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The '''350 MHz Rev. A blue and white Power Macintosh G3''' is picky about its ATA configuration.

== Specs ==
; Model ID : PowerMac1,1
; CPU : PowerPC 750 @ 350 MHz
; L2 Cache : 1 MiB
; Bus Speed : 100 MHz
; Boot ROM Version : 1.1.1f4
; Storage : 12.76 GB Quantum Fireball CX13.6A
; Optical Drive : Matshita CR-587
; Zip Drive : Iomega Zip 100
; FireWire : 400
; GPU : ATI Rage 128 (ATY,Rage128)
; VRAM : 16 MiB
; RAM : 1024 MiB (4x 256 MiB)

== Quirks ==
* The fan may or may not rattle loudly.
* Because this is a Rev. A model, "newer" ATA drives exhibit data corruption. Even the stock 6 GB drive from a [[alligator|tray-loading iMac G3]] is "too new". Classic Mac OS will pretend to install just fine, but Mac OS X will abort the installation because it knows something is wrong.
* Open Firmware can't boot from hard disks connected to the CD-ROM drive and Zip drive's ATA cable, even though it can boot from CD-ROM drives on that cable just fine.
* When installing prerelease versions of Mac OS X, temporarily remove RAM until total RAM is 512 MiB.

== History ==
* 2020-07-06: The computer arrives at my parents' place from an eBay seller. One handle on the back bottom is broken. The hard disk is dead.
* 2020-07-06: {{Damage|A bit of plastic from the clock battery holder is chipped away when removing the clock battery.}}
* 2020-07-06: Attempts at using different hard disks I have on hand fail due to the data corruption issue.
* 2020-07-10: {{Upgrade|The RAM the computer came with is replaced with four 256 MiB sticks (256 -> 1024).}}
* 2020-07-17: {{Upgrade|I replace the dead hard disk with a period-correct 13.6 GB Quantum Fireball.}} No data corruption is observed.

[[Category:Computers]]
[[Category:PowerPC Macs]]