Well, I finally got the CD to work. The CD I have is Power Macintosh G3 Install. It has Installing Mac OS 8, PowerMac G3 ReadMe, Mac OS Install, etc. How do I access what seems to be document files without a mouse??

Thanks

Well, you don't want to install OS 8 at this point. If you tab and it highlights an icon, hit "return." You need an Apple ADB (Apple Data Bus) mouse. A PC mouse won't work on that Mac. Thankfully, they do on current Macs. Search "ADB Mouse" on eBay.

Yeah!! I was able to figure out how to open and close items (apple key +O and apple key +W)

I'm loving it!! I got a tremendous amount of music here, some good documents, and much more to explore. But for now, I'm going to bed.

Thanks for all your help, and I'll probably see ya'll tomorrow

God bless

I found a good source of parts (mice, etc.) here:

http://gbennett.whsites.net/zencart/

If I can ask anothre dumb question: How do I change date and time with the keyboard (I have amouse ordered off eBay).

I KNOW there must be keystrokes I can use to access EVERY part of the machine.

Thanks

You'll have to work your way into the Control Panels folder that is in the System Folder.

What a great thread! I recently resurrected a Beige G3, cannibalized ram, video card usb card, firewire card from another slower G3 into it. I have it in my garage as an internet radio unit. iTunes from OS 9 still works great and all the internet radio stations work. I had a good pair of Altec Lansing speakers with sub woofer I added and it sounds great!

I got Classzilla to do the occassional Google search. Flash doesn't work on it but who cares. It is nice to have a modern browser in OS 9.

The video card I slapped in it is an ATI Xclaim VR. I wonder how I get the TV portion working? I've Googled it but without much luck. Man if I could pick up TV on it that would be awesome!

OK. Wow. You just reminded me what great machines Macs are.. and to not discount the older machines. I guess I just haven't had any experience in "resurrecting" an old machine to do some functions that are cool to have in a garage like Biggerfoots, or as music server, etc.
It is good to know that there is a modern day browser for it too.
Cool.
I might be tempted to check Craigslist now....

I did see some vidcards for G3 in the 30-70 dollar range...

Here's a link to ATI FAQ's.

http://ati.amd.com/products/faqs/xclaimvr128faq.html#4

I think you would need an Xclaim TV external tuner to get TV, probably it had tuner software too. I don't know if other external tuners work with it or not.

A search through ebay completed listings shows this one never sold, maybe the seller still has it.

I still have my beige G3 Frankenmac with an ATI Xclaim VR.

It came with an external unit to hook up the cable and from there to the video card.
I was also able to connect the unit to the TV to use as an external "monitor".
Of course everything looked like crap, but at the time it was cool.

Unfortunately, I threw that away long ago, along with my SyQuest drives, Zip drives., and floppies.

Edit: (Reboot beat me)