Thanks for the advice. I may bring the installer discs and give it a try, even as an experiment. I can't imagine getting rid of a computer with personal info. on it, but it sounds like it's fairly common. Maybe I could get them to reduce the price since it doesn't have the power cord.
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>wrote: > > On Oct 9, 2013, at 3:49 PM, mkehoe <mirake...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all - > > > > I still have an iBook G4 PowerBook 6.5 with airport; running 10.4.11 > > > > > Any ideas on how to get past the password page to see if it has airport, > etc.? I was thinking of buying it for parts. It's on sale until Sunday at > 4pm, and so far no one has bid on it. > > Take a 10.4 installer disk with you to the store, boot from it and change > the admin password. Actually you might be able to run 'About this mac' or > system info from the installer menu; it's been a long time since I used > 10.4 on anything. > > If it boots up to a visible screen, then it's not immediately suffering > from the common G4 iBook fault which is a bad video. A quick perusal of > Ebay offerings indicates that it's about $10 cheaper than most, but they > come with power bricks. I'd think it was worth it if it's on otherwise good > shape. > > And since it has someone's old password on it, hey there might be > blackmail material on the hard drive 8-P > > People get rid of computers with all sorts of info on them…someone I > worked with picked up a nice Duo at the university's surplus auction that > had 4 or 5 years worth of some faculty member's tax returns, and another > time I picked up a Mac literally out of the garbage that had the previous > owner's complete divorce papers, some tax returns and a bunch of other > stuff. Wiped both systems of course, since I'm not the blackmail kinda guy. > > The one I found in the garbage was used as my web server, (named Oscar for > obvious reasons) for many years. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "G-Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/g3-5-list/nAPav5IfpAY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
