I finally did it! I managed to format my SE non-apple SCSI HD to work using that patched software. Thanks a ton! Now I have exactly 6148MB of space on a Macintosh SE. Final configuration (internal): Two 1.4MB (reduced to 800k based on ROM) Floppy drives, one 6148MB IDE HD (converted successfully to SCSI using an adapter), System 6.0.8 (full install), and a bunch of other apps that I don't need. :D
Moving on to the final issue, I think I may have found a solution to my networking dilemma. First, small issue. Wow...I seem to be having a lot of those, don't I? Anyway, I found my old Performa 6110CD, and tried to boot it, just for proof of concept. It chimed, and I quickly realized that the HD was shot. Not an issue, as it comes with a CD drive and a Floppy drive, and I have the means to make a startup disk. However, the display-out connection is somewhat, *ahem* useless. It is an HDI-45 connection (wiki <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDI-45_connector>), and I rummaged through the old bins to start finding adapters. I managed to create a makeshift string *(yes, string)* of adapters. Basically, it goes like this...and excuse my poor drawing skills. [=== denotes two ends of a single adapter, +++ denotes a connection between two different adapters, F denotes female, M denotes male) Performa HDI-45(F) --> HDI-45(M) === DB-15(F) +++ DB15(M) === DB15(M) +++ DB15(M) === VGA(F) +++ VGA(M) === VGA(M) +++ VGA Cable --> Display However, despite my trying, it doesn't work. Suggestions to get an HDI-45 connection to a VGA display? OR, alternatively, does anybody have a SVGA display connection technique they'd be willing to share? :) OR EVEN, does anybody have a working HDI-45 display? Also, I don't have any way of networking my SE, as it doesn't have ethernet or anything. Suggestions for a PDS card? -Jake On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:25 AM, dale-gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > jake; > > > here is the patched HD SC setup > http://home.earthlink.net/~**gamba2/hd.html<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Egamba2/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 > > > ----- Original Message ----- 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. 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