I'm sure sometime during the production run Apple consolidated the
onboard RAM from four 512k chips to two 1MB chips as configurations
changed and RAM got smaller and cheaper (though such a change should
have a rev letter on the part number -- check the edge of the logic
board for a REV B indication). Are you saying it has no more RAM
installed than the onboard chips? It takes two 4MB cards to max out the
RAM, easily found on eBay, but requires the 32-bit enabler to access
all 10MB. Have you tried Apple's HDSC Set Up utility to initialize the
disk? AFAIK there was only an FPU expansion card ever made for the
expansion slot so you can add a math coprocessor to the 68030 chip --
you could also use it on an LC & LC II (I assume with a right-angle
adapter). I'm not aware of any kind of ROM expansion. Apple discouraged
third party development for the slot, to the extent any such device
would void the customer's warranty. You should be able to reformat the
drive unless it's physically damaged in some way. Then you're probably
better off just replacing it.
On Jul 10, 2005, at 4:28 PM, Charles wrote:
I found a Classic II at the local Good Will computer store for $5 -
with
a sticker "AS IS". It started with black and white bars. I washed the
mother board in Isopropal alcohol and it works!. From somethere I have
a mother board for a Classic II but it looks different from the one
that
I bought in one respect. I believe it is the built in RAM on board.
One of the motherboards has 4 memory chips and one has two.
There is a ROM/FPU expansion slot. Is this something that was there but
nothing was made to go there?
However the hard drive does not work. Norton recognizes it but cannot
do anything else. I have mount everything which tells me 'hardware
problem' Norton tells me it is a Quantum Model CTS40s that does not
have a HFS system.
Can anythinng be done with this har drive?
I may be looking to buy some memory and a modem in the future.
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