Beige G3 Minitower upgrade - video related

[Brian Braunschweiger]

I am hoping to make the transition soon from a G3 upgraded 7600 to a 
Beige G3 minitower I got at a local auction. I expect to tweak a lot 
of things on it to improve my functionality in OS 9 and to get OS X 
operable as an interim solution on my desktop machine until I can get 
a newer Mac. My beige G3 minitower is technically a Macintosh G3 
Server. It is the REv. 1 version of the motherboard. It has had a 500 
mhz chip upgrade put in it, the stock drives for now (a 24x IDE 
CD-ROM and a 4.5 gig SCSI) and has 384 megs of RAM. It came with all 
three PCI slots filled - with an Apple SCSI card in slot A1, an ATTO 
Express SCSI PCI Pro in slot B1 and a faster ethernet PCi card in 
slot C1.

In this particular post I want to focus the discussion on my options 
for video in this machine. The Apple System Profiler says it has 6 
megs of VRAM. The card/chip is a Mach 64 in slot F1.

ISSUES:
First, where is slot F1? Is this an upgradeable slot like the PCI 
slots? The video connection seems to be wired into the motherboard 
but there is a slot next to the three RAM slots I couldn't figure out 
the purpose for.

Second, what video options will work for this machine? If nothing 
else I will probably move my VooDoo 3 2000 card from the 7600 to the 
Beige G3 when I am ready to make the transition. I would need to free 
up a PCI slot. If I wanted to spring for another one I could get the 
32 meg Radeon PCI card or the 64 meg Radeon card. Anything else I 
should be considering?

Finally, I would be glad for any general suggestions or warnings as I 
work through this issue.


If you need further info, I play some games but don't expect to be 
able to play the latest/greatest. I have a 19 inch monitor and could 
add a 2nd 17" monitor if I really wanted to. Beyond that it is basic 
internet and office work for me.

I appreciate any advice anyone can offer on this subject.
Brian
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Brian Braunschweiger
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