On Sep 20, 10:22 pm, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Cyrus Griffin wrote:
> > The only Mac I've encountered that won't boot with a bad Pram battery is
> > the 4400. Piece of junk... I think most Macs will run just fine without
> > the Pram battery, they just won't remember the date if you unplug them.
> > All of my vintage Macs have dead Pram batteries. Work fine... I'm just
> > too lazy to get new ones :)
>
> There are quite a few more. PM6100, Q605 come to mind but there are
> several others.
>
> Also, (at least some) G3 iMacs won't boot with a low battery.
Some will boot if you restart on the second try. For those which do
not have keyboard startup, maybe if you flick the switch fast. Some
residual kick start in the system somewhere, lasts for a few instants.
I have an 8500 that does that. Its usually ok if you leave it plugged
in though.
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