[X Newbies] Strange iMac behavior

[James S Jones]

It's part of universal access, as W Lane as said. The keystroke combo 
to toggle this on and off is <control><option><command><8>. This has 
been in Mac OS for quite some time.

On Nov 21, 2003, at 5:54 AM, Mark Taintor wrote:

> I have a friend who's not on this list who's come down with a strange 
> problem with his G3 iMac. Here's what he told me:
>
> I brushed the keyboard nervously while speaking to my wife. I was 
> waiting for a web page to appear on AOL. All my colors reversed. I am 
> typing white letters on a black background right now! I went into 
> screen effects, desk top, colors, calibrate, millions of colors, etc. 
> Nothing worked. I reset about ten times. The colors are correct for 
> two seconds, then change to this kind of "negative" looking theme.
> I formed another user, and the colors were fine, but all my files are 
> on MY identity. Very odd problem.
> I have an Imac G3 with 305megs of Ram and 10 Gigs of HD. OSX right of 
> the box, first addition. No updates.
>
> Any ideas about what's wrong with his machine? He can access his files 
> now from a new user that he's created, but we're wondering if it's a 
> symptom of something more serious.