Re: [NTLK] OT: Ideas for dead Mac Classic SE/30?

PLease - USE it first, then let it live on in another incarnation
AFTER death.

On 12. Feb, 2007, at 11:47, Victor Rehorst wrote:

> Roland Saekow wrote:
>> I have acquired a dead but in good condition Classic SE/30 (The
>> internal hard drive has failed). It still chimes, and the screen is
>> bright and blank. What are some ideas for breathing new life into
>> this?
>
> FYI: it's either an SE/30, or a Classic - the two names were never
> combined.
>
> You could:
>
> - Boot System 6 from floppy, run a full-screen clock (did this for
> a few
> years in University with an old Classic for the CompSci Club office
> - clocks
> cost money but there's always old free hardware around!)
>
> - Get an external SCSI enclosure and hard drive and install NetBSD:
> http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/
>
> - If you like fish, build a Macquarium for you or someone else:
> http://lowendmac.com/compact/macquarium.shtml
>
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