Upgrade for a G3-350 with Mac OS 8.6

My son was recently given an old imac from 1999. The only infor I can find for it is that it is a G3-350 and the OS is 8.6. What would I be able to upgrade the OS to? I am a pc user, and this is my first time dealing with a MAC, so I don't know anything about it. I want to hook him up to the internet, but I wanted to do some upgrades to the computer so it was a little more efficient. TIA for any suggestions that help me not have to take it to the apple store. Thanks!

Mika wrote:
I still use an old iMac 350 for some OS 9 stuff. It ran much better when I kicked the RAM up to 192 (128 added to the original 64). Also, the 3.6v battery needs replacing every 2-3 years.
Indeed. My iMac DVSE was having quite a few issues with various random system crashes. I installed a new battery, and the crashes went away! I'm not sure why a battery can affect system performance so much, but it worked!
As far as RAM goes, my old iMac came with 128 MB - two 64 meg cards. I added a 128 MB (for 192 MB) and the iMac greatly increased in speed under OS 9.2.2! I eventually added a 256 MB card in addition to the 128 - for 384 MB - and OS 9.2.2 just screamed on the old iMac - it must have been a double in speed from 192 MB, running memory hungry programs in particular! It seems OS 9 likes 192 MB and runs best under ~384 for most applications. My G4 was originally running 192 MB, and an upgrade of 384 had a similar speed-up affect. I have it running with 768 MB right now - and there's no real increase in speed under OS 9.
As far as OS X goes - if you can add OS X, make sure you fill the RAM on that iMac - according to Apple, it will support up to 512 MB of RAM. It won't run anything higher than OS 10.3.9 either. Also, make sure you download and install the Firmware update before loading OS X!
A good place to buy RAM is Other World Computing: http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgrades.cfm?model=120&type=Memory&TI=2817&shoup grds=Show+Upgrades
They sell RAM for pretty good prices! $12-15 for 128 MB cards, for example.
The site for the firmware update is: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75430. Make sure you install it before loading OS X if you have a slot-loading Mac - which your 350 almost certainly is.
Good luck, and enjoy your iMac!

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