Modified PowerMac G3 AIO

[madmax2069]

I have two of these, one is upgraded, the other is stock. upgraded specs G3 466mhz (CPU from a B&W G3) 768mb ram Belkin wifi PCI card Un named USB 1.1 PCI card. 120gb WD ATA HDD Pioneer DVR-110D (with modded authoring support file to enable burn support under OS 9.2.2) ATI Radion 7000 PCI card driving a external monitor (dual monitor mode) 4mb sodimm vram upgrade 56k modem add on for the personality card, wings personality card rom B rev 2 mobo. running OS 9.2.2 and OSX 10.4 tiger (xpostfacto)

[iSquishy89]

Why did you instal Mac OS 9.1 instead of Mac OS 10.2?

[madmax2069]

@iSquishy89 10.2 is a joke, install panther or tiger

panther and tiger needs to have a few things done in terminal to work correctly , if you don't you will find out that the onboard GPU is not fully supported and will randomly go into a unrecoverable sleep and the system will KP)

look up on google Apple documents article TA22360 for a fix. This also works for panther and tiger to fix the issue.

[DiskTwenty]

What a terrible paint job!

[hburke7799]

the holloween mac

[Avondalelily]

i so want one of these! i have an imac g3 with os 9.0.4

[cp6745c]

how fast is the prossesser

[DeltaPhi79]

The geeky voice gives the video a different mood than it would otherwise lol.

[88Lbody]

Hmm, that would be a welcome addition to my collection, been looking for one for a while now.

[thecomputergeek100]

do a g4 upgrade and install tiger on it. then it would be a pretty good machine and can use a lot of current software. and it would look nice with that case design. i like the case design. the g3 aio i like to think of has the imac prototype. its pretty awesome imo.

[kasm279]

@thecomputergeek100 Yeah it's the predecessor to the iMac. Also, any version of OSX is kinda pokey on the beige G3s and the original (tray load) iMacs. OSX has no graphics hardware acceleration because apple was too lazy to write drivers for the Rage LC and Rage Pro chips..

[MacinStitch]

We used these in school before we got iMacs. They were fast for their day.

[kasm279]

you do know that this is a rare computer, right?

[quinillo94]

I now beacause it was made from apple and it was a limit edition.

Apple will only give about 500.000 copies on all over the world.

I try to got it but when I wanted the promotion ends, so I couldn´t got it.

[kasm279]

it wast that it was a limited edition, it just wasnt sold very much and very shortly

[zeosrule]

sorry but that mac looks kinda stupid

[123yamarr]

i have the same exact one but its whote and i was wondering if you can play sims 3 on it please reply :D thx.

[kasm279]

are you kidding? its from 1998 :P

[iTat1000]

@123yamarr well duh its about 13 years old and it cant run 10.5 so no.....

[BiteThis2007]

That little light used to scare the shit out of me in 5th grade... I hated when my teacher would even turn it on...

[diorboi2006]

you sound like a fuckn alien dude.

[planefreak3]

get a 1.2Ghz G3 and put it in, that would be tight...

[larskbragdon]

do they make 1.2ghz g3 power pc processors?

[planefreak3]

ya, in fact they are the fastest G3 out there...the fsb is 200 Mhz

[larskbragdon]

wow i thought they only got up to 900mgz wow i think im gona upgrade my g3 server edition

[planefreak3]

there is a 2.0 Ghz G4 with a 200Mhz fsb as well...that upgrade is like $700 though

[larskbragdon]

cool to bad i only have a g3

[planefreak3]

no i mean you can take out the G3 CPU and replace it with a G4 CPU, i think some have the same sockets

[larskbragdon]

nooooooooo not at all dont ever say that unless you know for sure you can get g4 processors specially modified to work with g3's

[planefreak3]

not two different cpus on one mobo, i said replace the g3's with the g4's

[larskbragdon]

no i wasn't saying that either i was saying you have to buy a modified g4 processor in order to put it in a g3 socket pluss i would need a way bigger heat sink

[planefreak3]

ya, but the g4 upgrade i mentioned costs like $700

[kasm279]

the PowerMac G3s and G4s have the same socket- a ZIF socket, BUT you cant pull a G3 from the blue and white G3 or a G4 because they need a 100MHz bus, the beige G3's only have a 66 (it is possible to overclock the bus to 87MHz though)

[planefreak3]

overclocking a mac = pulling teeth

[kasm279]

97*

[kasm279]

no, try G4

[starkist1480]

Try putting OSX on it

[DeltaPhi79]

MAN. I wish I could find one of these

[EliteSHADOWZZ]

that looks shit

[Sunny279719]

it looks so ugly for a mac

[BiteThis2007]

LOLZZZ it does have a funny shape.

