[Ti] Old G3 Black Heavy

[Paul Samarin]

Step One is to determine exactly which model it is.  The newest ones (I 
believe) will operate all the way to 10.4; the oldest ones will operate 
earlier versions of 10, but not the latest.  From your description, it 
sounds like a Wallstreet, not Lombard.  I *think* the Lombard is 
thinner than a Wallstreet, like the Pismo.

I have a Wallstreet I'm considering selling.  It has the cd drive where 
yours has the Zip Drive; these are all hot swappable, and everything 
works--so, you might acquire it for parts if nothing else.  I was 
hanging on to it b/c it is the last machine I have with a Floppy drive. 
  I'm over that, now.

<www.everymac.com> has specs on all models.

Paul

On Jan 19, 2006, at 10:59 AM, David Ferleger wrote:

> Hi all.
> I have an old black heavy Powerbook G3 Series (14.1 TFT, 64 MB RAM, 1 
> GB Harddrive), in addition to my 17" Ti PB.
> Zip Drive, 3" floppy, ethernet, and what I think was called the SCZI? 
> interface too.  (This may be the Lombard version?)
>
> 5 questions:
>
> 1. Will any brand of Mac OS X run on this G3? Since there is no CD 
> drive, can it be installed via Ethernet?
>
> 2. Where can I get a powercord (those black box things with the cord 
> coming from it). Ebay? Or anyone here offer/sell/give me one?
>
> 3. What good use can this be in today's world with 1 GB HD and 64 RAM?
>
> 4. Can the RAM still be upgraded to more?
>
> 5. Can this be used as external Something-or-other to my 17"?
>
> David
> david at ferleger.com