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Okay, promise not to laugh... I've got a 1998 PowerMac G3 that's not been used for ages and I thought I'd see if there were any takers on eBay, so I could free up some space here. It's in great condition as it's only had approx. 20 hours per week single user home office use from when it was bought new in Feb 1998 to June 2003. Then a change to a different line of work meant it only had minimal use until around June 2019. Everything works apart from the Zip drive and it would be sold with original keyboard and mouse. Not the Apple monitor - that sadly burnt out ages ago, to be replaced by a 'Tiny' 16 inch with major curvature to the glass!
I recently tried running Norton Utilities and its 'Speed Disc' to hopefully fix any hard drive issues first and sort the fragmentation out, but the process would only go so far, with a 'bad block' message. For the sake of security anyway, I'd like to erase the hard disc (which I'm assuming will deal with the bad blocks?) and re-install the system software - how do I go about this? I've still got the original System (OS 8.5) disc.
Also, what's the legal situation with selling a computer (or CDs) with copies of out-of-date programs on? I'm talking the usual graphics packages; Quark / FreeHand / PhotoShop, etc. They're all really old versions (Quark is 3.32, PhotoShop is 5.0) but I don't really want any grief with the Piracy Police!
Thanks for any tips.
I recently tried running Norton Utilities and its 'Speed Disc' to hopefully fix any hard drive issues first and sort the fragmentation out, but the process would only go so far, with a 'bad block' message. For the sake of security anyway, I'd like to erase the hard disc (which I'm assuming will deal with the bad blocks?) and re-install the system software - how do I go about this? I've still got the original System (OS 8.5) disc.
Also, what's the legal situation with selling a computer (or CDs) with copies of out-of-date programs on? I'm talking the usual graphics packages; Quark / FreeHand / PhotoShop, etc. They're all really old versions (Quark is 3.32, PhotoShop is 5.0) but I don't really want any grief with the Piracy Police!
Thanks for any tips.