I was looking at one of the iMacs I bought yesterday, and noticed this on the back of it. I assume it's aftermarket, as i don't recall seeing anything of this sort before.
Both came from the same seller and, as per him, were bought at the same time(one for each daughter). Has anyone run into this before? I haven't hooked up a monitor to it yet. BTW, the seller also threw a big stack of goodies in with the sale, including two Macally swivel bases that integrate a 4-port powered hub, 2 RS-422 ports, an ADB port, and a floppy drive. This was the best prize, though-a Harmon Kardon iSub, aka the iJellyFish.
Unfortunately, Leopard deprecated support for these(a little bit of internet searching turned up an installer that adds the needed kexts) but it worked great this evening for testing under OS 9.2 with the(excellent) built in iMac speakers. Click to expand.In the worst case, I'll haul it into the lab where I have a good selection of solvents I've actually generally found naptha to do a better job with sticker residue(aka petroleum ether, benzine, Coleman fuel, 'light petroleum distillates', Ronsonol/Zippo lighter fuel), and it tends to be fairly plastic safe. Acetone tends to be the best solvent, but acetone and acrylic don't get along so well. Of course, isopropyl alcohol(rubbing alcohol) and high proof proof ethanol(denatured alcohol, or methylated spirits for those of you in the UK) tend to have good solvating properties for most adhesive residues and are also safe on acrylic. In the worst case, I'll haul it into the lab where I have a good selection of solvents I've actually generally found naptha to do a better job with sticker residue(aka petroleum ether, benzine, Coleman fuel, 'light petroleum distillates', Ronsonol/Zippo lighter fuel), and it tends to be fairly plastic safe. Acetone tends to be the best solvent, but acetone and acrylic don't get along so well. Of course, isopropyl alcohol(rubbing alcohol) and high proof proof ethanol(denatured alcohol, or methylated spirits for those of you in the UK) tend to have good solvating properties for most adhesive residues and are also safe on acrylic.
Click to expand.I bought an Xbox 360 from my friend and it had a large 'Turtle Beach' sticker on it. It was one of those stickers that had plastic covering on it so the rubbing alcohol couldn't get to the sticky part. Then I had to use an Alan wrench to get it off and ended up scratching the plastic really bad. Good thing it wasn't glossy!
Guess I should have looked into it before I acted. The only reason I didn't was because it was a gift for my brother was was getting home in 10 minutes so I kinda had to rush. Click to expand.I tried to use it under 10.9 on my MBP and then 10.5 on my Quicksilver. It didn't work with either.
It showed up in system profiler, but no sound came out. In fact, I thought it was dead until I plugged it into the iMac, and it definitely worked there.
A little bit of Googling led me to some discussion around the time Leopard came out, and apparently Apple removed/modified three kexts that were needed to support it. Since it was an iMac G3 accessory(never mind that it would work on pretty much any USB Mac) and no G3 would run Leopard, I guess they thought they were safe. I tried to use it under 10.9 on my MBP and then 10.5 on my Quicksilver. It didn't work with either. It showed up in system profiler, but no sound came out. In fact, I thought it was dead until I plugged it into the iMac, and it definitely worked there.
A little bit of Googling led me to some discussion around the time Leopard came out, and apparently Apple removed/modified three kexts that were needed to support it. Since it was an iMac G3 accessory(never mind that it would work on pretty much any USB Mac) and no G3 would run Leopard, I guess they thought they were safe.
I got the iSub working on my dual 1.6 Quicksilver in Leopard using the extension pack that's available online to make it work. I don't normally listen to overly 'bassy' music, but have had the Oak Ridge Boys and some good JD Sumner gospel music playing on Youtube to test it out, and it's working great. I just wish that I had the Pro Speakers hooked up to this computer(I need to buy a few more sets of them). BTW, I've been playing YT videos all evening on this computer with virtually no hesitation and only the rare dropped frames.
The full details are: Gigadesigns dual 1.8 running at 1.6 Gigahertz 1.5gb PC-133 Dual factory 80gb 7200 RPM Seagate Barracudas in Raid 0 OS X Leopard TenFourFox 7450 Internet via ethernet. I got the iSub working on my dual 1.6 Quicksilver in Leopard using the extension pack that's available online to make it work. I don't normally listen to overly 'bassy' music, but have had the Oak Ridge Boys and some good JD Sumner gospel music playing on Youtube to test it out, and it's working great. I just wish that I had the Pro Speakers hooked up to this computer(I need to buy a few more sets of them).
BTW, I've been playing YT videos all evening on this computer with virtually no hesitation and only the rare dropped frames. The full details are: Gigadesigns dual 1.8 running at 1.6 Gigahertz 1.5gb PC-133 Dual factory 80gb 7200 RPM Seagate Barracudas in Raid 0 OS X Leopard TenFourFox 7450 Internet via ethernet.
