[Discuss] [OT] [Mac related] Wiping an old Mac

[Jerry Feldman]

On 11/02/2011 04:36 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
>> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Feldman
>>
>> This is not an OSX Mac
> Oh yeah - I just looked it up - that model was produced from 1997 to 2000
> and ran MacOS 9.  It's a dinosaur, and I'd feel safe saying it won't do
> target disk mode either.
>
> I bet it's a pain to pull out the hard disk.  And I'll bet it's a pain to
> find ANY thing that will boot on a PPC that old.  I would suggest either a
> sledgehammer, or a "don't care" with regards to data destruction on it...
>
>
She has standalone CDs. Apparently the laptop still works.

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