18 Jun
1998
18 Jun
'98
9:39 p.m.
I'm also playing with a Mac Classic at the moment. Mine had 2Mb RAM, a 20Mb
hard drive and the keyboard and mouse. I believe they are very similar to
the SE, just more economical to manufacture and with a 1.4Mb floppy drive.
My partner's classroom received a Mac Classic, donated by a parent.
I've never done anything with Macs, so I need some help with this.
- Can someone tell me the standard configuration(s) for a Mac Classic?
Ram on the mainboard is 1Mb but there is an extender card usually fitted
with another 1Mb and room for 2 X 30pin simms. I put 2 X 1Mb PC simms in it
and they work fine. There is a jumper to move to do this. Well marked. 4Mb
is max RAM.
I replaced the hard drive with a 120Mb SCSI drive but the initialization
program in the OS only works on Apple branded disks. I'm still trying to
sort this out.
- What options are available for it?
- Where can I get a mouse (and other hardware) - Do I need a mouse?
Can I get along without one?
You need a mouse. I have accumulated a few from garage sales etc. There are
two types. You can't use the one from very early Macs, you need the one with
a PS/2 size connector. Same as the keyboard, and in fact it plugs into the
normal keyboard.
- Where can I get an operating system for it (MacOS?)
I also picked these up at garage sales. I have been told to stick with
System 6 because System 7 takes up too much memory for this machine.
Hans