Guest Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I got an iMac G3 for 8 dollars at a garage sale because I thought it looked pretty good and now I'm wondering if there's any type of operating system I can install on it to do some cool things. It's one of the original G3 iMacs, tray loading, 6 gigs of space and it's running Mac OS 8.6. I took a picture of it (for no good reason. ) Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Install OpenBSD or Debian on it and use it as a desktop or server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Install OpenBSD or Debian on it and use it as a desktop or server. Which one of those would be a better desktop environment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Install OpenBSD or Debian on it and use it as a desktop or server. Which one of those would be a better desktop environment? Debian, just use XFce with it as it's lightweight and very usable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyrancher82 Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Skip all the 'install XYZ operating system' posts, and just blow it up on camera, and post to youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remkow Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Skip all the 'install XYZ operating system' posts, and just blow it up on camera, and post to youtube. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Skip all the 'install XYZ operating system' posts, and just blow it up on camera, and post to youtube. QFE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 fish tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puredistortion Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 fish tank? x2 on that, I have been looking for one for ages to do it to for my Mexican walking fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Set it up with Folding at Home, it might get done with a protein by the time season 3 ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Set it up with Folding at Home, it might get done with a protein by the time season 3 ends. I already have an old PC for that. I just want something to play videos so I can complete mah' geekHouse (treehouse) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 I burnt the "debian-40r1-powerpc-kde-CD-1" to a disk but all I get when I hit enter on the first screen is done copying OF device tree.... DEFAULT CATCH!, CODE+900 AT SR00: FF81AB68 SRR1: 0000B030 Did I burn the wrong disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
take it take Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Use it as a night light or a door stopper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Use it as a night light or a door stopper. 1. I don't need another bright light on at night. (Plain color background on my pc) and I don't see the need for a door stop. I just need a good operating system on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I get a white screen whenever I try to install debian. Anyone know how to fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nophix Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 You should yank out the CD drive and send it to me..lol Seriously, I would throw some memory in it and see what distros will work on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 You should yank out the CD drive and send it to me..lol Seriously, I would throw some memory in it and see what distros will work on it. Send you the cd drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nophix Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 The CD drive in my son's iMac G3 is bad. I haven't gotten around to getting a new one yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 The CD drive in my son's iMac G3 is bad. I haven't gotten around to getting a new one yet. So send you the drive for you to keep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nophix Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I was just messing with you. I'll get one off ebay one of these days. Well, unless you wind up parting the machine out, then I can buy it from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I was just messing with you. I'll get one off ebay one of these days. Well, unless you wind up parting the machine out, then I can buy it from you. How much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twocs Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 The G3 has a CRT monitor. That's bad for the environment, because of all the extra power consumption. Someone already modded their G3, replacing the monitor with an LCD (and using the inside compartment for storage). See http://www.macmod.com/content/view/414/2/ Selling it on ebay, you might get up to $100 for that baby. Plus shipping. Not bad for less than $10 invested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
take it take Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 http://www.disaffect.com/arch/macmailbox.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 http://www.disaffect.com/arch/macmailbox.jpg[/img] http://www.disaffect.com/arch/macpot.jpg[/img] If I was to do any of those, They would get stolen in a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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