Hello, I am the ultimate new Mac user, I just purchased a used G3 B&W from
my school. They sold it "as is" with no operating system and they are
adamant that they will not install one for me. Fine, I figure I can do
that, but it has no floppy drive, only a zip drive and CD ROM. I ordered
Mac OS 8 from a retailer and they sent it on CD ROM. To boot up, I am told
to press and hold the "C" button at startup......to no avail, I can hear the
drive spinning, but nothing happens. Just the happy Mac face alternating
with a question mark to taunt me. Does anyone know if this OS is compatible
with my machine? I have read different things on different websites, and
this confusion may be due to the name Powermac; I guess different machines
share the name or something? Until I can get an operating system going on
it, I can't find out much about the version and memory and things so I'm
pretty well stuck. I am just so way sick of windows I can't stand it and
they really blew it when they put out service pack 2 for XP. I want my
machine to work the way I want it to and windows just plain sucks. Any info
would be greatly appreciated.
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