Is any Mac software incompatible with the iMac G3 models? The iMac G3 models are compatible with all Mac software that runs on a PowerPC G3 processor, that is compatible with OpenFirmware, and that is compatible with a version of the MacOS that is supported by the iMac G3 models.
All iMac G3 models are capable of booting MacOS 9 and running MacOS 9 applications either natively or within the 'Classic Environment' provided by compatible versions of MacOS X (MacOS X 'Panther' 10.3.9 and lower on models with a 350 MHz or slower processor and MacOS X 'Tiger' 10.4.11 on models with 400 MHz or faster processors). The iMac G3 models are not capable of running later versions of MacOS X. Can the iMac G3 run Windows? The iMac G3 models are capable of running Windows through emulation using a program like Microsoft Virtual PC 6.1, but they cannot boot Windows or run Windows via virtualization like the Intel-based Macs. If you need a system capable of running Windows, you would be best served with an Intel-based Mac or a Windows PC. For more on running Windows on Intel-based Macs, please also check out the.
Can the iMac G3 run Linux? Linux v.4.x was natively on the iMac G3.
Version v.5.x required a bootable DVD drive for native support - which 'non DV' iMac G3 models lacked by default - but this version could be installed 'unofficially' via multiple CD images. Subsequent versions of YellowDog Linux are not supported on the iMac G3. Tyler knott gregson poetry.
There also were PowerPC-compatible versions of SuSE and Mandrake that readers reported worked well with the iMac G3. Does software that requires an ADB-based 'dongle' work with the iMac G3? For readers who may not be familar with the term 'dongle' - a dongle is a small cable that ships with some high-end, expensive page layout and CAD software packages.
Upon starting the software, the computer searches for the dongle and makes sure that it is plugged into the applicable port on the back of the computer. If it is not found, then the software will not operate.
Since hardware is considerably more difficult to copy and distribute than software, the dongle provides a fairly high-level of copy protection, discouraging casual software piracy. According to the 'iMac Read Me' file that was included on the hard drive of the original iMac G3, ADB dongles will not work with the iMac, but a USB dongle should work, and to 'contact the vendor for further information'. USB dongles that are designed to work with the iMac G3 do indeed operate properly. Fortunately, this became less and less of an issue as companies that sold software requiring a dongle started providing USB-based dongles with the software. Typically, ADB-to-USB based adapters do not work with dongles, so for legacy use, those who continue to need software with an ADB-based dongle would be wise to maintain an old Mac with ADB ports. The 'Blue & White' models might be of particular interest as these are the only Macs to offer both an ADB port and USB ports onboard.
Alright, I've yet to find a good guide on this. Apple boards aren't helping at all, and it seems impossible to find an archived post with my problems. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I picked up 2 iMac G3s. One was bright blue, the other graphite. The blue one didn't seem to turn on, and the graphite didn't have a hard drive. I pulled the necessary stuff from the blue one to complete the graphite one, and got it to turn on and boot into OS X 10.2.
However, its got a ton of pictures, apps, printer files, and other stuff on there that I'd like to get rid of. Not to mention 10.2 is kinda.bad. I got a set of the Tiger CDs, but I ejected the drive and found an OS X 10.1 install CD.
I thought I might try that (as I'm a sucker for old software), so I put it in and hold the C key on the keyboard. It blows past and boots straight into the existing hard drive. I also was thinking about Classic, so I put in a retail 9.2.1 CD. It would do the same thing, just blow past and load 10.2.
So, I went into the settings and changed the startup disk to the CD drive and got the following results: -10.1 install would load, get to the disk selection, and refuse to let me chose my hard drive, with something about different languages.9.2.1 would show the happy mac, and then freeze. 5 minutes later, CD isn't spinning, HDD isn't spinning, and its still showing happy mac. Unless tiger is different and lets me access my Disk Utility, and the utility actually lets me erase the disk, I'm stumped. PLEASE, someone tell me they can fix this, or give a way to fix it. I'm really tired of having to mess with this.
I should be able to put in the disc, hold the key, and boot the CD, right? So what's this about not booting it? Just a bit too reto. OS 9 should always be installed on PPC machines that are capable of booting into it (pre 1ghz MDD macs). OS-X is a very fragile OS, it's UNIX after all, 1 corrupt file, or misplaced character is all it takes to cripple a UNIX box. While OS 9 is not as fool proof as 7, or 8, it will still boot with bad extensions or control panels (it usually disables them), and you can rename almost any extension or control panel you like, it will still boot so long as System and Finder and their resources are in the system folder.
Worse case, you hold the Shift key down and remove the corrupt file in OS 9 and reboot, with OS-X, good luck finding the bad file among the thousands of system files. Lesson learned, always have OS 8.6/9 as a fall back OS on PPC macs if you wish to run OS-X. And always have a known good bootable OS 8.6 or 9.X.X CD. PowerMac 9600(1 ghz G4) 512mb RAM 50gb SCSI ATi 9200 PCI.
