> 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. > > I would open it up and make sure that everything is connected, HD, CDRom There would be a ribbon strip and power plug in each making sure they are well seated.
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