Re: Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2013-10-10 Thread Skylion Lionsfire
Hey sis - So what else you been up to besides keeping Jobs old silicon warm? On Saturday, January 15, 2011 5:11:01 AM UTC-8, Haila Vickland wrote: You can try ebay.com. Older software is often sold by ebay. Also try: www.lowendmac.com. It would also be helpful to post your question on the mac

Re: Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-19 Thread Jay Smith
It makes sense. I always burn OS discs as slowly as possible. Baring in mind the age of the macs drives, they are of a time where it was common for many optical drives to have trouble reading burnt discs. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac

Re: Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-18 Thread bittin
i coul'd boot mine with a burnt OS 9.2.2 disk :p -- Ovi Mail: Making email access easy http://mail.ovi.com -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The

Re: Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-18 Thread Jay Smith
Mine is running 10.4 using burnt discs. -r I belive Sent from my iPhone On 17 Jan 2011, at 08:12, bit...@ovi.com wrote: i coul'd boot mine with a burnt OS 9.2.2 disk :p -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and

Re: Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-18 Thread Mystic Prowler
I am not sure why, but certain computers won't accept burnt discs, for these reasons: The recorded speed was too high for the CD/DVD to be read on this current drive The Mac simply doesn't accept burnt discs Or, there might be a special coding inside the Mac installer discs that tell the system

Re: Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-14 Thread Jay Smith
I think that's a great idea. There are other distro's out there and this article lists the best... http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/43224.aspx With regards to the original question, apple don't sell them, eBay has many for sale. Sent from my iPhone On 14 Jan 2011, at 03:57,

Re: Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-14 Thread Jack Suggs
You can post a Want To Buy on the LEM swap list, or check the eBay... Here's an example: http://cgi.ebay.com/iMac-OS-9-OS-X-10-1-2-Install-plus-Software-Restore-/230571342486?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item35af1f7a96 -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a

Re: Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-14 Thread skyvalley4jesus
Hi Dan, You could also try contacting Apple direct. I contacted Apple when the original OS disc for my G4 iMac broke. They charged like $25 to replace the system disk. Best of luck. On Jan 13, 3:58 pm, Dan danshelle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I brought an original imac (Model M5521) as a

Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-13 Thread Dan
Hi, I brought an original imac (Model M5521) as a basic machine for my 4 year old to play on (it was $25) I thought it was a bargain in a state of stupidity really. I love these old looking imacs (have a new one now) My question is how do i get it to run. I have tried a few torrents online to

Re: Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-13 Thread Mystic Prowler
Do what I did, get the disk out, install tiger one computer, take it out, plug it back in the iMac and boot. If not, I do have some install disks for the original iMac, but I don't think you'll want to work with an OS older than 10.2. On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Dan danshelle...@gmail.com

Re: Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-13 Thread Dave
Foolish answer: there is a live Linux called Doudou Linux especially for small children. It runs only off the CD and runs on less abled machines, likely on yours. You could query the name on Distrowatch.com, and download and install the ISO on a CD. On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Mystic