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Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to the Lombard PowerBook G3, Charles W Moore, ‘Book Value, 2008.05.13. With the Lombard PowerBook, Apple abandoned the legacy ADB and serial ports for USB, trimmed 20% from WallStreet’s weight, and hit 400 MHz.

Lombard, the forgotten PowerBook, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum, 2009.05.06. Sitting between the legendary WallStreet and the widely known Pismo, Lombard provides great value and handles OS X nicely.

Upgrading your Lombard PowerBook G3, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum, 2008.08.25. Step-by-step instructions for getting inside the Lombard PowerBook to upgrade RAM, replace the hard drive, and swap out the CPU card.

Taking apart a PowerBook G3 (Lombard or Pismo) battery, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing, 2008.09.24. Step by step instructions for opening up a Lombard/Pismo battery to get to the lithium-ion cells inside.

Replacing your Lombard or Pismo optical drive with a SuperDrive, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum, 2008.08.15. It’s not difficult to swap out the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive in a Lombard or Pismo PowerBook with a CD- and DVD-burning SuperDrive.

Backing up your G3 PowerBook quickly and easily, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing, 2008.10.27. Who needs Leopard and Time Machine? With an expansion bay hard drive and the right software, you can have a bootable clone ready for use.

Lombard PowerBook: Almost a Pismo for less, Phil Herlihy, The Usefulness Equation, 2009.06.18. Although Pismo has the huge following, Lombard provides comparable performance of often sells for quite a bit less.

Tips for Installing or Reinstalling Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Adam Rosen, Adam’s Apple, 2009.06.10. Mac OS X 10.4 uses less memory than Leopard, supports Classic Mode on PowerPC Macs, and, unlike Leopard, is supported on G3 Macs.

Odd MacBook sleep behavior, Pismo resurrection and upgrades, end nigh for Classic Eudora? and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2009.05.27. Also the end of the road for Lombard and G4 iMac CPU upgrades.

Is It Worth Maxing the RAM in Old G3 and G4 Macs?, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum, 2009.04.15. Increasing memory can make your old Mac faster and make you more productive, but it probably won’t improve resale value by the amount you spend.

Every working computer is useful to someone, Allison Payne, The Budget Mac, 2008.11.19. Whether it’s a PowerBook 1400, G3 iMac, or Power Mac G4, it could be all the computer someone needs.

G3 and low end G4 Mac performance comparison, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum, 2008.10.15. Factors that impact performance are the version of CPU, the size and speed of the Level 2 cache, and how much RAM is installed.

Getting the most from your G3 Mac, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum, 2008.10.03. Most G3 Macs can be upgraded so they can run Mac OS X 10.4 ‘Tiger’ quite nicely. Here’s how.

Tiger great on old G3 ‘Books, maximum RAM for 867 MHz PowerBook G4, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2008.10.01. Also why 4 GB of RAM in a 32-bit Vista PC wastes most of the last gigabyte and system profile software for Windows PCs.

9 browsers for G3 and older G4 Macs compared, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum, 2008.09.26. The latest versions of Opera, Safari, Shiira, iCab, Radon, Firefox, Demeter, Sunrise, and Camino that run on Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger”.

In praise of rugged Mac notebooks of the past, POP3 vs. IMAP email, and buying glasses online, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2008.09.11. G3 PowerBooks were the high water mark for ruggedness, expandability, and reliability. Also the benefits of POP3 email for dialup users, and another article praising online eyewear.

Are G3 Macs still viable work machines?, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum, 2008.09.08. For basic tasks – writing, email, and using the Web – a G3 Mac with Mac OS X 10.4 and sufficient memory provides plenty of power.

8 hour runtime realisitic with TruePower batteries for Lombard and Pismo, Charles W Moore, ‘Book Value, 2008.08.05. Apple’s original batteries could keep you going for up to 5 hours when they were new; these high capacity replacement batteries improve that by 60%.

Bumps in the road for G3 Macs, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing, 2008.07.28. MobileMe wouldn’t sync with the Pismo, and Skype’s software refused to install, but both problems were solved.

My 4 favorite PowerBooks, Carl Nygren, My Turn, 2008.05.28. The PowerBook 150 has a big screen for a vintage PowerBook, the 165c has color, the 100 is diminutive, and Lombard has USB and a great keyboard.

Overpriced Macs, 4-core Mac Pro value, USB for G3 PowerBooks, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 2008.04.24. Also reader feedback on running a keyboard through the dishwasher, tips for using external DVD drives, and 8 GB partition issues with the Classic Mac OS on the beige G3.

Outliners for word processing, Mac compatible WiFi cards, iWork disappoints, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 2008.03.27. Also running Leopard on a maxed out Digital Audio Power Mac, Clamshell iBook hacks, Lombard external display resolutions, and collective nouns.

