Hi everyone - I was at a library book sale this morning, and found, among a few "yard sale" items there, a Mac 512K (Model # M0001W). It included the keyboard and manual, but no mouse. It powers up successfully and boots to some sort of guided tour / introduction to the Mac type program. I assume that this was some sort of introductory disk that came with the system, and no others were included. This disk itself was in the drive, and I have not attempted to remove it.
Now, I'm a pretty complete classic Mac newbie. I was exposed to PowerMacs back 10 or 11 years ago, but that was my only brush with greatness. So I guess I need some real hand-holding here. As there is no mouse, my hope was that when I booted up, I'd be able to do something by way of keyboard shortcuts, and at least interact with the machine in that way. But there is no reaction to any keyboard input in this "introductory program". So my first question is: Are there any keyboard shortcuts that are universal, and should be responded to no matter what software is running? What I need to figure out is if the keyboard is dead, or just being ignored. Secondly, am I in danger of damaging the filesystem on the floppy by just turning the Mac off with no other interaction? Is there a shutdown procedure, and can it be done without a mouse. (Didn't see anything in the manual about this.) Last, can an old PC serial mouse be interfaced to the Mac? Any pointers to interface schematics, if necessary. I know I can get replacement mice on ebay, but as I have a pile of old serial mice kicking around, I thought it would be a fast way to get the Mac talking to me. I remember sitting in another library 20 years ago and reading about the introduction of the Mac in Byte, and it's only taken me that long to finally own one. Better late than never! TIA... Tim -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
