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In article <01be3d4e$7031ae00$0ac5c5c5@lightning>,
"Matt Wilson" <matt@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Ok, I can get access to a 'Power Mac' from the marketing department at
> work,
> but this doesn't have internet access, whereas I do from my PC.
> 
> Can I download the file to the PC, save it to floppies (PC format which
> apparently
> the Power Mac can read OK) and get that to decode it without the pesky PC
> corrupting it?
> 
> And what does the Mac need to decode the file?  It's equivalent of 'Winzip'
> I suppose (which the PC versions says can decode HQX). 

Down the disk images to your PC *without letting your PC do any kind of
decoding*
Transfer them to the Power Mac.
On the PowerMac you'll need StuffIt Expander. This is downloadable from the
internet, but then you're in a nasty catch-22. Hopefully the Power Mac will
already have a copy, otherwise any cover CD-ROM disk from a Mac Magazine
will have a copy (e.g. MacFormat).
You'll also need Apple's Disk Copy program. Again, this is downloadable
from the Apple Web site, or may well be on cover disks.

You'll then need to decode the disk image archives you downloaded using
StuffIt Expander, and then copy them to actual floppy disks using the Disk
Copy program. If you're getting System 6.0.8, they'll have to be 1MB disks,
not the HD 2MB disks that are common now (i.e. with only the write protect
hole, not the hole in the adjacent corner too)

> So long as it can accept words and save them I'm not fussed about the age -
> I presume there's an equivalent of 'wordpad' or 'write' on the Mac.

I'm not sure hat comes with System 6.0.8. Not a lot. But ClarisWorks 2.x is
very nice and will run on System 6. You may be able to find a copy
second-hand or in old stock somewhere.


> I happen to have four unused non-parity 70ns 1meg SIMMS out of an old 386
> PC - will they go in OK to upgrade it?

So long at they're 8-chip 1MB 30pin SIMMs they'll work fine. If they're
2chip SIMMs they won't work - the SE memory timings were set before the 4Mb
chip standard was set, and the 4Mb chips have a tendancy to go into a test
mode in an SE. This doesn't help when it's trying to access memory!

You'll need to tell the SE it now have 1MB SIMMs. On old SEs (like this one
seems to be) you need to clip one lead of a resistor on the motherboard -
it's near the SIMM sockets and marked '256KB'. On newer SEs there's a
jumper, and on any newer Macs memory configuration is automatic.

> And out of interest I note from nosing on the web that you can add a
> hard-drive to it.  SCSI I presume.  There is a large shrouded IDC type
> connector on the PCB as well - could it plug into there?  Or is it
> external?

SEs have an internal SCSI connector and an external SCSI connector. The
internal disk is supposed to go in place of one of the floppies, but modern
disks are so slim you can probably fit one above the two floppies. You'll
need a 50pin flat data cable and a power splitter. If it's not an original
Apple hard disk, you'll also need third-party formatting software, which
would be uneconomic.



Paul Durrant