Fading magic at Apple, Major League Baseball’s rebound, and an iMac that won’t boot from a CD, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2008.04.02. Reflections on Apple’s success as a business, CD-ROM problems in a G3 iMac, and Pismo processor problem solved with thermal paste.

3 ways to better YouTube viewing on older Macs, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 2008.02.06. Watching YouTube videos in your browser on G3 Macs can be painfully slow, but there are several ways to improve your YouTube viewing experience.

MacBook Air upgradable enough?, Lombard cache problem, and more on the liberal-conservative debate, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2008.02.04. Another go around on whether Mac users are liberal or conservative. Also looking for an OS X driver for the Netgear WG511T.

Dell’s 802.11g card for PowerBooks, glad for the death of Classic, FireWire cams, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2007.11.05. Also silent computing with ‘obsolete’ Macs, Leopard and the 867 MHz limit, and Tiger performance on a 600 MHz G3 iBook.

iBook G3 quality, 802.11g for older PowerBooks, installing Tiger on a CD-ROM eMac, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2007.10.29. Also FireWire webcam options for the classic Mac OS and installing Leopard on an upgraded Power Mac G4.

Replacing Home Page, Compact Flash in Lombard, Leopard hardware requirements, mini upgrades, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 2007.10.04. Also the problems with using old computers in school, rebate problems, free imposition software, and a dead LC 520.

WiFi options for Lombard, installing Tiger on a DVD-less eMac, 3D home design software, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2007.10.01. Two PC Card 802.11g options for the Lombard PowerBook, PowerPC version of OS X needed for eMac, three programs for home design, and a source for downloading old Mac software.

The future of G3 PowerBooks in the Age of Leopard, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2007.09.11. There’s no G3 support in Leopard. What does that mean for Kanga, WallStreet, Lombard, and Pismo PowerBooks?

Even if Leopard leaves G3 behind, Tiger users will still be able to run up-to-date apps, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2007.06.18. While Apple may drop G3 support in OS X 10.5, there will continue to be plenty of options for 10.4 users who want to run up-to-date browsers, email clients, and instant messaging programs.

Compact Flash faster than a hard drive, CF in a clamshell iBook, eSATA for PowerBooks, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 2007.06.12. Faster boot times with a flash drive, replacing the hard drive in an iBook with Compact Flash, eBay feedback tips, eSATA CardBus options for PowerBooks, and the importance of G3 support in Mac OS X 10.5.

Why Apple must continue G3 support in Mac OS X 10.5 ‘Leopard’, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2007.05.08. “We’re worried about what happens if Apple unchecks that box in Xcode to include the instructions necessary to run OS X on G3 processors at all.”

Drag and drop problems with flash drive, troubleshooting a Mac with Linux, G3 video problems, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2007.03.27. Also FireWire boot drives, bootable partitions, bootable external DVD drives, and maximum hard drive size on older Macs.

OS X 10.3 or 10.4 on a G4/533?, Lombard to Pismo hard drive swap, ‘Book repair, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2007.01.29. The best OS for a G4/533, migrating by swapping hard drives, WallStreet and iBook repair and replacement options, and upgrading RAM in Lombard.

Disabling deep sleep on MacBooks, ‘Other Red’ a scam?, mixed RAM can reduce performance, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2006.11.13. Also other disk utilities Mac owners should know about, Lombard cooling, Netscape 7 on OS 9, Final Vinyl for ripping LPs, and more.

Best OS X for Pismo, mixing RAM speeds, LP to MP3, SpeedFan cools MacBook running Windows, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2006.10.30. Also Lombard still rocks, Powerlogix WallStreet upgrade tip, old Macs still perform admirably, a 64 GB flash drive, and RadTech’s clever BT600 mouse design.

Ubuntu on older Macs; Lombard, Pismo, and WallStreet upgrade questions; installing clamshell RAM; and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2006.10.09. Also more on why some older Macs can’t read modern CR-R discs and Russell Beattie’s ‘underhanded’ criticism of OS X.

Lombard, the ‘middle child’ PowerBook G3: Good enough for OS X?, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2006.10.02. The PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard) was slimmer, lighter, and less expandable than the WallStreets it replaced. It added USB, gave up ADB, and retained SCSI.

MacBook shutdown solved, better batteries after recall, MacBook Pro better for Vista than Vaio, and more, The ‘Book Review, 2006.09.15. Also MacBook troubleshooting, the value of a used iBook, Apple to sell 1 million ‘Books this quarter, replacing cells in an old PowerBook G3 battery, bargain ‘Books from $299 to $1,299, and more.

Is the G3 still a practical choice?, Matthew Jay, Macs to the Max, 2006.08.10. Although the G3 is several generations old, it has enough horsepower for most of the things we do on our computers.

