On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 06:18:21PM +0300, gem wrote: > QUADRA 650 > I accidentally trashed Open Transport from the Quadra 650 and I am > now having a tough time putting it back as the floppy and CD drives > are faulty. The systems diskettes were badly kept and are damaged > too. Thought would transfer a copy - Open Transport - from the > Powermac but cannot access the Quadra thru sharing. > The external Optical Drive while can be read on the Quadra cannot > read on the Powermac. How else can I transfer Open Transport to the > Quadra?
By using AppleTalk? If you don't have "properly terminated" LocalTalk hardware, you can use a serial cable instead. > 2. Have a 270MB Syquest Drive bought several years ago but was never > actually used. Does it need software to mount? Yes, I think it does. It wouldn't hurt to connect it (while the power is OFF) and then boot up your Mac to see if it's recognized. Check The Mac Driver Museum: http://www.macdrivermuseum.com/ Google is your friend: http://www.google.com/search?q=syquest+270+driver+%22mac+os%22 A page from the Low End Mac: http://lowendmac.com/macdan/010511mu.html The Syquest web site: http://www.syquest.com/ > DATE & TIME > Several times the time and date on my G4 keeps going back to 1904 and > gives a wrong date. Have replaced the batteries to no avail. What > else can be done? I like to use the Network Time control panel for time synchronization on older Macs. http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/NewSearch?key=network+time Dave
