ok, ready, set, laugh.... 
now that you have it all out of your system, i am typing this from this G3, 233 PB .
I have almost, and i stress ALMOST , successfully installed and am using 10.3 on this computer (which btw does NOT have built in USB). Why have i u ask? becuase I need a computer that is cheap and inexpensive that i wouldnt care much to lose (this) that i can use for some typing (i also have a FP iMac G4 and a G3 ibook). It was an extremely difficult install, as i not only had to use a hack, but i had to install the OS without the backlight for the LCD on. So i put the screen on a nice angle and grabbed a flashlight so that i could faintly see what was on the screen.
After the install i ahve about 1GB left on the 5GB HD( a far stretch from the 200GB i have on my FP iMac G4), but i should b able to get that up to 3GB after I delete most of the stuff from the previous systems (10.1, 10.2).
Heres the specks for this machine.
233mhz-512k
192 Ram ( which i think is maximum)
5GB HD (originally 2)
4MB Video
those are absolutely disgusting specks, yet i am more than astonishgly suprised by the way 10.3 is running. It is not slow, its a little choppy, thats all (and by not slow i dont mean its not slow if i were using photoshop and FC and 10 other applications at the same time, i mean for browsing the net, doing some typing and IM, it is suprisingly working really well). Expose works, but that too is choppy. This comp already had 9.2 on it but there is no way, and imean no way i would use 9, i cant stand that system anymore ( my dad still hasnt switched to 10 and i cant stand having to help him, it just feels foreign to me now)
so far ive only experienced two problems..
1. if the computer goes to sleep, when it wakes the backlight for the lcd will not go on, and no matter how much i play with the brightness or other options it doesnt seem to work
2. i cant access the "Network" folder, to connect to my other computer to transfer some files over as it sais i do not....wow, ok i just went to clikc it to see exactly what it had been saying, and now, all of a suddon it works, and i had not changed anything.. so scratch that..
also im having trouble logging in as root (though i think that just my problem and has nothing to do with the 233 G3)
i had fears that the ethernet port would not work but so far i have had no problems (since i do not havcea wireless card for this computer, andi dont know if one would work, i made my own 50ft ethernet cable so that i can go anywhere in my house with this lol)
well i thnk thats about it for now.
so if anyone can help with my LCD backlight problem that would be awsome thanks, and if you have any questoins ??? please ask and if you've installed on an old machine like this please share and lemme know of any tricks or problems
thanks a lot
now that you have it all out of your system, i am typing this from this G3, 233 PB .
I have almost, and i stress ALMOST , successfully installed and am using 10.3 on this computer (which btw does NOT have built in USB). Why have i u ask? becuase I need a computer that is cheap and inexpensive that i wouldnt care much to lose (this) that i can use for some typing (i also have a FP iMac G4 and a G3 ibook). It was an extremely difficult install, as i not only had to use a hack, but i had to install the OS without the backlight for the LCD on. So i put the screen on a nice angle and grabbed a flashlight so that i could faintly see what was on the screen.
After the install i ahve about 1GB left on the 5GB HD( a far stretch from the 200GB i have on my FP iMac G4), but i should b able to get that up to 3GB after I delete most of the stuff from the previous systems (10.1, 10.2).
Heres the specks for this machine.
233mhz-512k
192 Ram ( which i think is maximum)
5GB HD (originally 2)
4MB Video
those are absolutely disgusting specks, yet i am more than astonishgly suprised by the way 10.3 is running. It is not slow, its a little choppy, thats all (and by not slow i dont mean its not slow if i were using photoshop and FC and 10 other applications at the same time, i mean for browsing the net, doing some typing and IM, it is suprisingly working really well). Expose works, but that too is choppy. This comp already had 9.2 on it but there is no way, and imean no way i would use 9, i cant stand that system anymore ( my dad still hasnt switched to 10 and i cant stand having to help him, it just feels foreign to me now)
so far ive only experienced two problems..
1. if the computer goes to sleep, when it wakes the backlight for the lcd will not go on, and no matter how much i play with the brightness or other options it doesnt seem to work
2. i cant access the "Network" folder, to connect to my other computer to transfer some files over as it sais i do not....wow, ok i just went to clikc it to see exactly what it had been saying, and now, all of a suddon it works, and i had not changed anything.. so scratch that..
also im having trouble logging in as root (though i think that just my problem and has nothing to do with the 233 G3)
i had fears that the ethernet port would not work but so far i have had no problems (since i do not havcea wireless card for this computer, andi dont know if one would work, i made my own 50ft ethernet cable so that i can go anywhere in my house with this lol)
well i thnk thats about it for now.
so if anyone can help with my LCD backlight problem that would be awsome thanks, and if you have any questoins ??? please ask and if you've installed on an old machine like this please share and lemme know of any tricks or problems
thanks a lot
