Re: g3 & OS 9 - Default Desktop
On Oct 13, 2011, at 9:38 AM, Bob Archambault wrote: > Hello All...First time poster here... > > The other day, I picked up an old iMac G3 266 "Grape". The seller of > the machine showed me that it worked on premises, and particularly > noted how the color of the desktop (Mac OS 9.2.2) matched the case > color. He then proceeded to tell me that OS 9, upon installation, > "reads the codes" of the computer (from ROM, I presume) and > automatically sets the desktop to the matching color. > > Can anyone actually confirm this to be true? Or was this guy just > BSing me? Not sure about OS 9, but I had a similar experience with OS X 10.2. I used to have a lime 400MHz iMac G3, which I installed Jaguar on. The first time I used iChat, I noticed that the text balloon color had been set to lime without my having set it as such. Similarly, when I installed OS X 10.3 on a Yikes! PowerMac G4, I noticed that the iChat text balloon color had set itself to 'graphite' when I first tried it. Not sure whether it's a coincidence or not. -Adam -- Adam Vaughn Collector of old computers, video game systems, radios and other electronic equipment... Visit my page at http://www.electronixandmore.com/adam/index.html -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: g3 & OS 9 - Default Desktop
Perhaps what he meant to say is that the computer would keep the settings he applied, which included the matching desktop. In that, he would be right, however confusing and misleading that might sound. I have heard weirder things said by well-meaning, computer-ignorant people. Conversely, a friend of mine berated (violently) the Apple salesperson who sold her a brand new machine because "it did not come with all the OS updates, so I had to install them myself..." HTH, Felix On Oct 13, 9:38 am, Bob Archambault wrote: > Hello All...First time poster here... > > The other day, I picked up an old iMac G3 266 "Grape". The seller of > the machine showed me that it worked on premises, and particularly > noted how the color of the desktop (Mac OS 9.2.2) matched the case > color. He then proceeded to tell me that OS 9, upon installation, > "reads the codes" of the computer (from ROM, I presume) and > automatically sets the desktop to the matching color. > > Can anyone actually confirm this to be true? Or was this guy just > BSing me? > > Thanks... > > Bob Archambault -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: g3 & OS 9 - Default Desktop
On Oct 13, 2011, at 6:38 AM, Bob Archambault wrote: The other day, I picked up an old iMac G3 266 "Grape". The seller of the machine showed me that it worked on premises, and particularly noted how the color of the desktop (Mac OS 9.2.2) matched the case color. He then proceeded to tell me that OS 9, upon installation, "reads the codes" of the computer (from ROM, I presume) and automatically sets the desktop to the matching color. NewWorld Macs use a Mac OS ROM file, but the parameter RAM (PRAM) could store a 'flavor' ID. Can anyone actually confirm this to be true? Or was this guy just BSing me? Someone made a hack that customized the colors of Jasik's Debugger based on which flavor Mac it was running on, so I'm pretty sure this is real, if poorly documented. However, it's possible that the behavior described only works with the Mac OS installer that shipped with the iMac/iBook, and that retail versions don't do this. Josh -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: g3 & OS 9 - Default Desktop
Woof !!! Definitely sounds like BS to me !!! M On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Bob Archambault wrote: > Hello All...First time poster here... > > The other day, I picked up an old iMac G3 266 "Grape". The seller of > the machine showed me that it worked on premises, and particularly > noted how the color of the desktop (Mac OS 9.2.2) matched the case > color. He then proceeded to tell me that OS 9, upon installation, > "reads the codes" of the computer (from ROM, I presume) and > automatically sets the desktop to the matching color. > > Can anyone actually confirm this to be true? Or was this guy just > BSing me? > > Thanks... > > Bob Archambault > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: g3 & OS 9 - Default Desktop
I've got two grapes and an indigo, and haven't seen this behavior. However, once you choose a background, that background will always return upon boot. Pick what you like, or what matches, and don't worry about it... Doug On Oct 13, 2011, at 6:38 AM, Bob Archambault wrote: > He then proceeded to tell me that OS 9, upon installation, > "reads the codes" of the computer (from ROM, I presume) and > automatically sets the desktop to the matching color. > > Can anyone actually confirm this to be true? Or was this guy just > BSing me? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: g3 & OS 9 - Default Desktop
Hmm, I really don't think so. I installed Mac OS 9.2.2 on an orange one and the background was the default blue one. -- C:\win Bad Command Or File Name C:\ -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
