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Following my request last night Roland of Roland and Rebecca posted here
with a couple of ideas. Big thanks to Roland.

Idea 1 (re-starting with cmd-opt-shift-delete) didn't do it. So (Idea 2)
maybe 8600/200 (built in sept 97) doesn't run System 7.6 (built in march
97).

Spoke with supplier, "Ho, hmmmmm, you'll need the System 7.6.1 CD ROM, and
no you can't have it from us cos we don't have it, and we wouldn't let you
borrow it if we did!", and you're stuffed, mate.

Spoke with Apple (32 mins, by no means a record!) "Ho, hmmmmmm, no idea
what that could be, 7.6 should run fine on that machine, try this, try
that, etc.  Aha! your internal drive, fresh from the Apple factory etc, is
a QUANTUM drive (so Apple System Profiler tells us) so that's a third-party
drive, you'll need a new driver from them!"

"But," I reply, weakly, "it's the CD-ROM that's the problem, no?" - "Ah
well, sir, you try Quantum for a new driver and see where that gets you." 

Quantum, of course, are behind veil of silence as the trans-atlantic link
is down.

Perhaps Mac OS 8 won't be long in coming from Ireland and I can skip 7.6.n.
Or perhaps the OS8 ROM won't work either....

Ideas still welcome. I'll keep you posted.


TIA

Hugh Browton