Password Security control panel

The Password Security control panel was included with PowerBooks running classic Mac OS.

Description
PowerBooks are protected from unauthorized use by means of this control panel. When activated, a password is required every time the Mac is turned on, and optionally when it wakes up.

Security is very high with this control panel. Neither pressing the shift key during startup nor starting up from the Disk Tools diskette would get by the password prompt. Moreover, the password is never shown in any other form, except by a string of bullets (•••).

If the password was ever lost or forgotten, the PowerBook had to be sent (along with the original purchase evidence) to an Apple Authorized Service Provider, where special software was used to bypass the control panel's security.