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No Built-in AV I/O Connectors

Composite video and S-Video connectors are not available on the Power Macintosh G3 computer. Digital video input and output features of the Power Macintosh G3 computer are provided by the FireWire ports and the built-in USB ports. The USB ports have a maximum speed of 12 Mbits per second and may not be suitable for video output to high-speed external storage devices.

The Power Macintosh G3 computer does not include RCA jacks for analog stereo audio input and output. The built-in 3.5 mm sound input and sound output connectors can be used for analog stereo audio input and output. Digital audio input and output associated with digital video are supported by the FireWire interface; see FireWire Ports .