jake;
here is the patched HD SC setup
http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/hd.html
need to download this on Powerbook and/or macbook pro with a web browser..
copy to 800k floppy.
wrks on my SE..
appletalk is away to connect SE to powerbook..
you need a serial 8 pin 'printer' cable to hook up the two machines.
dale
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From: "Jake" <[email protected]>
To: "Vintage Macs" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: Mac SE SCSI
Wow...you'd never think that a small post on a website would balloon
to this. Thanks everybody! I appreciate all the posts and advice.
I am trying to format my Mac SE's new HD that I installed, and I need
links to format utilities for system 6 that allow for the format of
non-apple drives. Can't find any...
Also, I've conclusively decided that I need to get my computers on the
Internet. In order to do this, I need either an expansion card, or
magic. I think the former is the best option, because the latter would
probably require some other being or power that I do not currently
posess.
As for an expansion card, are there any suggestions? For both the
PB1400 and the SE, I think Ethernet is the best option, as it requires
the fewest resources and drivers.
The PowerBook has room for two PCMCIA cards, so all I need to do is
find a compatible one, and then (for sake of networking) share my Lion
Airport connection over Ethernet with the PB, solving networking
issues.
As for the SE, it would seem I am out of luck, because there is no
visible slot or anything for expansion. However, upon further
investigation, there is a partially hidden PDS slot on the
motherboard.
For those of you who aren't firmilar with PDS, it was the predecessor
(essentially) to PCI and other connections. It uses a 96-pin
connection (3 rows of 32).
Does anybody have links to PDS ethernet cards and their respective
drivers (system 6 compatible)?
Once again, thanks for all the suggestions everybody!
On Nov 10, 10:29 pm, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
On Nov 10, 2011, at 4:32 PM, Bob C. wrote:
> Hi Doug,
> I don't know why I didn't do it before, but I just Google'd "RS-232 on
> OSX" and got several suggested links. Naturally, I clicked on the one
> that was from LowEndMac.com !! :-)
> Here's the related passage that caught my eye, under "Serial
> Connections:
> "Most Macs today don't have legacy serial ports, so you will need to
> pick up a USB-to-serial adapter like the IOGear GUC232A. IOGear
> provides the drivers for Mac OS X, so all you will need now is a good
> terminal app. A terminal emulator is a command line shell that in the
> old days was a physical dumb video terminal connected to a big
> mainframe. Yes, it's very similar to Mac OS X terminal but it uses the
> serial connection for its input and output.
You can use the shell command "screen" (in "Terminal") as in:
screen /dev/tty.usbXYZABC 9600
which sets up a terminal session to device tty.usbXYZABC (made up name) at
9600 BPS. There are more parameters but I've never had need of them.
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
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