By the way it already has two internal 800k drives. which is why I cant use
any third party software right now as I cannot make my own. Getting on the
internet with my 26 year old mac is possible yet not probable.
On Aug 16, 2013 8:49 PM, "J.S. Garrison" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Not necessarily. In an external enclosure, all manner of crud can befall a
> hard-drive-to-Mac connection. I start with
>  seeing what the internal hard drive's SCSI ID number is. Get Info on the
> selected hard drive does it.
>
> I then remove the back of the Mac, an SE in your case, and hook the hard
> drive to the SCSI cable and power connector, leaving the
> drive laying outside the SE over the metal frame. DO NOT GET NEAR THE
> PAPER/ELECTRIC PLUG ON THE BACK OF THE PICTURE TUBE. You can easily pop off
> the tiny glass nib and discharge the existing vacuum ruining the tube.
>
> If it boots to a floppy with System 6, and shows up on the desktop,  then
> the issue is SCSI ID. If that external box has a switch, I set it from SCSI
> ID 3 (typical CD ROM number) through SCSI 6. Knowing the internal drive's
> ID first makes this part far easier. Just don't set
> the external drive to that SCSI number.
>
> If the drive stays invisible, you need to format it with HD/SC Setup, or a
> useful utility like Lido 7.56.  Here an external floppy disk drive is
> handy as you need one drive for the boot software and the other for the
> Lido, etc.
>
>
> Jeff
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Triston Mccarthy <[email protected]>
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Friday, August 16, 2013 5:02 PM
> *Subject:* Non -apple hard disk drives.
>
> I have a non apple version of the quantum pro drive lps 270s. It still
> works and I have tested it but in an external enclosure the drive will not
> work with my Macintosh SE. I also have a Connor CP3040a I tried it in the
> enclosure it did work but only for about 5 minutes after that it just
> completely crapped out and wouldn't re initialize. I would assume I
> probably needs a non Apple Hard Disk Utility to actually connect the drive
> and be able to mount it.
>
> --
> --
> -----
> 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 vintage-macs+
> [email protected]
> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs
>
> Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
> ---
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Vintage Macs" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to [email protected].
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>
>   --
> --
> -----
> 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/
> ---
> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the
> Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group.
> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit
> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vintage-macs/MCgf3kxFNE8/unsubscribe.
> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to
> [email protected].
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>

-- 
-- 
-----
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/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"Vintage Macs" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to [email protected].
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

Reply via email to