Thank you Jim for the great explanation on reinstall. And thanks all for the suggestions/comments on other games for the iMac. I am much like RS, in that I cannot part with my cool little iMacs. We had 4 at one time, but the Flower Power one died. One Sage iMac became a backup computer at my husband's job site while he was having iBook issues. We have a Bondi (or is it Blueberry?!) on loan to my son's friends so they can play Starcraft... and this Graphite remains the designated machine for my 5 yr old to play all our old OS 9 games and watch the Alvin and the Chipmunks DVD over and over and over and over...
On Jan 25, 2009, at 8:39 PM, Jim Scott wrote: > > > On Jan 25, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Kathy K wrote: > >> >> I have an iMac G3, graphite 500 mhz, 128mb, and 30g harddrive. >> >> It is currently running OS 10.3 only. >> >> Is it possible to reinstall and add OS 9 back on it? Or classic? I >> haven't messed with this iMac for awhile and have forgotten the ins >> and outs of OS9/OSX installs. I do have two other old G3s, but we are >> making some trades. Now we want to set this one up for my youngest to >> play old OS 9 games on CD. It would be nice to leave OS X on there as >> well, if possible. >> >> And though the machine probably needs more ram, I don't plan to do >> that. Not interested in opening it up or investing more $ in it. >> >> Also, while I'm at it... at one time I had an ethernet/usb adapter on >> this thing. The ethernet port was broken on it when I bought it (a >> steal at $25 several years ago). I bought an adapter online that >> worked great, but after awhile the adapter broke (poorly designed). I >> since bought a different adapter... but could never get it to work. >> Any other ideas out there for getting this G3 online without an >> ethernet port? >> >> Kathy K > > The best/easiest way to set it up for a new user is to boot from an OS > 9.1 or preferably OS 9.2 CD, wipe the hard drive, initialize it for > HFS Extended, and use Disk Utility to check the hard drive for bad > sectors. lf Disk Utility finds bad sectors, replace the hard drive. If > it doesn't, then you can install OS 9.x. Then run Software Update > until there are no updates. Then set all your preferences in Control > Panel. Finally, install all of the OS 9 programs and games. > > Once you've got OS 9 squared away, insert the OS X disk and install OS > X. Run Software Update until there are no more to install. Then set > your preferences. Finally, attempt to launch an OS 9 program. This > will start Classic. Complete the dialogue and set your Classic > preferences. Note that you can set Classic to launch when the computer > starts up. If you do this, then it makes perfect sense to put favorite > OS 9 aliases on the OS X desktop. That makes for a pretty seamless and > almost transparent ability to use OS 9 and OS 10 programs at will > without a bunch of switching back and forth and waiting for OS 9/ > Classic to launch. I set a room full of G3e iMacs up this way at a > local elementary school lab, and the lab instructor is quite happy > with the kids' ability to surf via Firefox or Safari and use old OS 9 > programs without any trouble or problems. > > As for getting it online without an ethernet port, you can use an > original Airport card (with G3 iMac adapter), or buy another USB/ > ethernet adapter. I'll leave other suggestions to the fine members on > this list. > > Good luck and have fun! > > -- Jim > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
