Subject: Re: need MacOS for MacIIx
To: Hans-Christian Becker <hcb@phc.chalmers.se>
From: Wonko the Sane (Brian Hechinger) <wonko@users.tmok.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/10/1999 05:12:51
Hans-Christian Becker drunkenly mumbled...
i am going to forward this to the list.
> >i have everything i need to get this MacIIx running, except MacOS. i heard
> >that MacOS 7.5 is free, but where do i get it.
> http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n10561
> gets you the update to 7.5.5, and there is a link to (full) 7.5.3 on
> that page as well.
excellent, thanks.
> >what do i do if i can't find a video cable for this thing. is there the
> >possibility of booting it with a serial console, or doe MacOS not do that.
> I don't know -- I sem to recall that MacOS won't boot without a
> screen. Maybe that could be solved with a dummy connector.
but i have to install MacOS first. i've got blank drives i think. so i don't
see any way around this other than to get that cable.
-wonko