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iMac G3
I was surfing around on eBay the other day and ended up buying an iMac G3 for $20.00. The computer has not arrived yet, but the ad said that it is password protected, and the seller doesn't know the password. He says that the only way to overcome this is to reinstall the OS. I have no compatible OS for an iMac, so does anyone know another way to overcome the password?
And if the only way is to boot from an OS CD, how do you do it?
Thanks,
-Apostrophe
And if the only way is to boot from an OS CD, how do you do it?
Thanks,
-Apostrophe
If it's running OS X you can reset the password protection fairly easily:
http://www.securemac.com/macosxsingleuser.php
http://www.securemac.com/macosxsingleuser.php
Would it be possible to stick in a live-cd of some version of Linux and install an HFS driver and go into the control panel folder (or extensions) and get rid of or move the appropriate file and boot? Or you could find a Linux Mac emulator and stick that control panel into it change it and put it back. Booting with extensions off? Though I'm just estimating and thinking up ways. You could just bid on a Mac OS 9 disk.
nah thats a pretty decent 1999 2000 era imac fifth generation by the sound of it
its a slot loader dunno if its a dvd player or cd rewriter
it uses standard ps 100 ram and can take up to 1 gig of ram
they are excellent os X machines
and have 8 mb of video ram at the very least
small list of older imacs or at least the ones that predate yours
rev a the orginal bondi blue 32 mb of ramm ( so dimm) G3 233 mhz 4 gig hd usb irda tray loading cd rom 2 mb vram ati rage II
rev b same as above only with more vram ( 6 mb ) and a better graphics chip ati pro
rev c the first one with colors
266 mhz 6 gig hd no irda port no mezzaninen slot specs are the same other wise
rev d same as rev c but with a 333 mhz G3
its a slot loader dunno if its a dvd player or cd rewriter
it uses standard ps 100 ram and can take up to 1 gig of ram
they are excellent os X machines
and have 8 mb of video ram at the very least
small list of older imacs or at least the ones that predate yours
rev a the orginal bondi blue 32 mb of ramm ( so dimm) G3 233 mhz 4 gig hd usb irda tray loading cd rom 2 mb vram ati rage II
rev b same as above only with more vram ( 6 mb ) and a better graphics chip ati pro
rev c the first one with colors
266 mhz 6 gig hd no irda port no mezzaninen slot specs are the same other wise
rev d same as rev c but with a 333 mhz G3