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Convert Mac G3 PCI ATI Rage 128 GL to PC with PC BIOS flash?

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First post, by thegeforce

Posted on 2025-03-28, 19:43

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Hey all, as the title says, i would like to flash a Powermac G3 PCi ATI Rage 128 to use on a normal PC machine, but i cant find any BIOS files anywhere. Does anyone here have a BIOS file i could download or link me to a site which hosts it? I have found a post of someone flashing a previously PC flashed mac card back to a mac flashed card but that doesnt really help answer my question.

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Reply 1 of 4, by Jo22

Posted on 2025-03-29, 21:48

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Reply 2 of 4, by thegeforce

Posted on 2025-03-30, 11:59

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found it locally for cheapish (~$50aud) and equivalents on ebay go for silly amounts ($75AUD+), its also going into a Pentium 200 machine and i want to add anacronistic but compitent 3D acceleration to it.

Reply 3 of 4, by weedeewee

Posted on 2025-03-30, 13:04

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Have you looked around on the vgamuseum website? plenty of cards have their bios available for download

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Reply 4 of 4, by Jo22

Posted on 2025-03-30, 13:54

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@thegeforce Ah I see, okay. Just wondered because it's a 33 and 66 MHz PCI card.
It can work in a normal 33 MHz PCI bus, too, but not at full speed.
(The later Macs had a single 66 MHz PCI slot that was like a cut-down AGP port, without the AGP features such as GART.)

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