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Originally Posted by MovieBird
I don't use Macs unless at a friends house, but my understanding was that the G3 iMac simply reset to default values on the PRAM? My issue on the PC side was updating to a newer version. As an aside, it really galls me when manufacturers give firmware updates in the form of an *.exe.
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Machines of that era used
Open Firmware. Settings were stored in the NVRAM (PRAM is an old term) and could be reset, but it was possible to use the NVRAM to write a firmware update that Open Firmware could load as well. It was sent out in the form of an installer app, but the means of updating was safe enough (the firmware update could be rejected if corrupted). Even the G3 iMac got at least one firmware update this way.