On 19 Sep 2005, at 03:34, Andrew Cramer wrote:
Hi, I'm a newby on this list so I'm really not sure if
this is where I should be sending this type of email &
i'm really sorry if this is just another email
clogging up your inboxes.
No - this is _exactly_ the kind of message that this list is intended
for, Welcome!
I'm a computer engineering student at the University
of Michigan & i recently found a Macintosh SE in the
basement of my house. I'm not really sure how long
it's been there and I don't have too much experience
with Macs. It says "radius accelerator 16" on the
front & the label on the back says Macintosh SE 1
Mbyte RAM, 800K Drive, 20SC Hard Disk. I'm assuming
the 20SC means a 20 MB SCSI drive but like I said I
don't know too much about Macs.
Right so far.
Anyway, finding this in my basement piqued my interest
in it so I set it up but all it does is give me a
message that says:
Sorry, a sustem error occured.
"Finder"
error type 41
I'm really at a loss as to how to go about fixing
this. If you have any suggestions that would be
great.
Almost certainly, the system software on the HD has been corrupted.
My plan of attack would first be to get inside the SE and, if possible,
remove the accelerator. The 'accelerator' is a 'good thing' in
principle, but makes life unnecessarily complicated when trying to get
a machine started in the first place!
For that, you'll need a T-15 driver
Seehttp://www.macfaq.org/hardware/misc.shtml#Q2.8.3
Then you need a floppy disc to boot from; something like system 6.0.8.
The question here is whether you have access to a Mac which can write
800Kb floppy discs (modern Macs can't). If not, you need someone to
send you a floppy disc - ideally someone in the US, I guess.
While you're waiting, 'read, learn and inwardly digest' the following
two sites and links therefrom:
http://www.macfaq.org/
http://www.lowendmac.com/compact/se.shtml
Good luck!
Stuart
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