Re: IIsi Hard Drive Troubles

-- >From: "Dave Pekarsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Vintage Macs) >Subject: IIsi Hard Drive Troubles >Date: Wed, Apr 17, 2002, 2:06 PM > > After receiving my Quantum Lightning ProDrive in the mail today, I > immediately installed into my IIsi which I had bought it fo

Selecting OS on startup

Greetings, all. A while back some of you were discussing a desire for the ability to select the OS on bootup. In going through my OS X Server CD I found something called "System Disk" from Apple. This is apparently how you selected OS X Server v1.x for bootup. The interesting part is that t

Re: Apple LaserWriter LS vs NTR

Hi, I'm the original poster and after reading the following: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Goetz Hoffart) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 19:11:18 +0200 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have a chance to replace an non-working Apple Personal LaserWriter NTR > with a very good still working well, Personal L

Re: MY FIRST SYSTEM CRASH

thanks for your replies. I printed them out for guidance, and I am reading 'sad macs, bombs, and other disasters' by ted landau,for additional understanding. I have not yet approached the computer to try once again to unlock it. being the cautious type, and being so new, I have been thinking thru

Re: Apple LaserWriter LS vs NTR

At 14:19 -0500 on 18/04/02, Jim Raper wrote: >I was wondering if I can upgrade the LS to NTR. I have a couple of NTR Yes, as was already discussed. the pickle FAQ Software Archive

Re: MY FIRST SYSTEM CRASH

>>situation would be to use the finder to locate your system folder, open the whole folder on the desktop, pull the system folder file out to the desktop, close the window of the system folder behind it, and then create alias for that one file while they are out on the desktop.<< But, why? Just

Re: MY FIRST SYSTEM CRASH

ok sports fans, welcome back to my first challenge of janet vs mac. I've been thinking about what to do for a backup, in case i totaly corrupt my system folder. this is the IIfx running 7.5.5, whose system folder i inadvertently froze by taking the system file out on the desktop to make an alias

Re: MY FIRST SYSTEM CRASH

Couldn't you take the hard drive from the headless mac, make that the primary on the crippled mac, hook the hard drive from the crippled mac up as drive number two and then copy the files to fix it? You'd need a SCSI terminator, I'd think. You would also need to change the drive numbers, so it w

MY First Bomb!?

Can anyone tell me what "Unimplemented Trap" is? jeff -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac

Re: MY First Bomb!?

At 10:27 PM 4/18/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Can anyone tell me what "Unimplemented Trap" is? >jeff Basically the way the ROM and OS work is that it sets up various routines that do things, called traps. The programs call these traps and if it calls one that isn't found, then you get that error.

Re: MY First Bomb!?

At 22:27 -0400 on 18/04/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Can anyone tell me what "Unimplemented Trap" is? A trap that hasn't been implemented yet :) Usually indicates you're using something on an OS older than it's intended to be used on, or vice versa. Can also happen when trying to run fat bin

Re: MY FIRST SYSTEM CRASH

>...recreate the situation i caused, on your own machine, >and see if your suggested measures are successful Unable to recreate the problem. No system crash. No "welded" icons. No freezing display. Trash the Finder preference file and restart. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Re: MY FIRST SYSTEM CRASH

First thing is you should leave the System Folder where it is and don't try making an alias to it. :) It's easy enough to doubleclick the hard drive then locate the System Folder. To install most control panels and extentions just drag them onto the System Folder and it will ask you if you want t