There are third party adb keyboards and mice, that may be easier and cheaper to get than apple branded ones. So, unless you see an apple one for a decent price, like say less than $30 for a set, or $10 each, I would recommend getting a third party alternative. I have a third party adb keyboard(nuform?) with a glidepoint touchpad. It works, but a mouse is better.
On Jul 12, 1:09 am, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Abel Ortiz Monasterio wrote: > > If it is booting to a flashing disk your hard drive could be bad, for > > sure it is missing the OS. > > Not "for sure". It means it cannot boot the OS. If the System folder > isn't blessed or otherwise has some sort of corruption it will do the > flashing folder. > > > > > You can get a decent drive on E-bay look for an apple 50 pin SCSI, a > > good one is a Quantum fireball, you can get any ware from 500MB to 2GB > > for little money and get to do a lot with them. > > > There are some firmware issues whit non apple labeled drives, not that > > they cant be used but you need to know how to get them to work (I don't) > > so I stick to Apple labeled drives. > > There is a patch to HD SC Setup that does it. A search on "HD SC Setup" > will find it for you. > > > > > > > > > Good luck!!! > > > Abel > > > On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Shifuimam <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > And it works! I opened it up and discovered that it does have an > > internal hard drive - I don't know how big it is. It boots to a > > flashing disk icon. I saw on lowendmac.com <http://lowendmac.com> > > that it will run System 7, > > so I suppose that's the next step. > > > Is it possible to convert ADB to PS/2 or USB, or should I just get an > > ADB keyboard and mouse on eBay? > > USB - No > PS/2 yes but you such a gizmo would cost a lot more than an ADB keyboard > and mouse. > > > > > Are these capable of any sort of networking at all? > > Using LocalTalk you can network it. With a bit of work and some > software you can give it Internet access. It will be limited in what it > can do. You can put a browser on it but there isn't much it would be > able to access well. > > If you can find one, an Ethernet to SCSI adapter can put it directly on > an Ethernet network. I set one up but it had poor network performance > and reliability. > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
