[nickwc]

Hi! I was lucky enough to find imac g3 today in my complex's garbage area. It had the keyboard and mouse but no power cord!! So I just brought it home and used a cord from a old monitor, viola! Now my question is this... Can I use a wireless dongle to connect to the internet? Because due to the g3 guide I cannot use a airport card.

Here are the specs:

iMac G3 (333 MHz)

The iMac G3 333 MHz was introduced on April 14, 1999. The only change to this iMac model is the processor speed.

Specifications
PowerPC G3 Processor 333 MHz (66 MHz bus)
Tray loading 24x CD-ROM
6 GB IDE Hard Disk Drive
32 MB of RAM (expandable to 384 MB)
6 MB of VRAM
Not compatible with AirPort cards
Ports: Ethernet, USB 1.1, 56k Modem, Stereo Audio In and Out

Software
The iMac 333 MHz shipped with Mac OS 8.5 along with AppleWorks.
The highest version of the Mac OS that is officially supported on the iMac is Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther".

Notes
This iMac is also known as Revision D, but it is referred to officially by Apple as the "iMac 333 MHz"

I want to install panther as well, but only if I can have it retrieve wifi some how. It is running os 8.6, so I will have to get os 9 first.

Thanks!

[Cold Warrior]

Not sure about USB ethernet dongles, but you could use an ethernet-wifi bridge. Linksys makes one, for example.

[msuper69]

I can vouch for the Linksys WET-11. I've used it on the pre-Airport G3 iMacs like the one the OP found.

[Simon]

Any old AirPort Express will also bridge between the iMac's Ethernet port and your wireless network.

[moonmonkey]

linksys WET54g work fine too.

[imitchellg5]

That's an awesome find, I also have a 333 MHz iMac. I use it out in the garage.

[Northeastern292]

I've never have been lucky enough to find a Mac like that in the garbage, although I did find a Beige G3 in the garbage once at a local computer recycling day before I moved to Northern NY in 2006. It was a slick little thing too.

An even cooler find (at least in my opinion) was finding a Dell Optiplex GX150 that was working. I installed a fresh copy of XP Professional, and sold it for $50 (the licensed was transferred off another Dell).

[LEStudios]

Originally Posted by Northeastern292 

I've never have been lucky enough to find a Mac like that in the garbage, although I did find a Beige G3 in the garbage once at a local computer recycling day before I moved to Northern NY in 2006. It was a slick little thing too.

An even cooler find (at least in my opinion) was finding a Dell Optiplex GX150 that was working. I installed a fresh copy of XP Professional, and sold it for $50 (the licensed was transferred off another Dell).

Yeah you put it back when you realize you can't put Snow Leopard on it or spend money to upgrade it then have to buy external DVD Drive to install Leopard. By the time you finish you could have bought a Mac mini $599