![]() ![]() So, how to connect to this venerable machine? It has USB ports, FireWire 400 ports, and even an ADB port and a modem 1, but it predates both FireWire’s Target Disk Mode (even if I had a machine with a FireWire port or the right combination of adapters to connect to it) and built-in wireless networking. Acquired for my sophomore year of college, it was one of the first Macs to have a DVD drive (turning my dorm room into the place we watched movies on a laughably small 17-inch monitor), and it not only spanned the Classic Mac OS and Mac OS X eras, but saw numerous upgrades along the way, including an additional internal hard drive, the addition of a PCI card with four USB 2.0 ports, a RAM upgrade to a then- amazing 512MB, and even an eventual processor bump wherein a 600MHz G4 chip replaced the stock 400MHz G3.īasically, it’s been through a lot. ![]() While it wasn’t my first Mac, it was the first Mac that was truly mine. Only one old computer left in the office. ![]() ![]() This had a couple of phases, one of which was physical, but the more time-consuming part has been mostly virtual, as I’ve been cleaning off computers and hard drives spanning back a couple decades.īut I left the greatest challenge for last. Like many of you, I’ve been trying to find ways to keep occupied while stuck indoors, and after I’d done the dishes, put in some laundry, and got tired of reading the news, I turned to a long-procrastinated task: cleaning out all my electronics junk. How do you access a Mac built in 1999 and last used in 2008 when you have no compatible display and barely any ports in common? Note: This story has not been updated since 2020. Unpacking, hacking, and cracking a Power Mac G3 ![]()
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