Re: LC475 Stuff

At 01:09 AM 9/21/2003, you wrote: Excellent. Now here's another question: I'm not sure if the monitors would come with the desktops. If not, would I NEED a mac monitor, or is there an adapter I can get to change the 2 row 15 pin connection to a 'standard' pc variety SVGA connector? Joseph Smithee i

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Excellent. Now here's another question: I'm not sure if the monitors would come with the desktops. If not, would I NEED a mac monitor, or is there an adapter I can get to change the 2 row 15 pin connection to a 'standard' pc variety SVGA connector? Joseph Smith -Original Message- From: Qu

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At 12:39 AM 9/21/2003, you wrote: but I know that there's no Ethernet connection on the computer. Is it possible to connect the AppleShare port up to that? Or am I SOL as far as getting it onto a reasonable (i.e. non-dialup) internet connection. You could just get a $5-10 LC PDS ethercard for it

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Hi. I was in a local used computer store today, and they have a couple of LC 475s there that the shopkeeper said he'd be able to sell me for "like pennies" was his exact wording. He said I should come back and see him at the end of the week. I'm thinking yes, as this is a pretty good price, and I u

Re: Quadra 610 DOS was (No Subject)

At 11:46 PM 9/20/2003, you wrote: A drive may only be made bootable at FORMAT time as much of the DOS system is "unmovable". Except for the sys.com command, which moves it ;) Scott Holder -- Quadlist is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.co

Re: Quadra 610 DOS was (No Subject)

>If I remember right -- copy sys a: c: is what makes a drive bootable ( >floppy to hard drive ) FORMAT A: /S is what makes the drive bootable. If the /S option is not included, the drive is made usable for data storage, but not for system residence. Following that with COPY A:*.* C: will co

Re: Quadra 610 DOS was (No Subject)

At 09:41 PM 9/20/2003, you wrote: If I remember right -- copy sys a: c: is what makes a drive bootable ( floppy to hard drive ) Not quite. It's either format /s c: , assuming you're booted from a floppy disk with format on it, or you can sys c: from a: if you have sys.com on board. I'm an old

Re: Quadra 610 DOS was (No Subject)

If I remember right -- copy sys a: c: is what makes a drive bootable ( floppy to hard drive ) << Just sticking a copy of command.com on a disk won't make it bootable. >> Quite correct. There are two "invsible" files on a bootable DOS volume, and, in addition, the boot blocks contain the "boot

Re: LC 580?

My Reply follows quote. On 20/09/2003 17:15 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Subject: LC 580? > > >Greetings, > I have an LC580 that the HD is bad on. But that >is not my question. As I was working with it to >discover the problem, I discovered it was a Power Mac. > I opened it up to see what I co

Re: LC 580?

Subject: LC 580? Greetings, I have an LC580 that the HD is bad on. But that is not my question. As I was working with it to discover the problem, I discovered it was a Power Mac. I opened it up to see what I could find and it has a PowerPC 603 chip. What sort of motherboard would fit in

Re: Quadra 610 DOS was (No Subject)

> Also, unlike Apple, no versions of MS-DOS are really free. There are some > other DOSes like DR-DOS that are, and even run Windows from what > I've read, > but no MS-DOSes. Doesn't mean they're not available, but, eh :) FreeDOS is quite free and 100% MSDOS compatible. As I recall, in the end MSD

Re: Quadra 610 DOS was (No Subject)

In a message dated 9/20/03 10:47:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Just sticking a copy of command.com on a disk won't make it bootable. >> Quite correct. There are two "invsible" files on a bootable DOS volume, and, in addition, the boot blocks contain the "bootstrap loader" (an admittedly

Re: Quadra 610 DOS was (No Subject)

At 08:43 AM 9/18/2003, you wrote: All you need for dos is command.com, available for free many places on the internet. But you also need to prepare the drive, configure the Master Boot Record, and there are also a couple hidden boot files (MSDOS.SYS and IO.SYS) that are required. Just sticking