On Dec 26, 12:50 pm, Peter Haller peter.j.h.r...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have an old bonie blue iMac G3. I upgraded it to 256mb of ram. However,
now I dont know what do with it I was going to use it as a word processor
and light internet computer. However it didn't recognize the
That system is currently running Mac os 8.5
But it is capable of running Version 10.3: Panther
YES, 'capable' of running Panther, but it's not easy for a newbie to do.
You would first need to update the iMac's firmware or Panther won't
install on it.
OS-8.5 is a very old operating system.
Ok - For the record, here's a link to a color comparison list on Wikipedia.
It's not entirely accurate, but you can see the difference between the colors,
along with their names.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IMac_G3_flavors.jpg
I also have photos of a Bondi and a Blueberry next to each
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote:
Ok - For the record, here's a link to a color comparison list on Wikipedia.
It's not entirely accurate, but you can see the difference between the
colors, along with their names.
Yeah, I saw that wiki page several months ago... the colours are way off
on my displays. I also saw another page where the guy had the two
side-by-side, and mine looked closer to Bondi... but you simply cannot
judge an on-screen color with the actual machine. The specs tell the
official story
The iBooks, and G3 BW tower were Blueberry. The only Mac to come in Bondi
was the original G3 iMac; so basically, when you have an iMac that's
blue-ish, if it: 1. Has a tray loading drive, and 2. Has an IR port with one
of the speakers, it's Bondi. Otherwise, it's Blueberry.
-Elliott
On
On Apr 22, 3:55 pm, callmemrprez callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote:
The iBooks, and G3 BW tower were Blueberry. The only Mac to come in Bondi
was the original G3 iMac; so basically, when you have an iMac that's
blue-ish, if it: 1. Has a tray loading drive, and 2. Has an IR port with one
of the
I'm very familiar with OpenOffice, but it's not compatible with 10.1.
I had no idea what version, exactly, of iMac I had b/c I bought it
second hand from a guy who got it from his father in law and put it
away in a box. I don't think it has a DVD drive, so there's a limit to
the upgrades I can do.
I have an early G3 iMac, Bondi or Blueberry, I'm not sure...
slot-loading 4Gb HD 256Mb RAM 350MHz
Had OS 9.1 if I remember correctly (got it secondhand about 5-6 years
ago) which I upped to 9.2.2 at first, and then 2 years ago loaded
Panther (OSX 10.3.9). Also have the same-era G3 Clamshell
Ikea shelves... I store my unused old Macs on shelves
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/
Gerald Uhlan wrote:
Huh? What does that mean, Ikea'd?
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Bill Chapman pagew...@interlog.com wrote:
but still have the G3s Ikea'd in plain view
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You received this
Oh. Never heard of Ikea being used as a verb to mean shelve.
Thanks for the clarification.
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Bill Chapman pagew...@interlog.com wrote:
Ikea shelves... I store my unused old Macs on shelves
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/
Gerald Uhlan wrote:
Huh? What does that
Anything goes these days, eh... I'm into writing ad-type stuff... I just
coined that... you can use it haha
Gerald Uhlan wrote:
Oh. Never heard of Ikea being used as a verb to mean shelve.
Thanks for the clarification.
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Bill Chapman pagew...@interlog.com
Absolutely... I still have every Mac I've ever bought... all in plain
view... since 1996 I have 12, including a Mac Classic which I got for
$10 and never used it. It currently sits on a top shelf keeping an eye
on me haha
Jason Trunzo wrote:
I pictured them set out on coffee tables or desks
Even the boxes are too cool to throw away... I can't understand why
people throw those out... I still have my long-dead AppleVision 1710
display in its original box (in a closet since I'm cramped here)
Jason Trunzo wrote:
I pictured them set out on coffee tables or desks but not used at all
Because they don't have the room to store them. I sure don't. Just
like I don't have any place to store or display my old Macs. (I even
had an original 68K Macintosh!) So, they all go to the thrift store.
