My thought and wonder however to Alex's situation is that his Power Macintosh does not have internal SCSI, perhaps only IDE. And my guess is that he doesn't have access to a USB floppy disk.
Is there a way to write Mac floppies from images on a PC? I know I can from my newer Macs, but trying to think of a way to help this guy. Cheers, Andrew. On 12-Aug-09, at 3:06 PM, Cyrus Griffin wrote: > > I think an easier solution would be to take the HD out of the SE, and > put in in the G3. Then you can format it, and put it back in the SE. > > But even easier would be using the G3 to make boot disks for the SE, > as Andrew suggested. :) You can download System 6 or 7 images off > Apple's site. If the SE doesn't have a superdrive, just tape over the > holes on the left side of a couple of floppies, then the G3 will > format them as 800K floppies. This worked for me to make 6.0.8 boot > disks for my Plus. > > > -Elliott > > > > On Aug 12, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Andrew Jung wrote: > >> >> Hello Alex, >> I don't think that you can connect two Macs together using SCSI as >> both computers would have the same ID and cause a conflict of some >> sort. >> >> Why not just make a boot floppy for your SE... unless you don't >> have a >> floppy on your Power Macintosh. >> Anyhow, I think you are asking for problems if you connect the two >> together. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. >> >> Cheers, Andrew. >> >> On 12-Aug-09, at 1:46 PM, Alex wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello there, >>> >>> I've recently bought a Power Macintosh G3 to solve the problem >>> reviving my Macintosh SE. >>> >>> I'd like to format the drive of the Macintosh SE without putting the >>> drive out of the Macintosh. >>> >>> Both the SE and the G3 have female D-SUB 25 connectors for external >>> SCSI devices. I have read that someone connected the both using a >>> SCSI >>> cable (D-SUB 25 to D-SUB 25). After having turned on both the Macs >>> he >>> formatted the drive of the SE with his G3. >>> >>> I have a "Null-Modem cable" (I don't know the right expression in >>> Englisch, in German it is "Nullmodemkabel", if that helps :-D). This >>> cable has also two male D-SUB 25 connectors and was used to connect >>> two PCs using their parallel port to transfer files. >>> >>> So the question is: Can I use that cable to connect the both >>> computers? I think the cable is not exactly connected pin-by-pin. >>> >>> It's been a long time since I have been using PCs, so I don't know >>> whether it's possible or not. >>> >>> Kind regards from Germany, >>> >>> -- Alex >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
