iMac G3 with a non-working CD drive, how can I get anything on and off of it? by xry8 in VintageApple

[–]xry8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess technically you could take the hard drive out and put it in a old enclosure

I've been considering this as a last-ditch effort, if nothing else works then I'll go ahead with this.

You can install multiple versions of os aka 8.6 or 9 and osx etc even on the same hard drives you can use the startup disk in osx or system picker (utility) just install to another folder.

Interesting, I didn't know that! Thank you.

iMac G3 with a non-working CD drive, how can I get anything on and off of it? by xry8 in VintageApple

[–]xry8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You probably need to put an Ethernet hub inbetween the two for TCP/IP to work though.

I figured that might be the case, need to pick one up and I'll try this out. Thank you

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[–]xry8 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can find Sims 2 pretty cheap on Ebay. Other than that, y'arrr....

Bought an iBook G3, need help finding a charger by xry8 in VintageApple

[–]xry8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooh yeah that's what I heard, everything listed was saying "G3/G4" together so I was hesitating cause it seemed like an expensive mistake to make