Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

ppc g3

  1. B

    IMac G3 Crash Problem.

    Hi, my slot loading 300Mhz IMac G3 MacOS X 10.4.11 has a problem. It was working perfectly fine but today i runned a heavy program, it freezed first then the screen glitched anormally, i cutted the power then restarted, it didnt do anything. Then i restarted it again with command+opt+o+f, open...
  2. A

    iBook G3 Dual USB upgrade questions

    Hi! During the pandemic, as I had left far away my PowerBook G4 12', I ended up using my iBook G3 (Dual USB, 500Mhz, 640Mb RAM) quite a lot under OS 9 for work, light internet, emails, and music stuff. I really marveled at what I could do with this underpowered computer. But now that I've been...
  3. B S Magnet

    The significance of minor PPC750CXe chip variations?

    This is still some time down the way, but in the planning for a BGA remove-and-replace of the PPC750CX chip on my clamshell 466 (or another 466 down the way) to a PPC750CXe, this post on another thread steered me toward looking at the availability and pricing of PPC750CXe standalone chips...
    • B S Magnet
    • Thread
    • aftermarket bga diy ppc g3 ppc750 soldering upgrade cpu
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  4. B S Magnet

    A fun thread on the PowerPC’s longevity, durability, and performance for ongoing science work!

    We all could use a little reminder how PPC tech is still in use today and doing some pretty amazing stuff in 2019 and beyond. I'll start: PPC750 (G3) architecture is still in use today and performing admirably for key space science operations. The radiation-hardened version of the PPC750...
Top Bottom