On Dec 8, 2011, at 3:17 AM, 33black wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I've posted in a few forums, so let me try and be to the point. > > I got a Mac Classic in near mint condition for only $35 from a guy on > craigslist. He said sometimes it was booting into System 6, and > sometimes it would just be the floppy disk with the question mark, > hence, there is no OS, or it can't find it. Of course, when I turned > it on, I got that every time. > > I went through the process of ordering the Torx bit, an extender, to > open it up. Saw the 40MB stock HD, assumed it wasn't working. Pulled > it out and ordered a 2.1gb seagate. Put that in, trying to no avail > to get it to work, when someone pointed out to me that it wouldn't > work because it's not an Apple branded drive, so HD SC won't recognize > it. > > I also ordered System 7, so that's the HD SC I'm working with. > > I ordered a passive and active SCSI terminator, not knowing which or > if I needed either one of those. I then ordered a 1.2gb internal > APPLE BRANDED SCSI. A Quantum Fireball. > > Again, HD SC doesn't recognize it. I've tried terminators on and off, > every jumper setting I could think of...I'm pretty sure it's just > supposed to be ID 0. > > ANY help would be greatly appreciated. This is a 3 week process...I > love the challenge of getting the old machines working, that's why I > do it, but at some point it just gets ridiculous. I can't find any > info on this on the internet, I've searched in great length. > > Thanks guys. > > > Mike Racanelli > Los Angeles, CA 90038
You need a start up disk tools floppy to boot it and then you have to format the HDD. I never did one with that size drive though.:= You can down load the floppy's from old macs on the net, Norton Disk Doctor is good for mounting hiding drives too. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
