On Feb 5, 2004, at 12:00 PM, david wrote:
This list sez "powermacs". I thought that the G3 was a powermac. But I guess not. ;-)
Officially PCI Powermacs is for the 7/8/9x00 series that immediately predated the beige G3's. They were the first PowerMacs with PCI slots. The G-list was split off to deal with the beige, B&W and firther G-series computers, mostly due to list volume.
We have a fancy keyboard that plugs into an "ADB" port on the back of the G3. Does this mean we couldn't replace this keyboard with a USB keyboard?
Yes and no (because this applies to the PCI Powermacs, too.)
Yes, if you have a USB card, a USB keyboard will work; however, since the USB is not built-in, the drivers for it do not load until the system has started up, so no startup key sequences: no start from CD, no start without extensions, etc.
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