[elementality4me]

y only 9.1?

[enzofalcone]

cool video, my Modified PowerMac G3 AIO is better

[fairyheli2]

$10? thats about £7 cheap!!!!!!!!!!!

[Doomsdesire360]

nice job making a piece of poopy look great i would buy it

[joplinmacfan]

I paid $3 for my AIO a few months ago at a church rummage sale complete with power cord, mouse, and keyboard. It works perfectly running OS X 10.2.8 and helped spark my new interest in Mac G3 computers. Since then I've bought an iMac bondi blue tray loader, B&W G3 tower, and an iBook G3 clamshell laptop. All work great connected to my home network and cable internet. I was never a big fan of Macs in the past, but that's all changed. Older Macs are fun!

[MacintoshDan]

How cool, you have a Clamshell. I live for those, lucky!

[atarian345]

How did you go about installing a power button? Can any computer power button be used to do that?

[1DaveyPocket]

I installed the power button by drilling a hole in the front for the button to fit in, and wired it up to the motherboard, which has a power button connector.(G3 AIO is the same as G3 desktop, but it just has everything in one). Any device or button can be used to power on as long as it's connected to the power-on connector and provides the signal to power it on.

[DarkBallYE]

Interesting. I expected the deeper startup chime. I was wronged by Mactracker, again. However, that's a good thing. I'm starting to get tired of the startup chime we have today. I wish we could have the lighter-pitched chime today.

I wish I could have one of those. It looks like a prehistoric iMac. Yet, it may have a better use with a floppy drive.

[1DaveyPocket]

I agree, I want some special sort of startup sound when they make the next Mac. They should have switched the startup sound when the went to intel. Even though this sound is quite relaxing, to me it is, it is getting a little boring.

[kasm279]

@DarkBallYE Its got the older version of the Bong sound, MacTracker put the wrong one on the entire platinum G3 line :\

[nightsaturn]

no joke, you got an AIO for 10 bucks??? Those were the servers and big computers of my primary school!!! omg! :) I love those computers! wish I could modifiy them, like, put a mac mini in them :)

[Thermactor]

300mhz? POWER OVERWHELMING

lol

its ok, seven years ago i had a G3 card in my 7600 overclocked to 515mhz.

[jacobdallen]

Almost EVERYONE who has Mac OS 9 has 9.1. Rarely have I seen 9.2, and I have even more rarely seen 9.0.

[th3sp0rk]

i have 9.2.2 on my ibook and all the crap computers at school have 9.2 also!

[TechVideos2566]

What are the crap computers? iMacs?

[th3sp0rk]

yes. they are f'ed up because our stupid computer lady never cleans them.

[EuroCarfan00]

You sound like a computer with voice, nice video! 5/5 stars!

[joshcj2006]

i have never seen 1 of those before.

its interesting

i have an imac g3 but i plan to convert it to an atx power supply and stick it in a normal atx case so i can use any screen and any cd-rom i want! :)

[joshcj2006]

wat specs is it

[1DaveyPocket]

PowerPC G3 processor clocked to 300 MHz, 256 MB RAM, ZIP drive, floppy drive, CD-ROM drive, 4 GB Hard drive, Mac OS 9.1. Also has RCA input and output ports on the video card.

[jacobdallen]

I had a guy put what hardware a Mac Pro had into a G3 Powermac, and it runs 10.3.5 nicely.

[th3sp0rk]

u mean intel mac pro or power mac g5 or power mac g4? If it's any of those, at least go 10.4, if not 10.5.

[marhauth]

can it run os 10?

[1DaveyPocket]

Yes, I believe it can run Mac OS 10.2. But I don't have Mac OS 10.2 CD's.

[jacobdallen]

Up to 10.2.8.