Pismo modem issues, best Mac keyboard, Pismo processor upgrade value, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2006.05.01. Also swapping screens between Lombard and Pismo, more on Frankenpismo, PRAM reset may resurrrect dead Lombard, and more on the dead Lombard.

Modern computing: First impressions of a $10 PowerBook G3, Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living, 2006.04.26. The price was right, assuming it worked, but how beat up and underpowered would this $10 PowerBook be?

Replacing Lombard with a TiBook: which one is enough?, Joe Rivera, Mac Fallout Shelter, 2006.04.19. Nice as the Lombard was, it has a new owner. The new ‘Book should have FireWire, G4 power, and run Tiger nicely. How much TiBook is enough?

Pismo and Panther, Pismo on last legs, and Lombard vs. PowerBook G4, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2006.03.08. More on OS X 10.3.9 as the best for Pismo, Pismo plagued with kernel panics, and whether to upgrade a Lombard or replace it with a PowerBook G4.

Replacing or upgrading the optical drive in your PowerBook G3 or 1400, Joe Rivera, Mac Fallout Shelter, 2006.01.24. If your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM has died or you want to upgrade to a CD or DVD burner, here’s how to do it yourself.

Lombard: A great $400 field computer, Joe Rivera, Mac Fallout Shelter, 2005.12.06. Rugged, reliable, and feature-laden, this G3 PowerBook also fully supports OS X and is available at decent prices.

iFixIt Guide: PowerBook G3 Lombard, PB FixIt. All you need to know to take apart, upgrade, repair, and put your PowerBook back together again. Online and print versions available.

Lombard renaissance, Charles W Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 2004.03.23. “Both Newer Technology and PowerLogix made G3 upgrades for the Lombard for a time, but they apparently didn’t sell especially well….”

The strong value of the Lombard PowerBook G3, Dan Knight, Mac Daniel, 2003.03.19. Why the 333 MHz Lombard is a particularly good value in portable computing.

Is the Lombard a lemon?, Charles W Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 10.15. “…one might deduce that either a design flaw or hardware defect is beginning to manifest widely in these machines as they age.”

Rage Pro Driver for Lombard, James Denton. Oops, OS X 10.1.5 missed acceleration support for Rage LT Pro in Lombard. This patch solves that oversight.

The first Macintosh PowerBook G3, codenamed "Kanga", was introduced by Apple Computer in November 1997 as the successor to the PowerBook 3400c. Originally planned to be named the PowerBook 3500, it was first portable Macintosh model to use the PowerPC G3 microprocessor.

The second generation of PowerBook G3"s, codenamed "Wallstreet", were introduced on March 1998 with a redesigned case which was lighter and more round. 233 MHz, 250 MHz and 292 MHz versions were made available with 12" passive matrix LCD, 13.3" TFT LCD or 14.1" TFT LCD screens. The Wallstreets had the usual HDI-30 SCSI connector, and were the last model to have an ADB port.

An updated version of the existing design was unveiled by Steve Jobs in a special event on May 1998. Released in August 1998, the new PowerBook G3 (nicknamed "Wallstreet II" and "PDQ") featured the larger 14.1" display on all models. Processors were bumped up to 233MHz, 266MHz and 300MHz. A DVD-ROM drive was available for the the first time as a factory option in an Apple portable.

The third generation of PowerBook G3 ("Lombard") was introduced in May 1999 and was dramatically thinner and lighter than its predecessor. Apple calls it the "bronze keyboard" due to its keys being constructed of a translucent brown plastic (the mouse button was an opaque brown to match). The word "Series" was dropped from the official title and is just called "PowerBook G3."

The Lombard came in 333 MHz and 400 MHz versions, both with 14.1" TFT LCD screens. It shipped with 64 MB of RAM in the beginning; all Lombards can be upgraded to 512 MB. It shipped with Mac OS 8.6, and a battery could give five hours of power (ten hours with two batteries). It had an ATI Rage LT Pro video system, with 8 MB of dedicated video memory, which although more powerful than the Wallstreet"s video, is not supported by Quartz Extreme.

Unlike the Wallstreets, the Lombard could only accept drives in its right bay; the left one is now for batteries only. In lieu of ADB, this was the first PowerBook to have USB 1.1 ports, though it did retain the HDI-30 SCSI connector (the last model to do so). It also had only one CardBus slot, compared to the Wallstreet"s two.

DVD decoding required a PCMCIA decoder card on the 333 MHz model; the 400 MHz model had the decoder on the motherboard. It is a moot point now, though, since the decoders only worked under Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9. Apple DVD Player will not play DVD"s under Mac OS X, but many Lombard users have found that other programs such as VLC will.

