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Old 22-08-2006, 08:09 PM
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Hi all, Hope someone can help'
Been given a G3 233mhz PowerPC for free, Problem no monitor with it ,was going to use a spare PC crt but different video plug. Can a adaptor be bought and whats the best O/S for this system. Have played around with Computers for 20years, but never tried a Mac.
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Old 22-08-2006, 08:15 PM
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I'm not sure about the adaptor, but I would think OS 9 or 8 should do justice.
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Old 22-08-2006, 08:21 PM
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Mac OS 10.1 or 10.2 would work okay, and would best give you an idea on the way Macs are today (and hopefully convince you to buy a newer Mac!)

Yes, an adaptor can be purchased (try asking here on the forums).
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Old 22-08-2006, 08:24 PM
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Ebay throws a few of those adapters around on occasion. Pretty old machine though. Don't go expecting anything fancy...
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Old 22-08-2006, 08:31 PM
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Thank you all for your quick response.
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Old 23-08-2006, 07:57 AM
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Beige G3? It can run OS 9.2.2 very well, and this is enough for web browsing and other basic tasks. If you have 256MB+ of RAM, 10.2 is officially supported by Apple. The biggest let down of running OS X on a beige G3 is its stock 2MB video, which is very slow with OS X. You could pick up a PCI video card (which will have a standard VGA connector) such as a Radeon 7000 or 9200 which will help things along considerably. At the same time, the hard disk can be replaced with another IDE drive, along with the CD-ROM with a CD burner or the like (although, Revision A models use SCSI - later revisions use IDE optical drives).

10.3 and later versions of OS X are not supported on Beige G3s; but you can run them with a third party utility called XPostFacto. However, using this utility requires some expertise

They're nice machines to work with - I'm currently maxing out a beige G3 with third party 466Mhz G3 CPU, heaps of RAM and HD. Having problems with 10.3 though - OS 9 keeps crashing when I try to switch to OS X.

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