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I think you might have a bit too much nostalgia (or maybe we just had very different experiences), but I remember Mac OS 8/8.6 crashing a lot, with the dreaded
by JD557 5y ago
I think you might have a bit too much nostalgia (or maybe we just had very different experiences), but I remember Mac OS 8/8.6 crashing a lot, with the dreaded bomb icon.
Everyone I knew with an iMac had a toothpick or paper clip in the top handle, due to how common they needed to press the reset hole.
At the time my father used to edit a local news paper in PageMaker and it was particularly bad.
- jonathanstrange 5y agoReset holes for paper clips? I can't remember any of my Macs having a reset hole like you describe. In any case, I never had to use one. There was a key combo for resetting the OS.
- warrenm 5y ago>Everyone I knew with an iMac had a toothpick or paper clip in the top handle, due to how common they needed to press the reset hole. What kind of Mac were you running? The straightened paperclip was only there to eject recalcitrant floppy disks (early on), and then recalcitrant CDs later Restarting the machine was always a menu option or physical button
- kalleboo 5y agoHe said iMac - the G3 iMacs had reset/interrupt holes (see to the right of the Ethernet jack) https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bondi-IMG_0089.jpeg?ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/sixcolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/B...
- warrenm 5y agothere are a LOT of iMac models Never heard of someone needing to reset any of them with a paperclip before
- horsawlarway 5y agoI don't know why people are downvoting you. I went to a middle school that was "mac only" in the 90s. They were complete and utter crap. They crashed constantly. The spinning pizza of death made a near hourly appearance. We had two machines issued to each classroom, and most times the kids wouldn't even turn them on they were so bad.