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Peter
The original install and restore CDs are available here, although it looks like you need to be a "member" to download them. I'm not sure whether there's a charge for this, and I can't find them on an alternative site.
Edit: Actually, that doesn't seem to be the right set; it seems there were multiple "iMac DV" models. It looks like you have this one, which originally came with OS 8.6 (as opposed to the 9.0.4 linked above).
Edit: Actually, that doesn't seem to be the right set; it seems there were multiple "iMac DV" models. It looks like you have this one, which originally came with OS 8.6 (as opposed to the 9.0.4 linked above).
Thanks Nermal 😊👍
any Ideas on the keyboard & Mouse ? they seem quite hard to find in the UK would I be able to use G4 or later kit with my G3 ?
Pete
any Ideas on the keyboard & Mouse ? they seem quite hard to find in the UK would I be able to use G4 or later kit with my G3 ?
Pete
Any basic USB keyboard and mouse should work. Even if you get a USB 2.0 keyboard, the USB protocol should negotiate down to USB 1.1.
Always better to start with Macintosh Garden. The Garden does not require login, although for various reasons they are trying to stay out of Google search results - so searches should actually be done on the site itself.
My understanding is that there is some history between the Repository and the Garden and part of it's due to requirements that the Repository imposes on users.
Ok thanks ! when I fire it up it is asking for the last owners log in password, I maybe able to get it but it was given to me via free cycle & I don’t want to hassle for it if I don’t need to any ideas what I should do ?
I checked the Garden first but couldn't find the image on there.
Here is another link besides Nermal's which shows all the models. Based on your pic, yours is the one at the top.
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Also a link with a list of various sites that host legacy Apple system software.
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Here is the set for OS9: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/ma...igabit-ethernet-pb-g3-firewire#iMac_DV_400MHz
They have an 8.6 set, which is the earliest version this Mac can run - but not a machine specific set.
OSX, OP can just use a retail CD I'd expect.
Looking more closely at the dates, it appears that this machine was released less than a month before OS 9, so the vast majority would have shipped with OS 9. That explains why OS 9 restore images seem to be more "available" than OS 8.6 images.
If I recall correctly, OS 9 would have been a free upgrade anyway, as I'm pretty sure it was free if you'd bought an OS 8.6 machine in the 60(?) days before OS 9's release. I don't like playing licence police, but in this case I don't think there's a problem with downloading the OS 9 image for this particular model.
The most reliable way to get an OS onto one of these is the custom-made OS 9.2.2 universal installer. Guaranteed to work if you burn onto CD or even clone to a USB to install. https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-os-922-universal-install-2014
OS 9 doesn't usually have a password. So if you can get a CD to boot go into the System folder and trash the Multiple User Preferences file. You should then be able to boot normally to the hard drive and access anything on the computer.
You should not have to reinstall the operating system.
You should not have to reinstall the operating system.
This is your exact machine based on the serial number:
iMac G3/400 DV (Slot Loading - Fruit) Specs (Slot Loading DV, M7493LL/A*, PowerMac2,1, M5521, 1821): EveryMac.com
Technical specifications for the iMac G3/400 DV (Slot Loading - Fruit). Dates sold, processor type, memory info, hard drive details, price and more.
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A generic OS9 or Tiger install is recommended - bypassing the password and using the existing OS might have you inheriting the previous owner's problems.
Thanks that makes sense ! where can i get this stuff ?This is your exact machine based on the serial number:
iMac G3/400 DV (Slot Loading - Fruit) Specs (Slot Loading DV, M7493LL/A*, PowerMac2,1, M5521, 1821): EveryMac.com
Technical specifications for the iMac G3/400 DV (Slot Loading - Fruit). Dates sold, processor type, memory info, hard drive details, price and more.
A generic OS9 or Tiger install is recommended - bypassing the password and using the existing OS might have you inheriting the previous owner's problems.
pete
Mac OS 9.2.2 Universal Install CD
Mac OS X v10.4.6 PowerPC Install DVD
Generally, the Garden is the place to go for PPC (and 68k, and early Intel) software.
most of what is on the macintosh repository is just stolen from the garden and locked behind a paywall. that is why i never use macintosh repository.
The Macintosh Garden is a great site, I was able to get several of my vintage Macintosh machines up and running with it. It not needing a login is also a big plus.