I also have a rev B iMac that runs just great, with 2 hard drives and OS 9.2.<br><br>Also, a Duo 280c I got for $100 that I wrote an opera libretto on: I hear the "chimes of death" from time to time, but then it staggers back...<br>
<br>They just keep on going!<br><br>Thanks again.<br><br>PMW<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:18 PM, CDT <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cdt@globaldsl.net">cdt@globaldsl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Feb 18, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Peter Webster wrote:<br>
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Dear Dan:<br>
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I tried the Open Firmware resets as per your instructions, and when the old Sawtooth rebooted, I got the question mark/folder icon.<br>
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I shut down. Went away. Had a sandwich. Wept. Came back. Booted up:<br>
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Question mark/folder icon, blinking.<br>
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Then,<br>
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THE APPLE...<br>
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Did some work, shut down: no problem (so far.)<br>
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THANK YOU!<br>
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You're welcome, Peter. Glad you had the moxie to pursue some of the other little tricks instead of giving up when it didn't boot properly the first time. Sounds like it had a little trouble finding a viable OS (that's what the blinking question mark means). You might want to check what drive you have set as the startup drive. MacJanitor runs the Chron processes (unix maintenance stuff that runs early in the morning if you leave your machine always on - never runs if you don't). I run it 1 or 2x a month. Apple jack is good for cleaning up OS troubles. A little regular maint will keep the old machine humming along for a while yet. FWIW, I'm still using a Rev B iMac I got new in 1998!<div>
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Dan<br>
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