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> A corollary of this question is: if you have an old Mac, how can you get the
> data off it if the machine is kaput? My partner has one in the basement and
> when I plugged it in recently (motivated by all the hoopla about Jobs), the
> monitor would not come on. (It's got a funky connector so ... no other
> compatible monitors in the house.)
No power light? Or just no video?
I have two PowerMac 6100s that I'm testing prior to offering them on
Freecycle. One of them gave no video. The culprit was a dead PRAM battery on
the motherboard. Apple's even got a TechNote about it. Size 1/2AA, easily
replaced ($8) and video was restored. You might also try holding down
Command("Apple")-Option-P-R while turning on the system.
-Dan, keeping my IIci because, well, I just like it for some reason.. Anyone
got a 32k Cache card? :-)
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