[geeks] Getting into a headless eMac

[Lionel Peterson]

Well, I apprear to have secured the proper cable (all new and
everything!) from $WORK, part M8639G/A. I'm going to see what can be
done with the box tonight with an outboard VGA display.

Lionel

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Lionel Peterson<lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've come across a G4-700 MHz eMac that I'd like to get running, but
> it appears to have no video. It powers up, I get the chord through the
> speakers, but the CRT never lights up.
>
> It has a wireless card inside, and I found it listed as a DHCP client
> on my router. So even though the lights are off, someone is home...
>
> I can ping it, but I can't ssh in or access http off the box, any
> ideas how I could get inside the system?
>
> I am assuming if I had an appropriate adapter I could mirror the
> desktop and use it that way (while looking for another eMac to swap
> CRTs with), will the second monitor mirror the desktop by default if I
> get the adapter? (the eMac has a video port on the side, along with
> USB, Firewire, audio, etc)
>
> My goal is to find out what is in the cabinet before I go much
> further, and as I am on vaction I have no hex tools, so physical
> inspection is out of the question - I know it shipped with 128 Meg
> RAM, but not sure what's in there now.
>
> Any help is appreciated... a 700 MHz eMac isn't great, but it could be
> a bit of fun, and the acquisition cost was $0.
> --
> Lionel Peterson
> lionel4287 at gmail.com
>



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Lionel Peterson
lionel4287 at gmail.com