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Power Macintosh G3
The PowerMac G3 was the first Mac with the new PowerPC 750 Processor (G3) and was based on a newly designed motherboard which ran at 66 Mhz. The PPC 750 was co-designed by IBM and Motorola.
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Processor: PowerPC 750 / 233 Mhz (266/300/333 Mhz were available.)
RAM: 192 MB
VRAM: 2 - 6 MB (2 MB onboard, one socket)
with 64-bit 2D/3D
L1 cache: 32 k data, 32 k instructions
L2 cache: 1 MB backside (1:2)
Bus Speed: 66 Mhz
Slots: 3 PCI
SCSI: DB-25
Serial Ports: 2
ADB: 1
Floppy: 1.4 MB SuperDrive
and a iomega jaz 1GB - drive
HD: 4 GB
CD-ROM: 24x
Graphic: 16 bit bei 1024x768
Sound Output: stereo 16 bit
Sound Input: stereo 16 bit
Ethernet: 10B-T
Power: 150 watts
Min System Software: Mac OS 8.0
Max System Software: Mac OS 10.1
Installed System Software: Mac OS 9.2.2
Introduced: November 1997
Terminated: January 1999
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Copyright by Andrin Siegenthaler