I have not personally ever seen/used an LC, but from what I've seen time and time again on this website, dead PRAM batteries are often the reason these computers dont chime, have a black screen, etc. Thats why the drive worked in one machine but not the other. I wouldnt worry about the drive that works (for now) unless it makes funny sounds. The other disks could possiby be broken, corrupted, etc.
Also, could you please give more details on the "newer" Mac you have. Like, what model is it, what OS version, does it have SCSI, etc. I assume you can get files from your PC to your "newer" mac? Do you have any floppies you could maybe boot up the LC with? And can you connect the drives that show the flahing question mark to your Windows PC? Lastly, I would open up the case of the LC IIs and clean out the dust with compressed air, as well as make sure all hard drive cables are snuggly connected. On Oct 20, 8:02 pm, "Wesley Furr" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I found this group while doing some digging around on the internet. Back in > the late 80's and early 90's, I was in school and using Apple II's, IIGS's > and Mac LC's. I never ended up having a Mac at home, so my experience was > limited. Since then I've had extensive experience in the PC world, but I > know next to nothing about Mac's. Some years back I got on a kick and > between locally and ebay auctions, I have most of those old machines that I > used in my school days. I used them a bit, and then they were put away and > haven't been fired up in probably 7 years or so. > > This evening I dug out my nicest looking LC II (of 3 I have) and fired it > up. Flashing ? disk icon. Grabbed another, won't give any chime or video > display. The 3rd gives me a flashing ? disk icon again. The one that > wouldn't boot had a different hard drive, so I swapped it into another one > and it booted up. So now I'm wondering how long this other aging drive > might last...and lots of questions about getting the others back up and > running. > > I found the System 7.5.3 install disk images on Apple's web site. If I can > find a suitable SCSI drive to put in one of these machines, how can I get > the OS reinstalled from the files I have downloaded on my Windows PC? I do > have a somewhat newer Mac (180MHz CPU I think? If that gives any clue to > age, etc - I'd have to dig it up to find out the details) that I might be > able to use as a go-between if need be. I also have a SCSI CD-ROM I could > hook up to the LC II if there's any way to use it? Pretty sure I also have > a SCSI ZIP drive that I could use as well if that is compatible. > > My other thought is if there is any way to make a copy of the hard drive > that is working? I found a program called TransMac that let me browse the > hard drive and create a DMG image file of it when I connected it to my > Windows PC. But...how can I get that image back to another drive that I can > use to fire up the Mac? Or is there another way to copy the hard drive? > > Two of the three have IIe cards in them, and I'd like to play with that, > which is half the reason for digging them out of storage. It looks like the > working drive I have may contain a 15Mb ProDOS partition, as the Mac HFS > partition appears to be only 25Mb (on a 40Mb drive). If I wanted a ProDOS > partition on a new hard drive, how would that fit into the above scenarios? > > Guess I better stop with those questions for now...many thanks in advance > for any help anyone may be able to offer... > > Thanks, > > Wesley -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
