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_Buddy Boy_
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 Sat 4 Oct 2003, 00:17
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I spoke to a Mac technician today who told me something I had never heard before, have a hard time believing, and haven't tested. He said that ALL of the new Macs can be made to boot to OS 9 by simply wiping the drive (writing zeros) and reinstalling 9. He said whatever Apple has done to prevent the newer Macs from booting into 9 is all on the HDD, and that writing zeros to the drive is all it takes to get around the system. I doubt it. I asked him about it, and told him I had heard that it was a firmware change to the logic board. He said that wasn't true, and that he had already done this many times. I don't believe a word, but I'm now wondering if anyone has heard of this.
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