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Paul Connolly <pconnoll@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> I found an old mac in a cupboard at work.
> It is model IISE.
> I started it up to see what it could do.
> However it only gets as far as the smiley mac and shows an image that is
> presumably a floppy disc with a question mark on it.
> I guess it is asking to be booted up from a floppy disc - but maybe I'm
> wrong.
> There is no sign of any old discs to boot from.
> Any thoughts or advice as to what to do next to get it going?

It sounds like you're missing a boot disc.  Now then...  A IISE doesn't
exist - if it's an SE, you've probably not got an internal HDD and
you'll need to create a boot floppy to get it to start up.  System 6.0.8
is probably best for this - have a look at Apple's Web site to download
the disc images.  You'll need 4 DS DD discs with absolutely nothing on
them (freshly formatted) and Disk Copy 4.2 (for preference) to put the
disc images on discs.  Once you've done that, don't put any of them into
a modern Mac unlocked - if you do that, they won't be able to boot your
old Mac.

If you've got a Mac IIs<something>, you should have an internal HDD.  It
might be that this is broken, or that it doesn't have a working System
Folder on it.  You might try using the System 6.0.8 in this case: boot
the Mac and see if a HDD appears on the desktop.  If not, try the Disk
Tools disc and see if you can reformat the HDD using HD SC Setup.  If
you can't, it's probably knackered :-/

If you've got plenty of RAM (at least 4MB) and a HDD, you might try
getting System 7.5.3 from Apple's Web site.  It might be a bit sluggish
if the Mac you have is an SE, but it'll run a lot more software than
System 6.0.8.

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