[rescue] New G3

[Thomas Gallaway]

Eric Webb wrote:

>I just picked up a G3/300with only 128MB (I understand that Macs are 
>RAM-hungry) that seems to boot just fine with the OS 9.2 install that's on it 
>now.  I don't have an ADB keyboard/mouse, and I see no USB ports on this guy, 
>so all I can do is watch it boot.  I guess I'll have to browse the 'bay or 
>stop by CompUSA to find one.
>  
>
Is this one of the beige desktop or older towers? You can actually put 
in a USB PCI card that will
do the trick. Or even better get a USB / Firewire combo card. Comes in 
handy.

>Are there any ADB-to-PS2 adapters out there?
>  
>
I think those might be more expensive than a USB card. Also if you use a 
regular PC keyboard
there are keys missing. Like the apple key. I have an USB Logitech 
wireless keyboard/mouse
combo that works great.

>Can someone explain the G3/G4/G5 thing to me?  Are these PowerPCs, or 
>Apple-specific derivatives thereof?  How do they compare to the 604e's and 
>the newer Power chips from IBM that I'm familiar with?
>
>Oh, and why doesn't this thing greet me with the famous Mac startup chimes?
>  
>
Could be that the audio was set to mute when it got shut down. My mac 
when the audio is on mute
IIRC does not play a chime. It also could be that the speaker is 
disconected.