Thanks for the tip. With System Enabler 003 installed, the LC III boots 7.1 just like any normal Macintosh. It's even small enough to fit in the 107K of free space left on the Disk Tools disk.
Marten van de Kraats wrote: > What you need is an enabler. Check Gamba's or maybe the faq for more > information. > > Marten > > >I have an LC III in my closet that I can't get to do anything. Here's > >the story: > >This LC III had an 80 MB hard drive in it that had System 7.1 installed. > >I took it out to use in my Mac IIsi. I have never booted the LC III with > >this hard drive installed in it. I put the old 40 MB hard drive from my > >IIsi into the LC III. Then I booted the computer with the System 7.1 > >Disk Tools disk (the one that come with the install disks). The first > >thing I noticed that seemed wrong was when I turned it on, it made a > >sound like an LC 520 or a Quadra, instead of the normal LC III sound. > >Then it gave me a Happy Mac booting from the System 7.1 disk, but before > >it could say "Welcome to Macintosh," I got an error dialog that said > >"This System Software (System 7.1) is too old to run on this computer. > >Upgrade to a newer System version." or something similar. The next step > >up is 7.5, which would run really slow with this LC III that only has > >its defualt 4 MB of motherboard-soldered RAM. Does anyone know what's > >keeping this LC III from accepting 7.1? I suspect it's had some wierd > >ROM upgrade done to it, but when I look inside, I see a perfectly normal > >MC68030 and chips. > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the System 6 Heaven: > http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html > Subscribe to the LEM system6 list: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> > The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
