Lee, I had the same problem- go here:
http://www.asy.com/scrtm.htm and download Transmac (free trial)- it allows you to format and write to a Mac floppy on a PC. Then you can download the OS on your PC and write it to disc the Mac will recognise (took me a coupla tries, but I made it work :) Cris. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Haymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 12:55 AM Subject: Re: New to list & Macs, need OS for a 140 > > --- Shon Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Lee Haymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > New to Macs, just got a powerbook 140, need > > an OS > > > for it. All I have besides this are PC's, > > can I > > > download an OS for it? Dosn't seem to work, > > the > > > Mac dosn't recognize it. It won't take OS 8, > > > formatted for Macs, either. Heard OS 7.0.1 > > would > > > work, higher versions would with extra > > memory. I > > > think it's got some memory upgrades, a little > > > board with 4 surface mount chips. Dosn't > > look > > > like PC memory. Sugestions? > > > > > > Thanks, Lee > > > > > > > First, go here: > > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/bootdisks.html > > > > You should be able to get a boot disc tro set > > you up. > > Then hit: > > > http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/ > > > > and you should be good to go. > > Thanks, Shon, but I already tried this. The Mac > dosn't recognize it. Shows the "floppy" icon with > a flashing "X" on it. Should it recognize it, > even though it was created on a PC? Am I leaving > out a step, formatting the disk for a Mac? > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > -- > PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
