128 mb 5V dimms, for a total of 1GB. 4MB onboard VRAM. See: <http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/g3.shtml> for > -- "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
