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Power Macintosh G3

Game Information
manufacturer Apple Computer
year 1997
genre N/A
downloads 0
Screenshots
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Download Details
split set pwrmacg3.zip 1.94m
bios/device cuda.zip 12.51k
merged set pwrmacg3.7z 1.49m
standalone set pwrmacg3.7z 1.49m
Game Details
Computer published 28 years ago:

Power Macintosh G3 (c) 1997 Apple Computer, Inc.

Power Macintosh G3 is a series of personal computers.

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The Power Macintosh G3 were sold by Apple Computer from November 1997 to August 1999. It represented Apple's first step towards eliminating redundancy and complexity in the product line by replacing eight Power Macintosh models (and the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh) with three: Desktop and Mini Tower models for professional and home use, and an All-In-One model for education. The introduction of the Desktop and Mini Tower models coincided with Apple starting to sell build-to-order Macs directly from its web site in an online store, which was unusual for the time as Dell was the only major computer manufacturer doing this. Apple's move to build-to-order sales of the Power Macintosh G3 also coincided with the acquisition of Power Computing Corporation, which had been providing telephone sales of Macintosh clones for more than two years.

The Power Macintosh G3 is named for its third-generation PowerPC chip, and introduced a super fast and large Level 2 backside CPU cache, running at half processor speed. As a result, these machines benchmarked significantly faster than Intel PCs of similar CPU clock speed at launch, which prompted Apple to create the Snail and Toasted Bunnies television commercials. Magazine benchmarks showed the G3/266 CPU outperforming the 350 MHz PowerPC 604ev chip in the Power Macintosh 9600 as well.

Two generations of the Power Macintosh G3 were released. The first generation, known colloquially as Beige was introduced at a special event on November 10, 1997. The second generation, known officially as Blue and White, was introduced at MacWorld San Francisco on January 5, 1999. Its replacement, the Power Mac G4, was introduced in August of the same year.

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Driver Details
source apple/powermacg3.cpp
status preliminary
emulation preliminary
savestate unsupported
type sound
status unemulated
Screen Details
display pci:12.0:screen
type raster
orientation horizontal
width 640px
height 480px
refresh 53.18mhz
Input Details
player N/A
type mouse
buttons 2
directions N/A
player N/A
type keyboard
buttons 101
directions N/A
Chipset Details
name IBM PowerPC 750
clock 62.94mhz
name Motorola M68HC05E1
clock 4.00mhz
name Speaker
clock N/A
name Floppy sound
clock 43.07khz
name Screamer audio I/O
clock 21.53mhz
name Speaker
clock N/A
name Speaker
clock N/A
ROM Details
name size crc
pmacg3_79d68d63.bin 4.00m 74a3badf