Re: Initializing an internal SCSI hard drive

2001-07-23 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Jeff Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: David Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vintage Macs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, July 22, 2001 8:55 AM Subject: Initializing an internal SCSI hard drive Can someone please tell me how to do this? I just bought

Re: Format a PC IDE Drive

2001-07-23 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Black*Fire http://www.blackfire.com.au/ makes an IDE to SCSI conversion adaptor that plugs directly onto the back of an IDE device to convert it to SCSI. Unfortunately it will only fit in a 5.25 bay, even when used with a 3.5 drive. --- Norbert van Bemmel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually,

Re: 128K and colour classic

2001-07-23 Thread Jeff Garrison
-Original Message- From: Nick Canterucci [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vintage Macs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, July 22, 2001 8:12 PM Subject: 128K and colour classic Hello fellow vintage mac heads.. Also does any one know anything about an upgrade in early 1984, called monster mac...?

Re: Initializing an internal SCSI hard drive

2001-07-23 Thread Jeff Garrison
-Original Message- From: Robert Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vintage Macs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, July 23, 2001 6:11 AM Subject: Re: Initializing an internal SCSI hard drive I added Lido to my tool box. Upon checking it out I see that it will only deal with the 0 SCSI bus.

What is the most stable software around 8.0

2001-07-23 Thread Allen R. Kohler
I refuse to continue to play the upgrade game. I have lots of software that worked really well when I got my Power Macintosh G3, but as I have tried to keep up with the Apple OS updates, I have been having more and more problems with my other software. So, I have decided to go back to the

Re: What is the most stable software around 8.0

2001-07-23 Thread Michael J. Flaherty
So, I need to know what is the most stable Mac OS software around 8.0. Actually, the version that came on the software restore disk with my G3 is 8.1. I upgraded to 8.6, 8.1 is stable and economical with RAM compared to 8.6. 8.6 is also very stable and adds firewire support and Sherlock.

Re: Use a PC IDE Drive In Vintage Tin

2001-07-23 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Jeff Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are our chances we can find a nubus card that supports only one IDE drive designed for the 68040 class of Macs running that range from 20 to 40 Mhz.? Jeff Pretty much nil. There are (or were) general purpose IDE interface chips that needed

Re: Initializing an internal SCSI hard drive

2001-07-23 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Jeff Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Robert Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vintage Macs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, July 23, 2001 6:11 AM Subject: Re: Initializing an internal SCSI hard drive I added Lido to my tool box. Upon checking it

Re: Wierd old external hard drive... any ideas on how to power it up?

2001-07-23 Thread Gregg Eshelman
It draws power from the serial port. But which of the 3 pin ports on the drive itself to use, hmmm? Crack the thing open and do some wire tracing from those two 3 pin ports. Maybe they're just connected together for daisy chaining power to a second drive. I wouldn't try running more than one

Re: non mac monitors

2001-07-23 Thread Dana Collins
From: Anand Keathley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:24:36 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Subject: non mac monitors Hi, I'm new here so I hope my questions don't sound too lame. I'm fixing up macs to give away.

Re: Use a PC IDE Drive In Vintage Tin

2001-07-23 Thread the pickle
At 06:00 -0700 on 23/07/01, Jeff Garrison wrote: There again, we've got a too new for Vintage situation. These cards on their site won't run on anything less than OS 8, and are designed for modern Mac use. That's what they might claim, but I'm pretty sure Peter Haas over on Quadlist has gotten

Re: Wierd old external hard drive... any ideas on how to power it up?

2001-07-23 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 14:37 +0100 on 23/07/01, Mike Evans wrote: The weird thing is, there is no socket for power at the back. At the back of it, apart from the normal two SCSI ports (Centronics-50), there are just two mini-DIN 8 type sockets (similar -looking to the

Re: What is the most stable software around 8.0

2001-07-23 Thread the pickle
At 11:37 -0700 on 23/07/01, Allen R. Kohler wrote: I refuse to continue to play the upgrade game. I have lots of software that worked really well when I got my Power Macintosh G3, but as I have tried to Wait a second. Now I can sort of understand someone thinking the 6100 is vintage, but a

Re: non mac monitors

2001-07-23 Thread Gregg Eshelman
The Belkin F3H1381 is a bit on the expensive side, but it will make dang near any monitor work on any Mac with a DB15 monitor port. It compensates for all the combinations of sysnch on green/H-V synch/composite synch plus scan frequencies. A wonderful doo-dad to have if you're teching on a pile

Re: Format a PC IDE Drive

2001-07-23 Thread Steve Moody
At 7:16 AM -0400 7/23/2001, the pickle wrote: http://www.acard.com/ Anyone here try that for swapping an internal SCSI drive with a 10gb IDE in a vintage Mac? -- http://homepage.mac.com/stmoody/ http://www.13idol.com/mac/macfacts.html Handgun crime in Britain has increased more than

What is the most stable OS around 8.0?

2001-07-23 Thread Anand Keathley
What? G3 stuff here;-( Well, for what it's worth, 8.6 Anand -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low

Re: Initializing an internal SCSI hard drive

2001-07-23 Thread David Price
Can someone please tell me how to do this? I just bought a 800mg Quantum hard drive for an Apple IIsi, and I can't get the computer to recognize it. I keep getting the message that the HD is locked. Thanks a million. DP Search and download Lido 7.56 formatter. This may unlock the drive,

Re: non mac monitors

2001-07-23 Thread Dana Collins
From: Alex Allee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:23:33 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Subject: Re: non mac monitors on 7/23/01 8:58 AM, Dana Collins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where to get them cheaply? Aye, there's

Re: non mac monitors

2001-07-23 Thread Dana Collins
From: Anand Keathley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 20:34:26 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Subject: non mac monitors Thanks for the feed back everybody. I tried, http://www.compgeeks.com but things froze up. I'll make