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Posted by: JRL on 2009-08-12 21:30:28
Um... the LC III cant run OS 8... can it? Nah, but you can hack the system file to make it compatible. You need an external SCSI CD-ROM though.
Linky!
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Posted by: macgeek417 on 2009-08-13 09:49:58
Awesome! The adaptor will arrive today or maybe tommorow according to the USPS tracking thingy
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Posted by: JRL on 2009-08-13 09:56:19
You might be able to do the hack install on a OS 8 floppy disk set, but it'll take several times as long.
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Posted by: macgeek417 on 2009-08-13 13:18:01
Wow... i didnt know floppies were so slow...
Formatting...
Verifing format...
Re-Verifying format...
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Posted by: porter on 2009-08-13 13:27:35
Wow... i didnt know floppies were so slow... 500kbps slow? Sheesh, back in my day.....
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Posted by: macgeek417 on 2009-08-13 13:51:14
formatting a floppy took 10 minutes! like... 10kbps slow.
512kbps isnt slow...
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Posted by: macgeek417 on 2009-08-13 14:18:07
OK... i'm really not looking foreword to all of those disk swaps. would it be possible to install from my iMac via a network?
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Posted by: porter on 2009-08-13 14:24:52
OK... i'm really not looking foreword to all of those disk swaps. would it be possible to install from my iMac via a network? Network installs work for most classic macs. As long as you can boot with media that has appleshare client and network drivers, and your server has the files in the appriopriate layout.
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Posted by: macgeek417 on 2009-08-13 17:48:07
Would a system 7.5 Network Access Disk work? i'm dd-ing one now.
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2009-08-13 17:56:41
Yeah, it will. You'll want to make sure you've got the correct drivers for your ethernet card on it however.
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Posted by: macgeek417 on 2009-08-13 18:17:27
i can select EtherTalk and the activity LED blinks a bunch. does it have the right drivers?
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2009-08-13 18:24:03
I can't tell from the other side of the world...can you access the iMac from the LCIII?
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Posted by: macgeek417 on 2009-08-13 18:31:38
the imac is running OS X, and i have no keyboard.
i could put Key Caps on a floppy....
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2009-08-13 18:35:55
Or you could just buy/find a keyboard. 😉 Head onto your local Freecycle and ask for an old ADB keyboard.
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Posted by: macgeek417 on 2009-08-13 18:46:00
Or you could just buy/find a keyboard. 😉 Head onto your local Freecycle and ask for an old ADB keyboard. ... Or i could just head onto Freecycle and ask for an old ADB keyboard!
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2009-08-13 19:20:58
Yes, yes, you could. 😉
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Posted by: Gil on 2009-08-13 20:34:57
Screw the keyboard - Timbuktu it. }🙂
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Posted by: macgeek417 on 2009-08-14 08:55:09
OK... i have OS 9.2.2 running on my imac. how can i get the iMac to appear in the chooser of the LC III, or connect to the iMac? I am running the 7.5 Network Access Disk.
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Posted by: JRL on 2009-08-14 09:27:44
Make sure you have the appropriate network extension installed!
Since your Ethernet card is an Apple one, you just need the Apple Ethernet LC extension which can be found here.
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Posted by: macgeek417 on 2009-08-14 09:34:57
Um... the ethernet card needs no extra drivers! It saw my iMac in the chooser, but doesn't recognise that i enabled guest login, as i have no ADB keyboard i can't connect.
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