Hi Bill, Hopefully the new PRAM battery will fix things up.
If not - and you want to move to a newer OS9 capable machine - then, yes, you can go from USB to serial with an adaptor, eg: <http://www.amazon.com/Keyspan-Speed-Serial-Adapter-USA-19HS/dp/B0000VYJRY> Note - this is just an example - there may well be better deals out there and there will be other adaptors also. HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 21/1/11 10:21 AM, Bill Parker at [email protected] wrote: > > Many thanks Dave. Battery in transit. > > Bill > On 21/01/2011, at 10:05 AM, David Paul wrote: > >> >> Hi Bill >> >> Macfixit.com.au and epowermac.com.au still have them listed as >> available and >> on discount. >> >> Regards >> Dave >> >> >> On 21/01/11 9:45 AM, "Bill Parker" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Kevin >>> >>> I have tried USA and UK to get a new PRAM battery. ( listed around >>> $25 >>> AUD) No luck. The next suggested solution is another machine. >>> The >>> issue is that the lab equipment we use runs via a serial port . So >>> any machine compatible and with OS9 with serial porting would do. Or >>> is there a way of going from a serial port to USB? I'd need to pull >>> the HD from the old 7220 of course. Can you help there? >>> >>> >>> Bill >>> On 18/01/2011, at 12:35 PM, KEVIN Lock wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> If I remember correctly, the PRAM battery for that machine is a >>>> square, quite expensive one. In the distant past I have made up a >>>> battery with three AAA cells rewired to the original wire. >>>> Alternatively you should be able to get an early iMac which will run >>>> sweetly on OS 9. >>>> >>>> regards >>>> >>>> Kevin >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Bill, >>>>> >>>>> I had one of those machines and I found that if the PRAM battery >>>>> died the machine would not start, so its worth putting in a new one >>>>> to be sure. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Adrian >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> On 18/01/2011, at 1:04 PM, Bill Parker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Folks, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I have an ancient 7220/200 attached to a bit lab equipment at UWA. >>>>>> It's "dead". We think this might have had something to do with a >>>>>> power surge then outage over Xmas. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> We could change to a more recent machine, but it must be capable >>>>>> of running OS9. >>>>>> >>>>>> Could this be a dead PRAM battery? If co, any ideas on where to >>>>>> get one appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Bill >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Dr Bill Parker >>>>>> "The greatest enemy of the truth is not the lie - deliberate, >>>>>> contrived, and dishonest - but the myth - persistent, pervasive, >>>>>> and unrealistic." >>>>>> John F. Kennedy > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