Only old one I've kept is my Snow G3, as it is still serviceable, but
having a devil of a
On Apr 21, 12:20 am, joshuallen joshuallen.wri...@gmail.com wrote:
It's a slot loader with a 20GB hard drive and 256 MB of RAM. I can't
say if it's a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. It's the model that has the
door on the back to accept an airport card or to swap out the RAM, and
2 firewire ports.
On 4/20/10 9:20 PM, joshuallen wrote:
It's a slot loader with a 20GB hard drive and 256 MB of RAM. I can't
say if it's a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. It's the model that has the
door on the back to accept an airport card or to swap out the RAM, and
2 firewire ports. I suspect that the HD and RAM
On 4/21/10 5:48 AM, Bill Chapman wrote:
I have an early G3 iMac, Bondi or Blueberry, I'm not sure...
slot-loading 4Gb HD 256Mb RAM 350MHz
Had OS 9.1 if I remember correctly (got it secondhand about 5-6 years
ago) which I upped to 9.2.2 at first, and then 2 years ago loaded
Panther (OSX 10.3.9).
If the WD 500Gb is a full size IDE HD, (and not a laptop drive, or SATA,)
then yes. It's really easy to swap drives in the G4 towers. Just make sure
the cable settings are correct (Master/Slave).
-Elliott
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Bill Chapman pagew...@interlog.comwrote:
It has a
On Apr 21, 2:48 pm, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote:
There were no Bondi slot loaders anyways; Only the very first G3 iMac (tray
loader) was Bondi. If it's a slot-loader, it's Blueberry. Bondi was darker,
and more green-blue.
I have never been able to get those darned colors right.
It's a 400Mhz. According to what I could dig up, it can handle up to
1GB of RAM.
If you're considering a dual boot, look at installing fink or macports to
run linux programs instead. I eventually got a version of Debian to run on a
G3 imac, but they usually boot to a black screen, and you
Thanks for the important info Elliott
Just hooked up the G3 iMac. It has 128Mb RAM 350MHz
I have a 5.86Gb Panther partition and a 500Mb Classic partition
I still maintain that the Blueberry iMac should be purple, like actual
blueberries
This one is turquoise... my Clamshell G3 is way darker
On Apr 21, 9:50 am, joshuallen joshuallen.wri...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm going to give it a try after work tonight, and give fink and
abiword a try. I used Abiword for my PC for a while, but I remember
preferring OpenOffice, but I'll take whatever works. NeoOffice
requires paying, and I'm trying
Until someone shows up with an actual Blueberry model and puts it
side-by-side, I'm calling this one Bondi... it's a light turquoise, and
who the hell as ever seen turquoise (green/blue) blueberries
anyway...THEY'RE PURPLE
Ashgrove wrote:
I have never been able to get those darned colors
You know how to keep boxes? Fold 'em haha... or even just get out the
box cutter and keep the front
Yeah, my first Mac was the Quadra 610 68000/25Mhz/68Mb RAM... the
so-called 'pizza box'. It's still here, under the tv, with my 7200 and 7600
Gerald Uhlan wrote:
Because they don't have the
If it's already running OSX, there's no need to partition the HD. Only
the very early G3 Macs had the issue where you had to install OSX
within the first 8Gb of the drive. I don't think that that model had
that restriction; and if you have an HD that's under 8Gb, there's
nothing to worry
Joshua,
I'm with Clark --you should either go up to at least 10.3, or stick to
OS 9, which will work fine with whatever amount of memory you got in
there. As for word processors, I have a soft spot for WordPerfect,
which you can get online for free --I'll post the link if I can find
it.
Good
On 4/20/10 2:41 PM, Elliott Price wrote:
With the first-generation G3 Macs, there were some drive addressing
problems that prevented it to boot from OSX if it wasn't on the first
8Gb of the disk. This is my understanding of it, I may be wrong about
why, but those models definitely have that
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