Been lurking for a while now just to cover my bases and not post an identical thread.
I recently got my hands on a 2003 eMac, 4,4 800mhz. It's unfortunately got the CD drive and not the DVD drive, but the thing was $30 so 🤷‍♂️
I purchased some ram and a Mighty Mouse *cough* the best mouse *cough* and now I'm waiting for a Hard Disk/SSD to arrive in the mail.
I'm looking for some simple instructions on the best way to load Tiger onto dang thing.
Any help I can get is greatly appreciated.
Can't wait to hear from y'all
I recently got my hands on a 2003 eMac, 4,4 800mhz. It's unfortunately got the CD drive and not the DVD drive, but the thing was $30 so 🤷‍♂️
I purchased some ram and a Mighty Mouse *cough* the best mouse *cough* and now I'm waiting for a Hard Disk/SSD to arrive in the mail.
I'm looking for some simple instructions on the best way to load Tiger onto dang thing.
-Is it better to burn CDs with toast or should I mount the DMG's and "Restore" them to the CD itself on my M1 MBP?
-My understanding is that Tiger CANNOT be loaded via USB and can only be loaded with ANOTHER PPC via Firewire. Is this correct?
-Once I get it running and updated with Tiger, what steps do I need to take to ensure I can run the "Classic Mode" or whatever its called?
Ideally, this eMac is just going to serve as my "tinker-and-play-old-games-on-a-CRT-as-God-himself-intended" and eventually, when my son is old enough, his first foray into using a computer.Any help I can get is greatly appreciated.
Can't wait to hear from y'all