A sad mac means there is an error. If it was just waiting on a system disk, there would be an icon of a floppy disk with a flashing "?". Here's a couple of pages on sad mac error codes:
- https://udcf.gla.ac.uk/~gwm1h/Error_Codes/Sad_Mac_Codes.html - http://myoldmac.net/FAQ/SADerror.htm What type of Mac do you have? It will say on the back. As Jonathan mentioned, the Plus has an 800KB double-side drive, and the 512Ke and ED (for education) do, as well. You can tell these models on the back (as sometimes they're upgraded, but the front piece hasn't been) by the model #s M0001A for Plus, M0001E for 512Ke, and M0001D/M0001ED for ED. On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 6:25 AM Ian <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, folks, > > I have an early Mac, it has the square RJ11 keyboard connector, DB mouse > connector and a single floppy drive. > > It boots to the screen, but displays the "sad mac" icon, as I do not > have a startup disk. > > I understand that this is a 400 k, single-sided disk. > > I do have another Mac, but it's an SE30 with the double-sided > higher-capacity drives. > > So, (i) can I get a suitable disk from you or one of your members, or > (ii) is it possible to make a 400 k boot disk on my SE30 (I have plenty > of spare disks). > > I do have a complete set of setup disks for System 6 and System 7, but I > understand that these will also have the incompatible high-capacity format. > > Thanks in advance, > > Ian Batty, Secretary, Historical Radio Society of Australia, > > 79 Rosebud Avenue, > > Rosebud, 3939, Victoria > > mob' 0402 736 527 > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > -- > -- > ----- > 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/d/optout. > -- -- ----- 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/d/optout.
