Your Beige G3 was introduced in either 1997 or 1998. Out of the box, it will support Classic Mac OS up to 9.2.2 and Mac OSX up to version 10.2.8 (XPostFacto required for install). I would recommend setting it up as a dual boot option, Classic OS and OSX.
A few suggestions, though: make sure, under OS 9.x.x, you install Carbon Lib v1.4 or v1.6 and I think there is an Open Firmware upgrade needing installed before getting it up to OSX. Someone correct me regarding the OF upgrade if I'm wrong. Also, I would see if you can upgrade the RAM to either 256 or all the way up to 768MB if you can, for the sake of OSX. Make sure you partition the master hard drive with a single 7.4GB capacity before installing any OS. The remaining space can then be whatever you want.
Your iMac was introduced in October 1999 and was discontinued in the Summer of 2001. The Oct. 1999 models were either DV or DV Special Edition and included a DVD player. Summer 2000 models gave you the choice of CD only or DVD-ROM. Apple supplied the Early 2001 model with a CD-ROM only and no CD-RW, even though it had the support available.
It can take up to 1GB RAM. Mac OS 9.2.2 and Mac OSX up to Tiger (10.4.11) is natively supported. For this machine again, for the sake of OSX, I would up the RAM to either 512 or 768, especially if you wish to continue using Tiger; unless you decide to downgrade to Panther or Jaguar. Make sure you install Carbon Lib v1.4 or 1.6, along with Firmware Update v4.1.9f4 before installing OSX.
73s de Phreakout. :rambo:
A few suggestions, though: make sure, under OS 9.x.x, you install Carbon Lib v1.4 or v1.6 and I think there is an Open Firmware upgrade needing installed before getting it up to OSX. Someone correct me regarding the OF upgrade if I'm wrong. Also, I would see if you can upgrade the RAM to either 256 or all the way up to 768MB if you can, for the sake of OSX. Make sure you partition the master hard drive with a single 7.4GB capacity before installing any OS. The remaining space can then be whatever you want.
Your iMac was introduced in October 1999 and was discontinued in the Summer of 2001. The Oct. 1999 models were either DV or DV Special Edition and included a DVD player. Summer 2000 models gave you the choice of CD only or DVD-ROM. Apple supplied the Early 2001 model with a CD-ROM only and no CD-RW, even though it had the support available.
It can take up to 1GB RAM. Mac OS 9.2.2 and Mac OSX up to Tiger (10.4.11) is natively supported. For this machine again, for the sake of OSX, I would up the RAM to either 512 or 768, especially if you wish to continue using Tiger; unless you decide to downgrade to Panther or Jaguar. Make sure you install Carbon Lib v1.4 or 1.6, along with Firmware Update v4.1.9f4 before installing OSX.
73s de Phreakout. :rambo: