On Oct 9, 2013, at 3:49 PM, mkehoe <mirake...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all - > > I still have an iBook G4 PowerBook 6.5 with airport; running 10.4.11 >
> Any ideas on how to get past the password page to see if it has airport, > etc.? I was thinking of buying it for parts. It's on sale until Sunday at > 4pm, and so far no one has bid on it. Take a 10.4 installer disk with you to the store, boot from it and change the admin password. Actually you might be able to run 'About this mac' or system info from the installer menu; it's been a long time since I used 10.4 on anything. If it boots up to a visible screen, then it's not immediately suffering from the common G4 iBook fault which is a bad video. A quick perusal of Ebay offerings indicates that it's about $10 cheaper than most, but they come with power bricks. I'd think it was worth it if it's on otherwise good shape. And since it has someone's old password on it, hey there might be blackmail material on the hard drive 8-P People get rid of computers with all sorts of info on them…someone I worked with picked up a nice Duo at the university's surplus auction that had 4 or 5 years worth of some faculty member's tax returns, and another time I picked up a Mac literally out of the garbage that had the previous owner's complete divorce papers, some tax returns and a bunch of other stuff. Wiped both systems of course, since I'm not the blackmail kinda guy. The one I found in the garbage was used as my web server, (named Oscar for obvious reasons) for many years. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
