elaborate and possibly silly tech query
Dec. 18th, 2008 11:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dubdobdeei have an imac g3 of which the screen is massively dysfunctional (and a CD is trapped in the CD port)
i just got given -- by work -- an office-discarded imac g4 (with no manual, and no keyboard)
A: plainly i should simply transfer everything -- is there a neat way to do this? (firewire slaving?)
B: switching the keyboard from one to another is not arduous but it is boring
C: in the interim the g3 is my wireless hub, but i am a bit reluctant to change this till everything else is moved
D: so is there a way i can use the screen of the g4 to function as a readable screen for the g3 (firewire slaving won't let me use the web or emails on the g3)
E: i guess i am asking about setting up a mini-network -- the problem currently being that the ethernet ports i would want to utilise seem to be occupied by the wireless stuff
i just got given -- by work -- an office-discarded imac g4 (with no manual, and no keyboard)
A: plainly i should simply transfer everything -- is there a neat way to do this? (firewire slaving?)
B: switching the keyboard from one to another is not arduous but it is boring
C: in the interim the g3 is my wireless hub, but i am a bit reluctant to change this till everything else is moved
D: so is there a way i can use the screen of the g4 to function as a readable screen for the g3 (firewire slaving won't let me use the web or emails on the g3)
E: i guess i am asking about setting up a mini-network -- the problem currently being that the ethernet ports i would want to utilise seem to be occupied by the wireless stuff
