Can We Restore this Storage Locker Apple iMac G3?

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I bought this blueberry Apple iMac G3 untested, condition unknown, and sight unseen. Can we get it up and running? Things did not go according to plan...
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16 окт 2024

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@BigScreenLife 3 года назад

I've never been a Mac person but I'm glad you were able to save this one from what seemed like it's doom.

@eliasmora715 2 года назад

i just got one for free,same color & model... very clean, took it home, its alive... jajaja wow back in the days as a graphic designer we were facinated with this machines, nice piece for decoration :)

@PNPRetro 2 года назад

Congrats on the awesome find! I agree, I love the way it looks

@mechanisma22 3 года назад

The graphite 600mhz G3 iMac with 640mb ram. It was my favorite computer. I had mine from 2004-2006 which was good enough with OS X (I believe Snow Leopard was the last to support PPC) to run most websites and even youtube. If I had the space I would retrofit it with modern PC hardware because I loved the form factor so much.

@PNPRetro 3 года назад

It certainly is an awesome form factor. If someone made it as a case today, i would build one

@bartekpekala77 2 года назад

You're actually quite far off. Leopard was last for PPC, and when it comes to G3 it's Tiger (or even Panther on tray-loaders)

@mechanisma22 2 года назад

@@bartekpekala77 you're probably right, I think on my coreduo macbook it couldn't go past leopard.

@bartekpekala77 2 года назад

@@mechanisma22 I think most 32 bit Macs could only go up to Lion, with exception of few which actually ended up with Snow Leopard. I'm pretty sure you could patch it to run something more modern on such thing, though.

@SP-zu3rg 2 года назад

What an excellent, insightful, thorough video. Well done! Would love to see a follow up.

@PNPRetro 2 года назад

Really glad you enjoyed it! The g3 will definitely find its way into future videos. Plenty of other software to show off!

@SP-zu3rg 2 года назад

@@PNPRetro Great! My vote goes for Zoombini’s. Used to play this at school!

@Mitch3D 3 года назад

"as clean as my browser history" sure, buddy, sure..

@PNPRetro 3 года назад

Incognito mode man. Every time

@nticompass 3 года назад

I got one of these off of craigslist a while back. Mine had a good HDD, but a busted DVD drive. It was fun to try to find a replacement for that. Mine is slightly different, having a VGA port on the back (useful if you kill your screen ;) ).

@PNPRetro 3 года назад

Yeah, rub it in! Lol. Were you able to fix it? Which color is it?

@nticompass 3 года назад

@@PNPRetro Hehe, wasn't trying to show off. But yeah, I did get it working. It's blue (idk what "blue" variant).

@thargok 2 года назад

I'm surprised you didn't get better suggestions than that. All of Bungie's back catalog is Mac and you should definitely play Myth 1 and 2 (or even the non-Bungie 3), the Marathon Trilogy, Pathways into Darkness and even Oni is a delight. AmbrosiaSW stuff is also a must, particularly Escape Velocity/Override/Nova but also Ares, Harry the Handsome Executive, and their collection of takes on arcade games. That's just to start with.

@PNPRetro 2 года назад

Thanks for the list! I'm always looking for more classics to try out. Since I was Mac-lacking growing up, there is a lot of games I missed. I will definitely track these ones down for future videos... and just to play on my own. Thanks again!

@mlthmp 2 года назад

Great video! I just picked up one of these the other day for 40USD.. 400mhz

@PNPRetro 2 года назад

Well I hope you get a lot of enjoyment out of it!

@aidenskye1635 6 месяцев назад

Do you have a link to this firmware update? I want to make sure to have it installed before I install Panther on my G3

@raskolnikov9067 2 года назад

Great video

@PNPRetro 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@victorcarmelo8606 2 года назад

I have the Graphite SE and after a few years of non use I plugged it in and no power light or life in it. I run a wand along the power cable and power is going in, i touch the on button but nothing happens, keep pressing for a few seconds still nothing happens. Any ideas please? Enjoyed your video, love seeing old machines work again.

@PNPRetro 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed the video! I guess my first guess would be the power supply. Electricity might be getting in, but a damaged power supply means it can't provide the internals with what they need to run. Beyond that, it could be the logic board...it's hard to say for sure. I'd usually go in, start testing using a multimeter to see if there is power anywhere past the power supply, as well as looking for obvious signs of damage. Just be careful. Especially since these machines have integrated CRTs, there can be dangerous voltage hanging out in there... even with the machine unplugged.

@victorcarmelo8606 2 года назад

@@PNPRetro thank you, much obliged.