Re: Mac SE no boot disk

2001-07-28 Thread Alex Allee
on 7/26/01 6:03 AM, Jeff Garrison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > contents to a better one. In one extreme case, I took the top off a drive > and spun it by hand, with an external connected, to save the data. OK, that *is* nuts. :) But if it worked, I guess it's kinda cool too. -- Alex Allee

Re: Mac SE no boot disk

2001-07-28 Thread Alex Allee
on 7/26/01 12:16 AM, Tom Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Help a friend just dropped a MAC SE on me and when I Ouch! That must've hurt! > turn it on it ask for a floppy. Where might I find OS > disks for this system? Do I have to purchase from > apple or are older versions released to the p

Re: Mac SE no boot disk

2001-07-26 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- rlf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What are the differences between the Finder and > MultiFinder in 6.0.8? > Which does what the other can't? Please, someone > fill me in on this. I > have nothing to read on it. Is there a FAQ > somewhere? I need to learn this. Multifinder allows more than o

Re: Mac SE no boot disk

2001-07-26 Thread Andrew W. Hill
>Vintage Macs wrote... > >>From: "Andrew W. Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: Mac SE no boot disk >> >>>Help a friend just dropped a MAC SE on me and when I >>>turn it on it ask for a floppy. Where might I find OS >>>disk

Re: Mac SE no boot disk

2001-07-26 Thread Clark Martin
>What are the differences between the Finder and MultiFinder in 6.0.8? >Which does what the other can't? Please, someone fill me in on this. I >have nothing to read on it. Is there a FAQ somewhere? I need to learn >this. Finder is what we all know as Finder (suprise). MultiFinder was an add on

Re: Mac SE no boot disk

2001-07-26 Thread the pickle
At 20:55 -0400 on 26/07/01, rlf wrote: >What are the differences between the Finder and MultiFinder in 6.0.8? >Which does what the other can't? Please, someone fill me in on this. I Finder is the one-application-at-a-time standard that was the default before System 7. Multifinder, introduced wi

Re: Mac SE no boot disk

2001-07-26 Thread rlf
Vintage Macs wrote... >From: "Andrew W. Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Mac SE no boot disk > >>Help a friend just dropped a MAC SE on me and when I >>turn it on it ask for a floppy. Where might I find OS >>disks for this system? Do I

Re: Mac SE no boot disk

2001-07-26 Thread Jeff Garrison
-Original Message- From: Kyle Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Vintage Macs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, July 26, 2001 12:54 AM Subject: Re: Mac SE no boot disk > > >RomRider wrote: > >> Your going to think i'm nuts by saying this but I had t

Re: Mac SE no boot disk

2001-07-26 Thread Kyle Hansen
RomRider wrote: > Your going to think i'm nuts by saying this but I had to give the side of my > 40meg SCSI drive a > good whack to get it to boot up after it had siezed up... That is a stiction issue and is totally normal...we don't think you're nuts. I've done it myself several times. -- Ky

Re: Mac SE no boot disk

2001-07-26 Thread RomRider
. that was over two months ago and it's running great with OS 7.5.3 on it... - Original Message - From: "Tom Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 1:16 AM Subject: Mac SE no boot disk > Help a fr

Re: Mac SE no boot disk

2001-07-26 Thread Andrew W. Hill
>Help a friend just dropped a MAC SE on me and when I >turn it on it ask for a floppy. Where might I find OS >disks for this system? Do I have to purchase from >apple or are older versions released to the public? Apple has a free download available for System 6.0.8. Use that. Then look around

Mac SE no boot disk

2001-07-25 Thread Tom Brown
Help a friend just dropped a MAC SE on me and when I turn it on it ask for a floppy. Where might I find OS disks for this system? Do I have to purchase from apple or are older versions released to the public? Any suggestions for an ethernet connection for this thing? ___