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In article <B0DFFE8E9668A7B32@0.0.0.0>,
ghb@clarity.co.uk (Hugh Browton) wrote:

> 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!"

This is Apple talking complete rubbish. If it's an Apple supplied drive
then Apple's formatter will cope with it. Quantum make the drives, but
Apple customise them with their own ROMs (You can check - the drive will
have a little sticker on it saying 'ROMS Copyright Apple 1996' or something
like that.)

You need a 7.6.1 CD-ROM, and your supplier (I'd expect) or Apple should
supply you one at minimal cost.

My source (NewerTech's GURU 2.5.1) says the 8600/200 was introduced in
February 1997. System 7.6 came out then too, or very shortly afterwards.
This means that standard 7.6 won't install on the 8600/200, and it was
tested and delivered with a slightly modified 7.5.5.

You could just give in and buy a copy of 7.6.1.

Paul Durrant