I upgraded it to the full 10Mb (2 x 4M simm) and later installed a 2Gb HP hard drive that I scrounged from an older workstation. This was formated with Lido 7, a free disk utility that can make third party HDs work in Macs. I have since found that you can ResEdit Apples disk tools to make that handle third party HDs also. However, Lido does have some nice features that test the speed of the drive, and also test it's integrity. Total HD size is not important, you just need to partition it right (depends on the OS - for OS 6 the limit is 2Gb).
If I download Gamba's patched SCSI HD Tool, will that let me use the Micropolis 2GB hd in my Classic II? He sent me this about a year ago when I was trying to determine the vitality of a Seagate HD I had bought, but it is on my old work computer where I don't work anymore.
I added the FPU card (which was supplied by a swap-lister), but the only real advantage I noticed was I could run "Battlezone". Still it's nice to have.
So, if I was thinking to do database and MYOB kind of stuff on it, then would a FPU really help much in general speed?
The most crucial upgrade (IMO) was the purchase of an Asante Desktop EN/SC. This is a little box that plugs into the SCSI port via a short D25 to D25 cable. It takes its power from the SCSI port, and gives you (with the right drivers) an RJ-45 ethernet connection. At one point I had this machine on my desk at work, hooked up to the company network. The MIS people had enough humour to assign me a fixed IP address, so I could use MACTCP.
I actually had a box that would have given me an RJ-45 connection, but a while back I gave away a bunch of free stuff here on this list and that was one of the things I gave away because I never envisioned that I would actually fall in love with a Class II. :( To rub salt in the wound, the guy never sent me the money to cover the shipping for sending it to him. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20.
I tried running OS 7.6.1 for a while but this is not really a web browsing mac :-) I then discovered that the Classic II runs OS 6.0.8L (the L is important). With this version of OS 6 the finder recognises all 10Mb of ram, not just the normal 8Mb.
I have a 2 floppy 6.0.8 installer. How can I tell whether or not that is 6.0.8L without actually installing it? I think I downloaded this from Apple's website.
I found a s/w suite called VersaTerm, which I think is wonderful for old Macs.
Cool. I looked around but couldn't find it. Is it freeware? If so, where did you get it, or could you email it to me?
Unless the case is very badly yellowed, I wouldn't paint it, but that's just me :-)
Actually, it is quite disgusting looking. As if someone was just blowing cigarette smoke all over it all day every day. Yellowed is an understatement. In order to use this with pride, the case will certainly need to look better. So, fun with spray paint. :)
Anyway, thanks for the info. Thanks for any advice you can give re: the above questions.
Peace, Todd
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