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Patmian212
Jan 16, 2007, 07:03 PM
Hey All,

I have developed an interest in modding macs. I would like to buy some older working macs to mod. I am looking at older mac laptops(old G3s or Pre G3) and those small all in one pre G3 macs. I live in europe. List your machines and how much you want for them shipped with USPS to Madrid, Spain 28010. I also have some random mac and technology related parts, so if you are interested in a trade, tell me what you are looking for because chances are I have it laying around.


Chef Medeski
Jan 16, 2007, 11:23 PM
PowerMac G3 B&W... probably not of interest.

PowerMac G3 Desktop before the tower format commonly seen. Just PM if you are interested in either.
Patmian212
Jan 17, 2007, 01:22 AM
PowerMac G3 B&W... probably not of interest.

PowerMac G3 Desktop before the tower format commonly seen. Just PM if you are interested in either.

Sorry those are way too big to ship, but I would be interested in a PCI graphics card if it has more then 16MB.
livingfortoday
Jan 17, 2007, 01:34 AM
Sorry those are way too big to ship, but I would be interested in a PCI graphics card if it has more then 16MB.

I have a PCI Nexus 128 card that has 32MB of VRAM. It's based on the Rage 128 chipset (and is labeled as such), but it's slightly different, apparently:
http://ati.amd.com/products/rage128/nexus128/index.html

Here's a screengrab from the G3 it was in:
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=51084&d=1151112723

Let me know if you're interested!
Patmian212
Jan 17, 2007, 01:39 AM
I have a PCI Nexus 128 card that has 32MB of VRAM. It's based on the Rage 128 chipset (and is labeled as such), but it's slightly different, apparently:
http://ati.amd.com/products/rage128/nexus128/index.html

Here's a screengrab from the G3 it was in:
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=51084&d=1151112723

Let me know if you're interested!

Sorry it doesnt even support QE. Might you have any AGP Mac cards?

Anyone else have any older macs?
ReanimationLP
Jan 17, 2007, 01:49 AM
Sorry it doesnt even support QE. Might you have any AGP Mac cards?

Anyone else have any older macs?

No PCI card supports QE or Core Image, well, except for the GeForce FX5200 PCI card. I have one of those, and due to a misprogrammed driver in Tiger, it thinks it is a PCI-E card, instead of regular PCI.
Patmian212
Jan 17, 2007, 05:43 AM
No PCI card supports QE or Core Image, well, except for the GeForce FX5200 PCI card. I have one of those, and due to a misprogrammed driver in Tiger, it thinks it is a PCI-E card, instead of regular PCI.

Will it still work? How much do you want for it? Also is PCI much slower then AGP 2X?