Q: Which G3??? HELP PLEASE!!

Sounds like PowerBook G3 series Wallstreet or earlier:

24604- PowerBook G3 Computers: How to Identify Different Models

You can Ethernet it easily if it is working. It will support SCSI Target Disk mode [but not FireWire Target Disk mode], so you could add it to your SCSI Bus with the right adapters.

You could pull out the drive and add as an IDE device on your G4 with the right adapter (requires a laptop drive adapter with power connection or a FireWire enclosure or a USB enclosure or adapter).

Here's the spec sheets/pictures of the various G3 Powerbooks. There are 2 233MHz models. http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/index-powerbook-g3.html

 Cheers, Tom

Ian,

Your powerbook also has the code name "Wallstreet" so if you head over to the Powerbook Discussions, you will see the Powerbook G3 section at the bottom of the page. Apple has always made this division of the PB G3s confusing.
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=120

There are many posts regarding the Wallstreet and what you can do to upgrade it. Here is a brief summary:

- it can run up to 512MB of RAM using two special 256MB modules;
- you can install a hard drive that is no larger than 128GB; any drive larger than 8GB needs to be partitioned for OSX:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106235
- it can run up to MacOS X 10.2.8 natively; you can install newer versions of OSX using a program named XPostFacto but I would not recommend it;
- you can install both FireWire and USB PC cards in the PCMCIA/CardBus slot;
- you can communicate with other local computers via the Ethernet port as previously noted; there is no real reason to use the legacy SCSI port; if you want to transfer a lot of data, you can use FireWire Target Disk Mode if you have a FireWire PC card in the Wallstreet with this caveat: only the Wallstreet can be the "host" with your G4 being the "target"...it will not work in the opposite direction;

If you wish, download the manual via a PDF; it is the Powerbook G3 Series w/94 pages and 2.4MB.
http://www.apple.com/support/manuals/powerbook/

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Ian,

You can stay with your current OS 9.1 or update to 9.2.2 via Apple's download site. I doubt your G4's CD will boot the Wallstreet since it is probably a machine-specific CD but you can give it a try. If your G4 burns CDs and you don't want to bother setting up the Wallstreet for the Internet, just download the necessary updates to your G4 and burn a CD so you can move them to the Wallstreet.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75288

I think iTunes 2.0.4 is the last version to run natively under OS 9.x, but please check. If you don't need OS 9.2.2 to run the latest iTunes for Classic, you can just stay with OS 9.1.

There are many, many USB PC cards in the marketplace using several different USB2 chipsets. I recommend you stay with a USB card known to be fully compatible with Mac software. Technically all USB cards meet industry standards and you should have no problems using any card, but real-world experience says otherwise. All new USB PC cards are of the USB 2.0 variety but these will only run at the slower USB 1.1 speeds under OS 9.x.

Here is one example of a compatible card:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/ADS%20Technologies%20Inc./USBX2001/

Also, USB and FireWire PC cards only supply a small amount of bus power, usually enough to power a mouse or keyboard. If your speaker system needs the bus power of built-in USB and FireWire ports, these cards will not work. If you have a separate power supply for the speakers, you are fine.

Since the Wallstreet does not have built-in USB, system installers do not install the necessary USB and FireWire extensions. If you have a retail MacOS 9.1 CD, you can custom install both the FireWire and USB extensions.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=31288

If you do not have the CD, I recommend you download this package of USB extensions assembled by OWC to solve USB PC card issues in OS 9.2.2 (you can use them with 9.1 also); this is the same family of extensions used by Apple but are different version numbers.
http://eshop.macsales.com/tech/ftp/usb/usbextensions.sit

These are the extensions from the above link:

USB Support v1.4.1
USB Software Locator v1.5.6
USB Device Extension v1.5.6
USB Mass Storage Support v2.0.4
USB Mass Storage Extension v2.0.4

Once they are expanded on your desktop, drag all of them on top of the closed System Folder icon...they will automatically be installed in the Extensions folder...restart to make active.

Also be aware of this potential problem with USB:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=31135

You can buy just about any FireWire PC card (FW400, not FW800) you wish; they all seem to work well. Do NOT buy a combo FireWire/USB PC card; they work well under 10.x but not 9.x.