Thanks Stuart!
I'd hate to fry my new babies.
Can you believe that last night I bought three Color Classics (two working, but without hard drives; the other for parts), a Mac Plus, RAM to max out the CCs and six old hard drives (which I was shown how to install) - all for AU$50!!!
I'm going to have a go at installing a hard drive now!
Great to be on the list :)
Rob
On 23/03/2005, at 6:26 PM, Stuart Bell wrote:
On 22 Mar 2005, at 23:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Guys,
I'm new to the list - so, firstly - Hello :)
I'm hoping for some advice. I've just inherited two Color Classics - both
working from a boot disk but both without hard disks.
I've found these hard disks on Australia's eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/
eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5175695778&ssPageName=ADME:X:ON:AU:2
Will these work with a Color Classic?
In principle, yes. But two issues may arise; earlier Apple s/w (HD setup etc) requires 'Apple ROMs' on HDs to format them, but you can either use a patched version to avoid that issue, or one of numerous 3rd party utilities.
The second point is that 7200rpm drives may run a little warm in the confines of the bottom of a CC. I wouldn't run one in the 30 degrees + (90+ for centigradally challenged readers) of an Australian summer!
Stuart
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