You cannot boot it directly, like you can with an Intel Mac using the Boot Camp utility. The only way is to run an emulator that makes a PowerPC Mac pretend to be a Windows PC in software. The emulator runs under the Mac OS. The most well-known product was called Virtual PC (for Mac). It was originally released by Connectix, but it was acquired by Microsoft.
Microsoft stopped publishing it when Apple changed to Intel; it may still be available from resellers (and as an used item on eBay and other sources). Because it is emulation and not virtualization, performance will be poor compared to a real PC (or an Intel Mac) running Windows. Note: Microsoft still offers a free virtualization product called Virtual PC, but that is not the same thing as the Virtual PC for Mac.
Jun 24, 2009 8:08 PM. Kenichi Watanabe wrote: You cannot boot it directly, like you can with an Intel Mac using the Boot Camp utility.
The only way is to run an emulator that makes a PowerPC Mac pretend to be a Windows PC in software. The emulator runs under the Mac OS. The most well-known product was called Virtual PC (for Mac). It was originally released by Connectix, but it was acquired by Microsoft. Microsoft stopped publishing it when Apple changed to Intel; it may still be available from resellers (and as an used item on eBay and other sources). Because it is emulation and not virtualization, performance will be poor compared to a real PC (or an Intel Mac) running Windows.
Note: Microsoft still offers a free virtualization product called Virtual PC, but that is not the same thing as the Virtual PC for Mac. The reason I asked was that I saw a picture of a Tray-Loading iMac G3 running Windows XP Professional at Flickr. And since it had Internet Explorer 7 displaying Microsoft Corporation's website, I figured that it had to have at least Service Pack 2 installed. I also found, at the same site, a picture of a PowerBook G4 with Windows XP. But what if the iMac G4 in question actually had an Intel processor and not a PowerPC processor?
Message was edited by: StLouisBatman Jun 25, 2009 3:34 PM. That would have to be an earlier Connectix version of Virtual PC. The later versions (when it was Microsoft) would have required at least a G4. And it would have run under Mac OS 9, not Mac OS X. That would have need pretty crazy and unusable, even if that picture was real. A tray-loader iMac G3 maxes out at 512mb of RAM, with 333 MHz top speed (unless it had an upgrade).
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You need to allocate part of the RAM to run Window XP in emulation. So it would have been running Windows XP with maybe 256mb of RAM, while struggling to run the emulator itself. If it was just a picture, it seems more likely someone was displaying a screen shot of Windows XP running IE7 (screen shot image taken on a regular Windows PC), in full screen mode on the iMac G3.
Or the iMac G3 could have been running a VNC client to display (in full screen mode) a shared screen of a real Windows PC running Windows XP and IE7. Jun 25, 2009 3:49 PM. Kenichi Watanabe wrote: That would have to be an earlier Connectix version of Virtual PC. The later versions (when it was Microsoft) would have required at least a G4. And it would have run under Mac OS 9, not Mac OS X.
That would have need pretty crazy and unusable, even if that picture was real. A tray-loader iMac G3 maxes out at 512mb of RAM, with 333 MHz top speed (unless it had an upgrade). You need to allocate part of the RAM to run Window XP in emulation. So it would have been running Windows XP with maybe 256mb of RAM, while struggling to run the emulator itself. If it was just a picture, it seems more likely someone was displaying a screen shot of Windows XP running IE7 (screen shot image taken on a regular Windows PC), in full screen mode on the iMac G3. Or the iMac G3 could have been running a VNC client to display (in full screen mode) a shared screen of a real Windows PC running Windows XP and IE7. Come to think of it, I'm starting to believe that the iMac G3 in question may have actually had a 2.2GHz Intel processor, 4GB of RAM, maybe a 500GB hard drive, & maybe Mac OS X on another partition & was running Windows XP with Boot Camp.
Jul 9, 2009 2:42 PM. I still run my graphite G3 imac with tiger.
10 years old and it's still kicking it with the big boys. XP works on my old imac under virtual PC. It has just over 600MB of RAM and it is slow, but owrks none the less.
I need a machine that will run latest windows programs so I've just bought a new iMac and will run windows with VMware Fusion or Parrallels (haven't decided which yet. Boot camp will be quicker but the software is acceptable and I'm confident that my new iMac will give me ten more years of solid crash free performance like the old one., I'll be surprised if the old imac isn't still running Microsoft word and playing itunes for another ten years. In short what I'm saying is yes you can run windows on an old iMac, but for the hassle and lack of speed it's going to give you, invest in a new imac or get a cheap £300 PC from PC world. Mind you, it'll be £300 of consistently crashing, bug filled, virus riddled, die on you any second,.
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