Thanks! I'll look into this, I'm pretty excited that this thing just randomly wound up in my hands because the people in the house before me decided to just stow it away in the basement indefinitely.
-Andy --- Stuart Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > -- > 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/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
