Thanks very much for the tips,
I'm happy to report success!
While the color classic would not boot with no PRAM battery at all, when I swapped in a good battery that I had in the aforementioned LC 475, it worked!
I'm glad this turned out to be a simple fix.
This Mac looks like it was in an elementary school, and has something called "At Ease" installed - basically it locks down everything unless you have the "Teacher" password. Looks like it's time for an OS reinstall. What's a good version to run on a color classic?
I'm happy to report success!
While the color classic would not boot with no PRAM battery at all, when I swapped in a good battery that I had in the aforementioned LC 475, it worked!
I'm glad this turned out to be a simple fix.
This Mac looks like it was in an elementary school, and has something called "At Ease" installed - basically it locks down everything unless you have the "Teacher" password. Looks like it's time for an OS reinstall. What's a good version to run on a color classic?