Macintosh SE questions.

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri Aug 7 22:01:03 1998

>I got the SE to go. Now, I need to get the SCSI harddisk I have
>to work for it. It has a (limited) version of System 6.0.8, and I have
>a 200 meg SCSI external I plan on using.
>How do I get the Mac to initialize the SCSI disk? (I can worry about
>System 7 later...)

This is a problem. I'm assuming that the 200Mb HD is not out of a Mac, and
as such does not have the Mac Firmware. If this is the case, your cheapest
alternative is to get a Hard Drive that does. You can get software that
will let you work with non-Macified HD's, but it's not worth it in this
case (i.e. the software costs more than a used HD would).

You can get System 7.0.1 off of one of the Apple FTP sites.

>Also, it has an 800k disk... Is there any way to cheat and make a PC produce
>these? Or will the Mac take 720k disks too?
>(I can make a Mac-formatted 720k disk with hfstools... But I can't format
>the SCSI disk with it - no SCSI controller in the PC.)
>-------

I've heard of software that will let you do this, but haven't tried any of
it. I have used 720k floppies in a Mac, but they were formatted on an
Amiga, using a Macintosh emulator (I was really surprised they worked).

Is 'hfstools' a Linux package? I seem to remember hearing of something
like that for Linux. Even if you could format the SCSI HD with it, I don't
think it would work, as you need certain software partitions on the Hard
Drive.

                        Zane
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