>Hi all > >I have been reading Quadlist for a month or so, but >this is my first post, so hello everyone. By the way, >I live in the UK. > >I recently picked up a Performa 630 Dos compatible and >love it to bits. It has found a happy home with my >iMac and SE. > >Anyway, as I got the Dos version I was hoping to use >it to run the one or two Windows things I must still >use. A mate of mine has an almost identical 630 and >can switch to Windows by keying Cmd-Enter. This does >not work on mine and I suspect that there is no dos or >windows installation there. Hard drive seems >suspiciously empty. > >Does anyone have any tips or experience of this >machine and this problem? > >Thanks > >Antony Deter
You need to have the DOS Compatibility extension installed. I use version 1.0.6 with system 7.5.5 and have few problems. Then, you need to create a hard disk image. Select it as the C: Drive in the DOS Compatibility control panel. Then, you need a boot disk that will do a "Format" - a startup disk created by a windows 98 or 95 machine will work, but never versions won't. Then, you need a set of install disks for DOS and/or Windows. To install Windows 95 from an external CD-ROM, I had to create a Windows 95 boot disk with another machine (actually a Mac running RealPC), boot the DOS Card from it, install the Apple File Sharing drivers on it, set up the Win95 Install CD as a shared drive (the DOS Compatibility CD-ROM Drivers only work with an Apple-ROM CD-ROM) and then run the setup program from that. Since you probably have an Apple CD-ROM, it'll be easier for you to make the DOS startup disk, install the Apple CD-ROM Extension on it, and then use the CD-ROM drive that way. To install the drivers on the boot disk, you need to download the disk image of the DOS install utilities, and have the DOS compatibility control panel use that disk image as its D: drive - the install files are then accessible. It helped that I was throughly trained in DOS as a 7th grader running MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1 on a 386. If you need a more extensive walkthrough, email me off list. -dvpierce -- Quadlist 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> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:quadlist@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:quadlist-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:quadlist-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
