On Oct 13, 2011, at 9:38 AM, Bob Archambault wrote: > Hello All...First time poster here... > > The other day, I picked up an old iMac G3 266 "Grape". The seller of > the machine showed me that it worked on premises, and particularly > noted how the color of the desktop (Mac OS 9.2.2) matched the case > color. He then proceeded to tell me that OS 9, upon installation, > "reads the codes" of the computer (from ROM, I presume) and > automatically sets the desktop to the matching color. > > Can anyone actually confirm this to be true? Or was this guy just > BSing me?
Not sure about OS 9, but I had a similar experience with OS X 10.2. I used to have a lime 400MHz iMac G3, which I installed Jaguar on. The first time I used iChat, I noticed that the text balloon color had been set to lime without my having set it as such. Similarly, when I installed OS X 10.3 on a Yikes! PowerMac G4, I noticed that the iChat text balloon color had set itself to 'graphite' when I first tried it. Not sure whether it's a coincidence or not. -Adam -- Adam Vaughn Collector of old computers, video game systems, radios and other electronic equipment... Visit my page at http://www.electronixandmore.com/adam/index.html -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
