Is there anything I have to do to get the system to recognize the external one?
Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vintage Macs" <vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:00 PM Subject: Re: newbie > You can boot from an external SCSI drive. Might have to unplug the > messed-up internal one, if it's hanging the system. > > > > At 1:52 PM -0400 4/26/05, Eric & Amy wrote: > >I found a external SCSI drive, 40MB at a thrift shop that runs. > >Could this work instead, or do i need the internal one install first? > > > >Eric > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Mark Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Vintage Macs" <vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:52 AM > >Subject: Re: newbie > > > > > >> > >> On Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at 12:42PM, Eric & Amy > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> >Hello > >> >I am new to your world of older MAC's. > >> >My daughter recieved a LCIII from her grandmother who is a teacher. > >> >Her school upgraded to wintel machines and parted ways with thier MAC's. > >> >This particular machine is in need of a hard drive replacement though, > >and I > >> >am at a loss on which drives would work. > >> >Any ideas? > >> > >> Any 50-pin Narrow SCSI hard drive will drop straight in. SCSI sometimes > >requires a bit of Voodoo trickery to get working, but as long as the ID is > >not set to '7' (usually they are set to '0' on single drive Macs) and the > >drive is terminated (usually a jumper or a pair of resistor packs) then it > >will work OK provided the drive itself is working. > >> > >> The LCIII is a fairly robust machine generally speaking, if not the > >fastest on the planet. 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