I Just Aquired An iMac


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It's not the newest type of iMac, but, I do have an OS 8.5 restore cd. On the CD itself, it says to boot from this CD, hold down the C key while booting. That does nothing. I try running the "Apple Software Restore" application from the cd, but it tells me I don't have a drive that has Classic installed. I'm not sure about Macs as it is. Could someone point me in the right direction? I would like to clean install this OS from the disk I have. It currently has 10.2 on it, but this mac is too slow to run osx. Any help would be appreciated.

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Free if you download yellowdog linux :)

That's what I did. My big task is to get RoseGarden running on it, for composing. The story is that I got a lime 266mhz imac that has never been upgraded. I replaced the stupid round 1-button mouse (I like lots of buttons) with a portable microsoft optical w- scrollwheel, installed yellowdog, and now it runs fine. The mac actually runs things better than my linux box (loving the ppc processor), but compiling everything gets to be a pain.

I'm not saying you should do this, but it's cheaper than panther and more ram.

Have phun!

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