My PowerBook G3 "Pismo" won't start
Hello,
I recently bought a PowerBook G3 "Pismo". The original user had erased Mac OS 9 and installed Linux on it.
When I turned the computer on, it first gave me a black-and-white command-line-interface that I couldn't understand.
It then showed some weird screens, so I turned it off.
Now the computer won't start. It spins its HDD normally, and it chimes normally, but the screen remains black.
After some 5 minutes, it just turns itself off.
I've reset the PRAM, unplugged the PRAM battery, pressed control-option-powerbutton but nothing helped.
How can I get my PowerBook running well again?
I do not own any CD copies of Mac OS 9 or early versions of Mac OS X, so booting with CD is not a viable option for me.
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