[Gllug] Apple G3

Adrian McMenamin adrian at mcmen.demon.co.uk
Fri Mar 10 23:35:28 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 22:37 +0000, Dylan wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been landed with an Apple G3 to set up as a gateway and file server 
> for a few client boxes and have a few minor questions...
> 
> Are the hard drives standard IDE ATA drives?
> Do they take standard pc monitors?
> 
> I ask, since I plugged it up and turned it on with the existing drive in 
> it, but the display didn't power up. Since I've never used a mac in 
> anger I'm a bit lost.
> 
Is the box beige or white? If beige then it's a pain - you'll have to
boot MAC OS and then launch Linux. If white then it's a "new world" G3
and you can load Linux on directly

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