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  • Re: Advice for user new to iMAC

    From pattersonme@pattersonme@surewest.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:19:01
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    All of the banter about the proper capitalization is very interesting, but
    is there any one here willing to give an actual response that provides some help.

    To clarify; I have the below referenced MAC/Mac/maC/MaC/mac and would like
    to know if there is a place I can buy or download a boot disc that will help
    me get it started. Someone else has already suggested apple.com, but I was unable to find anything there.

    I have had no exposure to MAC/Mac/maC/MaC/mac before this and would love to learn why MAC/Mac/maC/MaC/mac users are so loyal to the product, but would
    like to learn a little about them before I purchase a new one and thought
    this would be a good way to do so.

    Thanks again for any help that you may be able to offer.

    Mike



    "spammer" <spammersbox@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:vfqgcq7hk6qe50@corp.supernews.com...
    I recently picked up an iMAC from a friend who says it is fine but needs a recovery disc because the thing won't boot up correctly.

    I am completely clueless with Macs. Have never had an opportunity to use one.

    Computer seems to be all there. Have not unpacked the box yet but it contains:

    Monitor/CPU unit
    Keyboard
    Mouse
    Power Cable

    Is that All there is to it?

    Is there a place I can get the files for a recovery disc on line and,
    more
    importantly, can they be downloaded and burned to a cd on a pc?

    There is no documentation with the machine, so any insight as to what I
    can
    expect from it in the way of performance would be great.

    The Sticker on the bottom of the unit has the following info:

    INDIGO/4 MHz/10 GB HD/CD/64 MB SDRAM/MDS

    US ENGLISH KYBD/MAC OS

    MODEL # M5521/DHHS CODE SA/EMC # 1857

    Any input or help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks

    Mike




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  • From pack@pack@eos.ucar.edu (Daniel Packman) to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 21:33:54
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <vg3nld543c8a0b@corp.supernews.com>,
    pattersonme <pattersonme@surewest.net> wrote:
    ....
    To clarify; I have the below referenced MAC/Mac/maC/MaC/mac and would like >to know if there is a place I can buy or download a boot disc that will help >me get it started. Someone else has already suggested apple.com, but I was >unable to find anything there.

    You mentioned you have an iMac with a keyboard and mouse. This should indeed
    be a complete system. Have you tried starting it up? If it has hardware problems
    in addition to needing boot/install/recovery software, there might very well
    be indications such as no startup sounds or information on the screen.

    The media you need is a cd. The imac has no diskette.

    You can go to several places (physical and network) to get boot/install/recovery
    software. One very good pice of recovery software is Diskwarrior. You can go here to get it

    http://www.alsoft.com

    This should allow you to boot and fix the system.
    You should have bootable media and this should have come with the machine. Failing that, you can get OS X from apple.com or other sources.

    --
    Daniel Packman
    NCAR/ACD
    pack@ucar.edu
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  • From Phil Lefebvre@p-lefebvre@GOnorthwestern.edu to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 24, 2003 21:15:40
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <vi12lqlhta9ab6@corp.supernews.com>,
    "pattersonme" <pattersonme@surewest.net> wrote:

    Have spent some time playing with it and am able to patially boot it up but it stops and then says "sorry a system error occurred "time synchronizer" error type 41"

    What kind of error is this and what can i do about it.

    By the way it has os9

    There is an extension that controls getting time from a network server,
    and it appears to be corrupted. Reboot holding down the space bar.
    Extension Manager should popup. Scroll down to the extension part and
    look for an icon names Time Sync or something like that. Make sure the
    check box next to it is blank. See if you can boot.

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    Chicago, IL
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  • From pattersonme@pattersonme@surewest.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Monday, July 07, 2003 20:30:11
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Thank you so much for the info. This is all very helpful to me. I have not yet decided to keep the machine. The person I received it from wants
    $150.00 for it and I am going to look into the OS you reccomended and also
    the memory upgrade.

    Is $150.00 a fair price for this machine? I am interested in the multimedia features that macs are known for. Is this a machine that I can explore
    these features with?

    Anyway, thanks again for the info.

    Mike


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