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		warrenm on Feb 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How do you explain the sloppiness of moder... >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 on Feb 1, 2022 [–]

He 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/B...

warrenm on Feb 2, 2022 | [–]

there are a LOT of iMac models

Never heard of someone needing to reset any of them with a paperclip before

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