Being a clone, the Umax machines need some explanations. TheSMs used FWB software as drivers for the CD and HD, rather than the Mac Drivers contained on a Mac system CD. You could hack a Mack 7.6.1 CD driver, buy the current FWB drivers or buy Intech Drivers for the CD and hard drives. Some Supermac hard drives would not run with Apple drivers, also requiring a hack or Intech drivers- it depends on the drive. Further, you can't instal from an OS disk made for a specific Mac computer. You need the "over the counter upgrade disks" sold by apple, not ones that came with someone's computer. The issues involved are the commands in the ROM on the different system disks. You can learn more on these topics by reading the list archives. Once you have a workable CD driver and HD driver you should be able to load a system OS, be it 8.6, 9.1 etc without problems. Once the driver issues are understood most everything else runs just like a "real" Mac. Paul
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