RetroB1977 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I got an iMac G3 the other day running OS 9.2 with 128MB of RAM. It boots up fine, although the HDD is very noisy. I was wondering what I can do with the machine. I've never had a PowerPC computer so I'm not sure what games, emulators, etc. support it. Thanks! -RetroB1977 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnuphis Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 You can play Duke Nukem 3D! and games of that era. I would replace the drive with an IDE to SD card adapter. Add more ram and enjoy. They are pretty easy to take apart. Just flip it upside down on a towel, undo a few screws and pull out the system board. Fun little machines in their day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Any 68K or Pre-OS X PowerPC Mac game will run fine on an iMac G3. Go to Macintosh Garden and have fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 You can install MorphOS on it and have a next-gen Amiga 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroB1977 Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, MrMaddog said: Any 68K or Pre-OS X PowerPC Mac game will run fine on an iMac G3. Go to Macintosh Garden and have fun! Didn't know you could play 68k games on it, now I'm going to be playing Tetris all day! Also, what kind of CMOS battery does the machine use? Can it leak? Edited May 20, 2022 by RetroB1977 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnuphis Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 It uses a 3.6v battery. Easy to obtain and only about $8-9. Easy to replace and like all batteries it can leak. Have fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroB1977 Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share Posted May 21, 2022 I also got a eMac, just got it out to test it today. I got OS 10.1 installed on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 7:24 PM, OLD CS1 said: You can install MorphOS on it and have a next-gen Amiga This indeed. When I had one this is exactly what I did. Well worth it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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