The Heathrow ATA controller is picky and tends to refuse to use any ATA/100 or ATA/133 hard drives, so anyone looking for an upgrade should be aware of this and use only ATA/66 hard drives or ones known to be Lombard/Pismo-compliant. The controller was not designed to handle hard drives larger than 137 GB (the maximum size with 32-bit LBA); while no laptop hard drive has reached that size yet, it should be kept in mind for the future.

The fourth and final generation of PowerBook G3 was introduced on February 2000 as the PowerBook G3 FireWire, though many people refer to it by its codename, "Pismo" (Polish for "scripture"). On the outside, it looked the same as the Lombard, as it had the bronze keyboard, 14.1" TFT LCD screen, lone CardBus slot and the same drive bays (the Lombard and Pismo could share expansion bay devices). On the inside, though, the Pismo proved to be the Lombard"s successor.The G3 processor now rode on a 100 MHz front side bus and was offered in 400 MHz and 500 MHz flavors, and the Pismo could handle up to 1 GB of RAM, twice as much as the Lombard.

The Lombard"s SCSI port was replaced with two FireWire ports and a mini-PCI slot was added to the inside to allow for an internal AirPort card. This was the first PowerBook to support software decoding of DVD"s without dedicated hardware (decoding that does work in Mac OS X, unlike the earlier decoders).

The Pismo was the last G3-based PowerBook to be supported by Apple and the only PowerBook G3 model that can run Mac OS X Tiger without resorting to modifying the Mac OS X Install CD or using XPostFacto. While there were no processor upgrades for the Kanga, several companies such as Daystar and PowerLogix made faster G3 and G4 upgrade cards for the Wallstreet, Lombard and Pismo as alternatives to the expensive PowerBook G4.

For example, I have a sweet hack plannned for a Rev A iMac in which I will replace the CRT with a 14" LCD pulled from a Lombard/Pismo. The show stopper there is the need for a VGA-LCD converter that supports LVDS. I found one, but it is cost prohibitive. If I could get past that, I could modify the case to account for the bevel of the CRt v. the flat LCD. (I already have some healthy plans for the empty space in the back if this ever comes to pass). Unless I can get my hands on such an adapter for something reasonable, it won"t happen anytime soon. I could try to recase one of these laptops into an iMac body, but a good recase job is not the same as a serious hardware hack.

In this case, I was looking to shortcut the whole process by recasing a laptop into a different computer case, but his mod would require a smaller LCD, about 8" or so. Since I have two such LCDs and was already looking to acquire a Lombard/Pismo/Wallstreet for its LCD, I though I could pass the LCD over to the iMac project and the mobo over to this project.

I did the best i could to restore this machine, the door was missing on the back, keyboard had non functional keys, the dvd drive was dead, the battery was a doorstop, and the screen . . . The screen was bright red when i first powered up the laptop, and then it went to pink, and the pink tint would not go away, that"s one of the downsides of a ccfl tube i guess. But i jumped onto my local secondhand website and started looking around, and i found a thinkpad a21m for 10 euro"s, the owner said the laptop saw almost no use, so i bought it, why did i buy this thinkpad? Because it uses the exact same tft panel as the Pismo, so i swapped the displays and yes, my display is as good as new, and plenty bright, even in the sun it is readable! The missing door was next, i couldn"t find anything, 1 day i saw 1 listing that peeked my interest, it was a port door, but not for the pismo, it was from a wallstreet, i bought it anyway, and i fitted it to the Pismo, after sanding it down offcourse, i know it isn"t original, but you really have to look up close to even notice it! Next was the keyboard, easy find, 10 euro"s and i got one! The dvd drive was easy, i took an ordinary pc laptop dvd burner and fitted the bezel of the powerbook to it with some spacers and plenty of superglue, it looks original and the buttons do work, so another free replacement fixed, and the last thing was that battery, i took the time to carefully open it up, and i replaced all 9 cells with brand new ones, they do the job just fine and will power the laptop for about 3 to 4 hours. I maxed out the ram, gave it a 100gb 5400rpm seagate drive and threw os 9.2.2 and os x tiger on it. It"s been 5 years now since my restore and the machine still works just fine, nothing has fallen or broke off ever since. I LOVE this machine so much, it"s one of THE best vintage macs you can get! Even in 2022 it still kicks 4ss! Amazing piece of tech, it wants to be upgraded, it screams to open it up and start exploring the insides! I will keep this machine for as long as i live! Pismo 4 ever!

I really don"t believe the upgrade itself will be of much benefit for your purposes. In the past one companny offered a 900MHz G3 but I believe it had heat and/or other issues. I can see the benefit of an upgrade card under this scenario: You are wed to the Lombard and want to run Tiger and also have 512MB of RAM available (the upgraded CPU will solve the memory issue). If you wish, head over to this site...