Gaming REALLY old Mac

[Cablephish]

So, I found one of these babies on the street, and I was wondering if ANYONE has had ANY previous experience with it.
I know people might tell me to just throw it away, but any insight about it would help.

 

[purplesludge]

Well if you remember the scene in zoolander you need to break it open to get the files out.

 

[Sstew]

I got 2 of them, What do you need to know?
P.S. That isnt very "old school"

 

[Cablephish]

Well, I can't seem to set it up with the internet, do you have yours connected to the internet?

 

[Uiaad]

When I first saw the topic title i thought some one got their hands on an Apple I

 

[xoin]

So, I found one of these babies on the street, and I was wondering if ANYONE has had ANY previous experience with it.
I know people might tell me to just throw it away, but any insight about it would help.

Yes I have placed two of those neatly in a line for the garbage man.

 

[Praetor192]

My dad had a slightly updated model of that mac IIRC. As I remember, it has a G3 processor and 128MB (stock) RAM. Might have a superdrive or a combo drive - not sure. Hard drives ranged from 10GBs and up, if I remember.

If it has some extra RAM and an external (or internal) extra hard drive, you can make it a decent machine. Not something to play the latest games on or use as your main work computer, but if you set it up in a corner or closet it would be just fine to act as a media server for iTunes or your files, etc.

It came with OS 8 or OS 9, but it is compatible with OS X (torrent it if you want...) up to OS X 10.3 I believe (maybe 10.4?) and that, while slowing it down some, will get you plenty more usability for the tasks I mentioned above.

It has Ethernet and my dad's had a wireless card, not sure if that one does too.

So in summary, buy a bit of cheap RAM, an external harddrive, and use it as a server or for those relics of mac games (marathon etc).

Don't just toss it, you can still put it to good use.

EDIT:
seems some of my specs were for a later model machine, the one my dad had. check the wiki article here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G3 and determine which you have.

 

[Snooby]

I remember using these in elementary school lolol. Never thought I would see one again... at least a picture of one
What are u gonna do with it?