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> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>
>
> OK sorry if this is a stupid question. I have some old mac machines in my
> garage but am not a mac person per say. I also have some external hard
> drives I
> would like to be able to test and sell on cl or ebay.
> Can someone tell me how to test them I know they need to be connected to a
> mac
> machine then there are keyboard commands to make the machine boot or mount
> the
> hard drive. Any help would be appreciated. And what machine,classic,color
> classic etc would be best for testing them.
>
>
Well, you need to have a bootable Mac with an external SCSI port. This includes
most if not all Vintage 68K Mac's and all PowerMac's thru the beige G3 and
beyond if it has a SCSI card. Then you will need the appropriate SCSI cable to
connect the drive.
If the drive is properly formated it should mount without any special key
strokes. If it does not mount go to HD SC Setup, Drive Setup or Disk Utilites
depending on what Mac OS you are using and see if the external is recognized.
If no joy, report back. --glen
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