imac g3

I would like to install a form of modern Linux on my 600mhz G3... preferably Debian 10. Has anyone tried the new Debian 10 on a G3 yet? I imagine it won't be snappy, but is it slow to the point of being unusable? The second thing is someone mentioned that installing any form of Linux (2014 and...

I know nothing about linux on intel or ppc... never used it, only seen videos about it. Ive seen threads posted here on linux and I am now wondering, A G5 quad is very fast on linux and G4s are actually quite usable (from videos ive seen), but can a G3 be made usable today for light...

Anyone out there who dares run TFF on there G3 (yes G3) Mac, please tell me what YouTube video playback experience is like? I know there are dozens of YOUTUBE applications, but for the sake of curiosity, I am wondering how painful TenFourFox YouTube playback is on a 19 year old processor. Thanks!

So I recently received a 2001 Blue Dalmatian G3 and it was working great until today. I can tell that this is a motherboard problem as I swapped the motherboard from another G3 into it and BOOM, working mac. What its doing (or lack thereof) is when I push the power button the CRT coil turns on...

So, I can't get an iMac G3 anytime soon. I am very interested in finding out how certain websites load on this machine though. Using the TenFourFox browser, (only browser that renders and loads modern websites) run the following websites and if possible post pics: (1). message me on google...

266mhz iMac G3 512mb ram running panther, 10.3.9, has anyone actually found a youtube program that ran on a TRAY LOADING iMac (233mhz, 266, 300, and 333mhz)? I wanna add this iMac to my collection but wanna know if it can playback online videos with the same programs faster macs use.

youtube isn’t working on the 600mhz iMac g3/1gb ram. I use TenFourFox, and the video doesn’t play well it stutters and freezes and sometimes crashes or doesn’t load at all. Any tips for better video streaming? Is there any way to play YouTube using a web browser on the G3 like you can do on the...

I guess this is my first post on here (account got deleted), but I have a big problem. My old mac has a dead logic board and I have no clue where to buy another or how I could fix it. Its a late 2001 SE model and I cant find any of the 700MHz motherboards anywhere. I press the power button and...

How can I stream Netflix (480p or lower) on a 600mhz G3 iMac? I know Netflix supports HTML 5 video. The iMac should barely be powerful enough to stream video as the Nintendo Wii has a similar PowerPC processor and can stream video fine.

A few weeks ago I came across an offer about an iMac G3 slot loader with original box. It did look like an "indigo" model with an "indigo"-colored 1st-gen keyboard and hockey-puck mouse. Unfortunately that offer was withdrawn and all the pictures disappeard from the offering website. Since then...

I've got two iMac G3 with rattling speakers that are FUBAR because of foam-rot. Today I searched the web and found this awesome video about replacing the speakers:

I am wanting to get a 600mhz iMac G3 with 1gb of ram and use it as my daily machine for email, internet (no video watching, no gaming), and word processing. Can I still get by on the internet in 2018 with a G3 iMac running 10.4.11 tiger and TenFourFox as my browser? I am also wondering if anyone...

Hi, I am new to the forums and am thinking of buying an eMac G4 1.25ghz (with tiger installed) and an iMac G3 400mhz also with tiger installed from the same craigslist seller, $50 for both. Would I be able to use Google hangouts and gmail on them (using the TenFourFox browser)? Would messages...

Anyone out there still own and use a PowerPC Mac as their main daily driver? While PowerPC macs haven't been made since 2006, they still are to me personally a TRUE macintosh and not associated with that intel windows garbage. I know the PowerMac g5 machines are actually still decent in...

Hi there. Need some help about MacOS9. I've installed a 120GB SSD with SATA2IDE adapter into one of my 400MHz iMacG3 DV. Via TargetDiskMode (from a G4/Tiger-PPC) I've created 3 partitions: 1) 10GB (for os9) 2) 40GB (for Tiger), 3) Rest (for data). Drivers for OS9 included during partitioning the...

Hello all! Picked up a lime iMac G3 running 8.6 (upgraded to 9.0 as to allow multiple users and keep the previous owner's files untouched) and have been trying to get some classic games running. I've been downloading and unzipping .sit and .toast files from MacintoshRepository and...

Hey guys. I have an iMac g3 600MHz Graphite (slot loading) and am looking for a replacement optical drive. As is common with these computers, the optical drive stopped working a while back. I decided that instead of simply replacing it with another CD-RW drive, I would upgrade it to a combo...

Hi, I have recently acquired a G3 iMac tangerine edition of which it has the common power up issue however while there's lots of mentions about what is the likely culprit there's no clear "check this part" from what I can tell. The problem is when I press the power button I get the chime...

Hey guys, I want to restore my iMac G3 and have the original disks ('Software Restore' and 'Software Install'). Both have options to essentially install OS9. What is the difference between the 2 ways of doing it? Thanks

Here’s my problem: while booted into OS X Tiger install disk (1/4), I cannot get Disk Utility to successfully recognize the new SSD I installed. It hangs with a spinning wheel. At times, it might display the manufacturer name of the SSD (OWC Mercury), but hangs still. I have to power the iMac...