Two comments: First: This list is alive and well.
Second: I have several Mac IIci which I use for spares. After testing, one was stored in situ hooked up to its monitor. One day, out of the blue, it turned on by itself. I turned it off the menu and it would immediately turn on again. After several such repititions, I then turned it off using the button in the rear of the CPU. Same thing happened. Now I have a reason: a bad PRAM battery --- Ryan Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20.03.2005, at 08:52, Jeffrey Bergier wrote: > > > Does anyone know what I am doing wrong. Or is > this just a bad floppy > > drive? > > Bad floppy drive or misaligned floppy drive is one > possible > explanation. But it's also possible, and perhaps > likely, that you > cannot create a valid boot disk for such an old > computer with the > equipment you have at your disposal on your new > computer. I've never > worked with USB floppy drives, for example, so I > have no idea if > they're capable of setting the boot blocks on the > floppy drive in order > to bless its System Folder. Or it's possible that > Mac OS X's Disk Copy > (10.0-10.2) or Disk Utility (10.3+) programs or the > command line > "bless" utility cannot bless floppies, or cannot > bless such ancient > operating systems. > > If I were trying to make a boot disk for an older > Mac, I'd use a Mac > with a built-in Apple floppy drive (any Power Mac up > to and including > the Power Mac G3 beige, any Performa, any Mac II, > any Mac LC) and > System 7 thru Mac OS 9. I'd use Disk Copy 6.3.3's > "Make a floppy" > command to copy the downloaded disk image's contents > to the floppy > disk. That should work. If I didn't have a disk > image, then I'd format > the floppy in the Finder, copy the files to it in > the Finder, then open > the System Folder on the floppy, then open the > System file, then close > both of these windows. That should bless the System > Folder. > > Following either of these methods, I would assume > the disk should be > able to boot the older Mac. If it does not, then the > floppy drive may > in fact be bad. > > > and on a separate note, there is a video card > installed in the system > > and the monitor only works when i plug it into the > video card.... the > > built in display plug does not seem to be working. > I even tried > > removing the video card but it still did nothing. > > I agree with Byron -- you cannot connect a normal PC > VGA monitor to an > older Mac's built-in video with a standard > Mac-to-VGA adapter because > the video output is not compatible. I believe this > affects the entire > Mac II line (those that have built-in video, that is > -- and probably > also older NuBus video cards you could install into > these machines). I > believe at that time "sync on green" was used; it's > possible you could > find an adapter to convert sync on green to > VGA-compatible signals, but > it's probably easier to just use the video card you > already have. If > you need a second monitor, investigate the adapter, > or get a second > newer NuBus video card. > > > And on another separate note, when the power is > plugged in it turns on > > without touching the on button. Nor have i found > a way to turn it off > > without just unplugging it. Is this normal? > > Byron's suggestion that the power button may be set > to always-on is one > that I hadn't thought of, and it's worth checking. > If that's not it, > what jumped into my head was that the PRAM battery > may be dead, which > would not be surprising for a machine you found in a > garage. 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