Wireless on iMac G3

So I came across a G3 with os 9 and started playing around with it. It has airport software on it, but no airport card. I have been looking into wireless adapters but cannot find any thing that would work. Could anybody help me out here, all I want is just to play around with this thing.

As long as it's a slot loading imac....Here's an original Airport card which means it will work with OS 9. Due to your macs age it will be difficult to find an OEM and almost impossible to find one that's third party OS 9 compatible.

Card

http://cgi.ebay.com/AirPort-Card-fo...ryZ80060QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



Installation

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58537

martin_tz said:

So I came across a G3 with os 9 and started playing around with it. It has airport software on it, but no airport card. I have been looking into wireless adapters but cannot find any thing that would work. Could anybody help me out here, all I want is just to play around with this thing.

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The only problem with the old Airport card, is that it only runs at 11Mbps. And it will slow down the entire network to that speed.
For an alternative, go to Afterthemac.com
I use one myself and it works flawless.

EDIT: hmmm...not sure about OS9.... Could find an old OS X (Jaguar or Panther) on Ebay.

Afterthemac.com is great but it wont work with OS 9. Only OS 10.3 and up

edit: ^^

wow this project is turning out to be more than I expected, I didn't realize how much of a dinosaur this thing really is.

Yeah it pretty archaic. How fast is it? If its pretty fast then it might be worth it.

martin_tz said:

wow this project is turning out to be more than I expected, I didn't realize how much of a dinosaur this thing really is.

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Yep! I've had 2 of them. Which one do you have?

seems to be the 350 MHz Bondi Blue...i guess

Not to bad. You just have to ask yourself if it's worth it.

Well i guess cost will ultimately decide, I just like playing around with it.

Yeah they are great to learn on. My first had OS9 (hence the name). Loved it.

Well im going backwards! its all so confusing!

Lol. Not going with the flow?

martin_tz said:

seems to be the 350 MHz Bondi Blue...i guess

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I believe this is it... Blueberry....;D
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/stats/imac_350.html

Panther (10.3.9) would be the max OS. If you do decide to upgrade, don't forget to update the firmware before you try.
If you are running Mac OS 9.1 or later, iMac Firmware Update 4.1.9 should be installed. If you are using Mac OS X, you must boot from a Mac OS 9.1-9.2.2 writeable partition (not a CD or network disk) prior to updating. You cannot update to OS X 10.3 or later unless you first install Firmware Update 4.1.9.

For more information on firmware updates, see iMac: When to Install Available Updaters.

o thats is exactly! thanks a bunch looks like I have stuff to do now.

Cool, you have the same model that I have.