Daniel I have a feeling that someone will suggest you download the system software from the Apple web site.
An alternative is to order a replacement system CD from MacRabbit at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~koala1/macrabbit/maccds.html. I checked the site and they have a LC520 system CD for $15. Good luck Cheers Greg on 15/5/03 3:52 PM, Daniel Forsdyke at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > I have a friend with an old Mac LC520. At present he can't get it working > so I brought it home to see if I could manage something!! > > He was given the LC, but it did not come with its system install disks. It > had been working find for word processing etc, but recently crashed and now > will not start up. > > Having tried to start it last night, it currently powers up and sits there > with a flashing question mark on disk image. > > First attempt was to tried and boot off my Diskwarrior CD, which has system > 7.1 on it. I ended up with the "Sad Mac" logo and sound. > > Next attempt was a System 6.0.5 install disk, and then System Tools disk > (6.0.5), which would not work. > > I then tried burning System 7.1 onto a CD from the Diskwarrior CD and after > failing to start, I now am unable to eject the CD Caddy to remove the disk!! > > I have also tried zapping the PRAM with no change to the flashing "?" mark. > > Mactracker states that this particular model only runs on Mac OS 7.1 to > 7.6.1, but I have no idea to get this on disk. > > Other Mactracker stats are: > Mac LC 520 > Motorola 68030, 25mhz > Mother board RAM = 4 MB > Max RAM = 36 MB (don't know how much is in this machine) > > My main question/s: > > Does anybody have install disks for this computer, or system 7 in general. > > Or, does anyone know where I might find them online. > > Is there anything else that I could try with the software that I already > have. > > I currently have the following: > > Emac 700mhz G4 running Mac OS X with CD-RW/DVD-ROM > > Powerbook 1400cs running Mac OS 8.1 > > Powerbook 1400cs running Mac OS 8.6 > > System 6.0.5 install disks and disk tools > > Diskwarrior 2.1 CD with Mac OS 7.1, OS 8.1 and OS 9.1 on disk > > Help greatly appreciated! > > Regards > Daniel > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
