Comments on: Bringing an old iMac up-to-date

By: Cowboy X

Cowboy X — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If that really is a Bondi Blue iMac (and not a later “blueberry” model), you can actually do some pretty amazing upgrades to it. It has a socket-style processor that can be upgraded (later iMacs all had processors soldered on the board) as high as 500mhz.

By: josef h.

josef h. — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

i got imac/c 266 with 192 mb ram and installed mac os 10.2.4, works very fine. i like the extended accessibility options as it is used my disabled stepdaughter too. i was actually looking for an information if and how to upgrade its modem firmware and/or script as i usually connect at 48000 only. it looks updates are not for x, unfortunately

By: d-og

d-og — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I recently installed Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2.6) on a bondi-blue iMac Rev. B, 233 MHz — it runs fine, and I am impressed by its performance. OS 9 was snappier, but it’s fast enough for everyday use (office, www, e-mail). I beefed up the memory to its maximum, 160 MB ram, though.

The only problem I ran into is the missing firmware update (to 4.1.x). All apple information is about slot-loding CRT-iMacs (Rev. C and later, the candy-colored ones). It can do without — but after pressing the startup button, I am confronted with a plain text dialogue (a firmware command line promt, I suppose). The system continues to boot normally, if i type “boot” (without quotes) and hit enter.

I guess the firmware issue is the cause of it, but that’s just my educated guess…

By: AlennX

AlennX — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. I was just given a Bondi 233MHz/32MBs by someone who had finally had enough and bought a nice new 2G PC. I decided I would let my boy use it (10 yrs old) so I set about looking into updating the OS and drivers. Now bearing in mind that this is the first Mac I have ever TOUCHED, I am a PC Veteran of 15 years service, and I am deeply suspicious of pants that zip their own fly, if you catch my drift, I was not entirely confident in my ability to get this thing working right and share a DSL connection through my main PC.

I learned a lot from the Mac Support Site (I’m not used to Support Pages being useful) and then, quite by luck, found this page. I followed the instructions and the directions on this page and had a successful and gratifying time installing 8.6 and the firmware updates etc.

I then called my ISP and they were next to useless in helping me connect to my DSL connection by sharing. They only want to let you connect directly to the modem but I use XP’s firewall to protect the PC’s in my home so… anyway, turns out all I had to do was go into TCP/IP and follow the instructions and my nose, and there you go, set up more easily than I had imagined.

Needless to say, while I am a long way from conversion due to the scarcity of decent software (and the fact that I run UD agent which has no Mac client) I am no longer hating on Mac’s and am looking forward to being given another one for my 8 year old daughter.

It is very important that we share our experiences on the Internet, that is what gives the Internet it’s power, gathering human experience for the benefit of all.

Alenn X.

By: Alenn X

Alenn X — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

So now I have a 7200/75 which is failing during the bootup but not due to the extensions. I have no bootup floppy or OS CD.

I guess I’ll have to use the force…

By: Robert Prest

Robert Prest — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I want for my old IMac an up date for the website so I can enter the pch.com sweepstakes. How do I update my website from a 5.0 AOL so I can connect to the more updated websites on my computer e-mail? A lot go to the iMac trash websites itself.