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cammykool

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A very cool device I found at a thrift store recently. I can't find much info on it, But it is late run 1.25 GHz iBook G4. It has a very modified copy of Mac OS with parental controls and a locked down admin account. It auto boots into this really interesting piece of voice recognition software.

Michael MJD on YouTube made a very interesting video on the intel version of this unit

It is fully intact and functional even with a working battery! They have put small stickers over every reference of Apple and have modified Mac OS heavily with their logo! My device is missing the touch screen but is otherwise intact!

 

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TheShortTimer

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Thanks for sharing this with us! :)

This is something that I was unawares of. Is it possible for you to clone the drive so that it can be uploaded somewhere (maybe the Mac Garden?) as that would allow others to try it out?
 

redheeler

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I’ve seen the video from MJD, these are interesting. Not a lot of them out there, definitely a rare find!

I couldn’t help but notice your dog in one of the pics, what kind of dog is it?
 
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cammykool

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I’ve seen the video from MJD, these are interesting. Not a lot of them out there, definitely a rare find!

I couldn’t help but notice your dog in one of the pics, what kind of dog is it?
I didn't realize she had photobombed my picture LOL. She is a Red Heeler named Macs
 

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