25 Jun
1998
25 Jun
'98
7:38 a.m.
Megan Gentry wrote:
The Mac Classic contains a complete System 6 installation in ROM that
you can boot from. Sorry but I don't have the docs handy, but I think
if you press Command-Option-Shift-X on startup, it'll boot from the
ROM. Another way that should work is Command-Option-Shift-Backspace --
this key combination should work on any SCSI capable Mac to supress
booting from the default SCSI boot device.
Once you've booted, you'll need to scrounge a copy of Disk First Aid
or a third party utility to check the hard disk. Do you have system
install disks etc for the machine?
Phil
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BTW - another
question -- when the Mac Classic boots, it shows the
smiley disk and I hear the internal HD working. The screen goes >light
grey
with a pointer on it. This is displayed for a few seconds >and
then I get the 'Welcome to Macintosh' screen. This remains this >way
for as much as 10 minutes (I didn't wait longer). Is this >normal? 
25 Jun
25 Jun
9:01 p.m.
The Mac Classic contains a complete System 6
installation in ROM that
you can boot from. Sorry but I don't have the docs handy, but I think
if you press Command-Option-Shift-X on startup, it'll boot from the
ROM. Another way that should work is Command-Option-Shift-Backspace --
Actually, the keys to press are:
Cmd-Option-X-O
That's the letter O, not the number zero.
-- Derek
9:22 p.m.
The Mac
Classic contains a complete System 6 installation in ROM that
you can boot from. Sorry but I don't have the docs handy, but I think
if you press Command-Option-Shift-X on startup, it'll boot from the
ROM. Another way that should work is Command-Option-Shift-Backspace --
Actually, the keys to press are:
Cmd-Option-X-O
That's the letter O, not the number zero.
9:37 p.m.
Wow, it has the complete OS in ROM? I didn't know
any of the Mac's did
that. Are there any others or was this a one shot experiment that failed?
The OS in ROM is the main thing I like about the Atari ST's.
I don't know of any other Macs with that feature either, and I'll bet that
there were none. It was a somewhat Spartan version (not as unpleasant as
a boot floppy, much less pleasant than a fancy hard-drive installation).
Now that Systems 7 and 8 have taken over, it probably would seem pretty
barren. It sure is fast though! But none of your Finder preferences get
saved. (Where would they go?)
BTW, if you "Get Info" on the virtual hard drive, you'll see an amusing
tag in the "Location" field.
-- Derek
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