Does your DVD/CD Drive work in OS X? That may have bit the bucket, or your install media.

When you try to boot from the 9.0.4 CD, do you get the blinky, or an error message saying the disk is not compatible? I suspect that series needs a slightly higher version.

OK, my iMac had been running OS X for quite a while, but when I went to start up in OS 9 i just get a blinky ? floppy disk and a cursur. it used to like OS 9 but now it won't even …

Screw the keyboard - Timbuktu it. }

Yes, yes, you could.

Or you could just buy/find a keyboard. Head onto your local Freecycle and ask for an old ADB keyboard. Click to expand... ... Or i could just head onto Freecycle and ask for…

Or you could just buy/find a keyboard. Head onto your local Freecycle and ask for an old ADB keyboard.

the imac is running OS X, and i have no keyboard. i could put Key Caps on a floppy....

I can't tell from the other side of the world...can you access the iMac from the LCIII?

i can select EtherTalk and the activity LED blinks a bunch. does it have the right drivers?

Yeah, it will. You'll want to make sure you've got the correct drivers for your ethernet card on it however.

Would a system 7.5 Network Access Disk work? i'm dd-ing one now.

OK... i'm really not looking foreword to all of those disk swaps. would it be possible to install from my iMac via a network? Click to expand... Network installs work for most …

OK... i'm really not looking foreword to all of those disk swaps. would it be possible to install from my iMac via a network?

formatting a floppy took 10 minutes! like... 10kbps slow. 512kbps isnt slow...

Wow... i didnt know floppies were so slow... Click to expand... 500kbps slow? Sheesh, back in my day.....

Wow... i didnt know floppies were so slow... Formatting... Verifing format... Re-Verifying format...

You might be able to do the hack install on a OS 8 floppy disk set, but it'll take several times as long.

Awesome! The adaptor will arrive today or maybe tommorow according to the USPS tracking thingy

Um... the LC III cant run OS 8... can it? Click to expand... Nah, but you can hack the system file to make it compatible. You need an external SCSI CD-ROM though. Linky!

No, wait, NetBSD Click to expand... FPU!!!

Um... the LC III cant run OS 8... can it?

Yeah, 7.6 isn't THAT different from 7.5.5.

About the OS, if you're going to use the newest OS it can run, get a copy of 8.1. No, wait, NetBSD . You would be SERIOUSLY wasting your time with 7.6, 7.5.5/7.1 is the way to …

TransMac will work too.