----- Original Message ----
> From: Ross <[email protected]>
> To: G-Group <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wed, December 2, 2009 10:39:57 AM
> Subject: Re: Anybody tried this card in 10.5.8??
>
> On Dec 1, 11:19 pm, "Michael G.M." wrote:
> > On Dec 2, 2:02 am, Kris Tilford wrote:
> >
> > > Huh?
> >
> > > The serial # isn't a system software serial, it's the hardware serial
> > > to the specific Mac you own.
> >
> > Exactly. And that's where the problem is because someone can call up
> > Apple and request support and software restore disks for this
> > particular Mac with it's serial #.
> > >The only person that could be hurt is > you, and that's incredibly
> unlikely. If you think this is a problem,
> > > give a specific example of how the hardware serial # can be used
> > > maliciously.
> >
> > Not unlikely at all. These types of posts get reprimanded and or
> > edited all the time on Apple's discussions.(-Very quickly too I might
> > add.) It's a very common practice of users too phone Apple as I've
> > called Apple myself with a support request for My G3 about getting
> > it's original software install. They didn't have it but they where
> > willing to offer Mac OS X 10.3. I declined as I was interested in Mac
> > OS 8.6 and they didn't have it.
> >
> > -Mike
>
> Sorry Mike, but I believe you are full of crap. Apple has MacOS from
> 6.0 through 9.2 available for download from the Apple support site. If
> you are talking about original CDs for your G3, neither Apple nor
> anyone else offers them for free; Apple stopped producing them long
> ago, and after market sources are the only alternative to downloading
> and burning your own from the Apple supplied disk images. That Apple
> offered you OS X 10.3.x is a credit to Apple, and if Apple sees fit to
> offer software to end users for free, that is their business and none
> of yours. A trip to any second hand dealer who carries Apple systems
> will yield as many hardware serial numbers a person could want. Ebay
> sellers frequently cite the system serial number of systems they hold
> for sale so the potential buyer can check the serial number for date,
> location of manufacture and the list of equipment it shipped with
> originally, and provides the buyer the certainty he got the system he
> bid on.
>
Probably not good to post any information not needed, but a hardware serial
number is not likely to prompt Apple to send free software to a pirate.
Also I do not know of any Apple supported downloads for System 7.1 (very useful
for some 68k Mac's) or any version of MacOS 8. The only version of MacOS 9
available I know of is the net boot version at:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120243>
And that version of OS 9 needs a little help (well documented in the archives)
to be installed and made operational for the Mac's covered on this list. --glen
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