Re: Booting a Mac G3 from the cdrom drive ??

> I just pick up 2 Mac G3's. One is running OS-X, and the other
>OS 9.2.
>The one with OS 9.2 is fine but I would like to use the one with
>OS X because of the features it has.
This has been my reference site for upgrading my G3s:
http://www.lowendmac.com/profiles.htm
Which also led me to this and another:
http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~t-imai/maine.html
My original 233 is running at 400 MHZ (think I also chipped up) and OS
10.3.9 .
You might need XPostFacto (hmm I must send them some money) a really
cool apt that allows you to install OS X on G3s:
http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/

> I have a couple of I-Macs as well but more interested in the G3's
>since I could probably upgrade them if I need to.
Yes there are a lot of sites about doing this and in the G3s
overclocking is a matter of moving some jumpers. iMacs are much harder
(SMTs that need to be unsoldered and resoldered) there's a DV on my
bench now that I hope I haven't killed.
>As far as the G3's are concerned (I'm using Nec Multisync Monitors
>with them)...only the Mac video cards with my little Mac II to VGA
>converters seem to work...the standard PCI VGA cards don't display
>anything - what gives ??
I've got a Rage 128 PCI display card in mine and I am running a NEC
MultiSync XE17. I seem to remember being able to use some Mac to VGA
adapters to come off the motherboard also.
Richard

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