Original iMac G3 Questions
I have a Bondi blue iMac. It runs OS 9.2 and ASIP 6.1.x (for simple workgroup print services). I want to install an extra copy of Jaguar Server on the iMac (10.2.8). You ask why? I have no budget and I wanna get this iMac off OS 9! It's the last Mac of my 200 that runs OS 9.
2 Questions:
1) How much RAM can the original iMac hold, total? Will PC 100 SO-DIMMs work?
2) Will OS X Server (10.2) run on an original G3 iMac? It doesn't need to be beefy, just stable. It will ONLY run print services for a single network printer with little traffic. It will only run a few days per month.
Ideas?
2 Questions:
1) How much RAM can the original iMac hold, total? Will PC 100 SO-DIMMs work?
2) Will OS X Server (10.2) run on an original G3 iMac? It doesn't need to be beefy, just stable. It will ONLY run print services for a single network printer with little traffic. It will only run a few days per month.
Ideas?
Comments
Double check the firmware requirements for OS X prior to installing. If you're already running OS 9, you may be up to date, but an install of X on an early iMac with the wrong firmware will cause nasty problems that are a challenge to fix.
Sorry, I have no experience with the Server variety of X.
* All things considered, (cpu speed, hdd speed etc)
http://forums.appleinsider.com/showt...threadid=48713
I looked at everymac.com and they say that you can have 384 of ram. They get their info from apple's listing.
Crucial says that the Rev A has a 128 max.
reg
While you're at it, I'd upgrade the HDD ... 4GB just doesn't cut it these days
Otherwise, mine is now running Panther with only 192 MB RAM and it's as fast as OS9 was.
And yes, I did have to do the firmware update several years ago, but that's also pretty straight-forward.
$200 USD (with the 6GB HD re-installed !)
I'd have never guessed it was worth that much !
Originally posted by dstranathan
I have a Bondi blue iMac. It runs OS 9.2 and ASIP 6.1.x (for simple workgroup print services). I want to install an extra copy of Jaguar Server on the iMac (10.2.8). You ask why? I have no budget and I wanna get this iMac off OS 9! It's the last Mac of my 200 that runs OS 9.
2 Questions:
1) How much RAM can the original iMac hold, total? Will PC 100 SO-DIMMs work?
2) Will OS X Server (10.2) run on an original G3 iMac? It doesn't need to be beefy, just stable. It will ONLY run print services for a single network printer with little traffic. It will only run a few days per month.
Ideas?
MAX is 256MB RAM but that depends on the the ram that is soldered to the iMac, you can only add 128MB to it. I've never tried OS X on my one but it should work ok. you need at least 128 mb to run 10.2 installer.
Originally posted by MacCrazy
MAX is 256MB RAM but that depends on the the ram that is soldered to the iMac, you can only add 128MB to it. I've never tried OS X on my one but it should work ok. you need at least 128 mb to run 10.2 installer.
Not true .... that's how it was ADVERISED when it was new (because a 128MB chip was the biggest available in an SODIMM at the time) .... but as bigger chips became available, we discovered that the machine would "see" the 256 and 512 chips.
Also, the second slot is harder to access, but not impossible... there is NO ram "soldered" to the board (except the VideoRAM, which was 4MB or 6MB in that machine)
Originally posted by KingOfSomewhereHot
Not true .... that's how it was ADVERISED when it was new (because a 128MB chip was the biggest available in an SODIMM at the time) .... but as bigger chips became available, we discovered that the machine would "see" the 256 and 512 chips.
Also, the second slot is harder to access, but not impossible... there is NO ram "soldered" to the board (except the VideoRAM, which was 4MB or 6MB in that machine)
oh right, i was misinformed (by Apple no-less) when i upgraded my old bondi. Sorry for the confusion! So is the max 1GB then?
Originally posted by MacCrazy
oh right, i was misinformed (by Apple no-less) when i upgraded my old bondi. Sorry for the confusion! So is the max 1GB then?
All I can tell you with any certainty, is that I have run my iMac G3, 266 mHz with a 512MB chip in the easy slot, and a 64 in the difficut slot for a total RAM of 576 MB. It worked, it recognized all the RAM. Apple didn't "lie", they just never "tested" it with that configuration, so they don't say that it's acceptable. (the chips just weren't available when the machine was designed.)
Originally posted by KingOfSomewhereHot
All I can tell you with any certainty, is that I have run my iMac G3, 266 mHz with a 512MB chip in the easy slot, and a 64 in the difficut slot for a total RAM of 576 MB. It worked, it recognized all the RAM. Apple didn't "lie", they just never "tested" it with that configuration, so they don't say that it's acceptable. (the chips just weren't available when the machine was designed.)
I never said they lied.
So yes, you should be fine with 10.2 server, but I´d use 10.3, because I heard about a performance boost...