🚀 go-pugleaf

Thanks for the comments below - however, after a restart, the system would
not load and moved to an external disk. On trying to open the suitcase it
showed a -39 error  - musn't have liked the newer Finder.

 I then replaced the whole System file,but to no effect - then used the
Remove option in the ColorSW 1500 installer,again to no effect on the
Finder - as you'd expect.

The startup process then stopped moving to the external disc by itself,  -
I just got a flashing "Welcome to Mac" box on top of my StartUp
screen, and I had to restart again holding down command-shift-option-delete
to force it to move on.

I eventually saw the obvious - it was the StartUp picture that was
damaged, preventing the System loading. I've now replaced it and things
are back to normal - but I still need a driver for the SW 1200! - see
below.


In article <1dj0fl4.2svmum1gjh5ugN@p60.nas1.is4.u-net.net>,
real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet (Rebecca and Rowland) wrote:

> You should be okay just replacing the Finder with your original one.  If
> I were you, I'd do a clean re-install of the OS, keeping hold of the
> appropriate Chooser extension for your new printer, so you can install
> it manually when everything's back as it should be.

Tried this - it used US page sizes, and when I chose Page Setup on the
Desktop, it forced the Finder to quit. Selecting the Chooser on the Apple
menu caused an error type 3 and trying to open it a -97 and forced a
restart. Worth a try, though.

 
> > 4.  How should I have proceded to enable me to use the SW 1200 Printer
> > with System 7.1?
> 
> Dunno.  How about asking on uk.comp.sys.mac?

Will do when I've caught up with some sleep! Sorry if this was off-topic.

> btw, I went from System 7.1 to 7.6 on my Performa 475 (20MB RAM, 1GB
> HDD, and RAM Doubler) and the speed and reliability improvement was
> wonderful, not to mention the drag-and-drop Finder, AppleScript, and so
> on.  The down side is a System Folder that took nearly 40MB disc space
> and increased RAM use by the System itself (at least 4MB, often up to
> 7MB with all the bells and whistles in place).

May do this eventually, but I need to investigate possible conflicts with
the driver for my external hard disc first (MacPeak RapidTrack 1.5.1) - I
seem to remember some ads offering System 7.6 with a free upgrade to 8.0
(which I could use on my PowerBook), but cannot find them now - anyone
know of such?


Thanks,


John

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