My new iMac

Introducing my new Blueberry iMac G3! (Well, new to me.)

After replacing the PRAM battery, which thankfully hadn’t leaked(!), I crossed my fingers and powered it on for the first time.

It works!

I had forgotten what hard drives from this time sounded like. So when it first spun up and started clicking away, I thought “that’s too loud, something must be wrong!”

But lucky for me, it’s working without issue! I was able to wipe the system and do a clean install of OS 8.6 from the original restore disk which came with the machine.

Amazingly, internet access just worked thanks to the Ethernet port. Browsing the web with IE 4.5, well that’s another matter. Thankfully there’s a decent amount of retro resources online that have minimal browser requirements. Mac84.net is a good example and has links to other resources.

I was even able to get a game of Quake in!