Thank you. See you all later. Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr.O.M.Betz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 5:31 PM Subject: Re: Macintosh Classic
> >I just stopped someone throwing one out. When I turn it on it just shows a > >floppy. How do I get an OS? > > > >Bruce > > Welcome to the club. I recommend before you waste too much online time that > you turn to the pickle's FAQ at http://macfaq.org/index.shtml and Gamba's > site http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/index.html where your questions (and > a lot of the questions to come) are answered, especially if you are online > on a new Mac or on a PC. Best system for a Classic is 6.0.8 or, if you ca > get hold of it (it is not publicly available for copyright reasons) 7.1. In > the meantime you can enjoy a unique feature of the Classic: It can boot > from ROM to a built-in System 6.0.3. Just press command(Apple)- > option(alt)-x-o when switching the machine on. This will help you learn > more about your new acquisition, whether it has a HD or not, how much RAM > etc. > > HTH, OM > > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > \ / No HTML/RTF in email > X No Word docs in email > / \ Respect for open standards > > > > -- > Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
