A great tool I used for my Mac SE is called Lido 7. http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/lido7.html Not recommended for anything above 7.5.3, so if you are using on anything higher, I recommend MicroNetUtility. http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/bnchmrks.html is a great site for others if neither of those two work. DL links are also there for both Lido7 and MNU. All of these utilities can format any Mac HD along the SCSI chain.
If you need a boot disk, you can either download a sys6 or sys7 disk, or hold down CMD-OPT-X-O on boot, and that could boot into a ROM- stored read-only version of 6.0.3. Undocumented feature present on some (if not all) mac classics. If you need images for floppies, try here: http://www.mac512.com/macwebpages/ssdl.htm or here http://www.earlymacintosh.org/disk_images.html Hope that helps! -Jake On Dec 8, 6:17 am, 33black <[email protected]> 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 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/
