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Imac dilemma

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Ah, this is my first post in the Macintosh area. I'm almost always working on PCs for resale but I have an older Imac that I've got problems with. Apparently, the operating system isn't on the harddrive or has been corrupted as I only get the flashing "mac guy/question mark" folder in the center of the screen when I turn it on. I found a CD that I thought might be the OS or a boot disk and put it into the drive. It's not the right disk. How can I get it out? There is no "eject" button that I can find. Is there anyway to get this out and can someone give me a little background on this machine? I've used many macs at print shops but have rarely needed to work on them. Thanks!
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If the machine has a slot drive cdrom you can use a car key in the most extreme right hand internal portion of the slot. This will cause the computer to eject the drive.

To boot from any OS disk on a Mac you may need to press and hold the "c" key down if the computer does not automatically select the cd rom as the boot disk.

If you are looking for a Macintosh operating cd rom, check out ebay. For a Mac that old look for OS 8.6 (you might have to buy version 8.1 with an upgrade to 8.6). If you have at least 64 megs of ram, you can install OS 9.22. I wouldn't try using OS 10 on the system unless you have at least 128 megs of ram AND have made sure the firmware systems are all installed, which you have to use OS 9 to do.
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