Re: Need help with macintosh IIci

2004-01-04 Thread Darren
Ricardo L. A. Bánffy wrote: Seems nobody asked that: Do you have access to a CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW drive with a SCSI interface? You could then start the computer with a CD-ROM instead of the floppy. A CD image is much easier to make. I also experienced weird start-up problems when a client insisted

Re: Need help with macintosh IIci

2004-01-04 Thread "Ricardo L. A. Bánffy"
Seems nobody asked that: Do you have access to a CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW drive with a SCSI interface? You could then start the computer with a CD-ROM instead of the floppy. A CD image is much easier to make. I also experienced weird start-up problems when a client insisted on attaching a parallel pr

Re: Need help with macintosh IIci

2004-01-04 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: If any of the 1.4 meg images are uncompressed Disk Copy image files, they can be written to disk on a PC using RAWRITE, a command line utility that can be run in a DOS prompt in Windows. Dunno if it works in a Command prompt in NT/2000/XP. You'll need the free Stuffit Expand

Re: Need help with macintosh IIci

2004-01-01 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Jim McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might also try this site for various boot discs > providing you can > download onto a mac formatted floppy(ies): > > http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/ If any of the 1.4 meg images are uncompressed Disk Copy image files, they can be written to disk o

Re: Need help with macintosh IIci

2004-01-01 Thread Darren
Peet Grobler wrote: Hi. I recently got my hands on a Macintosh IIci. I have no idea how to use the machine, though I've been told it doesn't work. The machine doesn't boot up, but displays a diskette icon with a question mark in it. I need to find a boot disk. I've been through the apple download

Re: Need help with macintosh IIci

2004-01-01 Thread Adriaan Stolk
Not Neccesarily, if there is no hard drive in the mac that will also happen - Original Message - From: "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 8:51 AM Subject: Re: Need help with macint

Re: Need help with macintosh IIci

2004-01-01 Thread Jim McGee
> > Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 13:20:38 -0800 > To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Need help with macintosh IIci > > on 1/1/04 12:00 PM, Peet Grobler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>>>> How would I go about getting a boot disk

Re: Need help with macintosh IIci

2004-01-01 Thread J.S. Garrison
on 1/1/04 12:00 PM, Peet Grobler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How would I go about getting a boot disk from one of you? Can you supply > me with one? I need to be able to boot the machine and figure out whether or > not the hard disk is working. <<< > > Regards, > Peet > OK, Peet, assuming

Re: Need help with macintosh IIci

2004-01-01 Thread Peet Grobler
Jeff: The Question Mark over a disk icon is the Mac's way of saying the hard disk is either not spinning, not connected properly, or is/has damage to either the System Folder or platters/controller card. >>> I figured that. I do have a spare disk if that one is broken. The person giving me the mac

Re: Need help with macintosh IIci

2004-01-01 Thread J.S. Garrison
on 12/29/03 6:20 AM, Peet Grobler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi. > > I recently got my hands on a Macintosh IIci. I have no idea how to use the > machine, though I've been told it doesn't work. The machine doesn't boot up, > but displays a diskette icon with a question mark in it. > > I need

Need help with macintosh IIci

2004-01-01 Thread Peet Grobler
Hi. I recently got my hands on a Macintosh IIci. I have no idea how to use the machine, though I've been told it doesn't work. The machine doesn't boot up, but displays a diskette icon with a question mark in it. I need to find a boot disk. I've been through the apple downloads, but can't find a