> On 11 Dec 2017, at 23:18, devin davison via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > Someone just dropped off a mac g3 at the scrapyard I work at and I picked it > up. > It has a failing hard drive. Replaced the drive, downloaded and burned > a disk with mac os 8 on it, but it refuses to boot to it. How do I go > about installing the software on this machine? > > Not sure if this is the place to ask, but figured it would be worth a > shot. Thanks.
Hi Devin, Going from memory you need to press ‘C’ to boot from CD and you might also need to replace the PRAM battery. Cheers — Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards binarydinosaurs.co.uk facebook.com/binarydinosaurs
