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.
