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Mac 630CD needs zip drive — #10

About the SCSI symbol, I didn't know that so thanks another million for the tip!!!! Live and learn I guess.
68kMLA Peripherals by gamuman Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 02:18

MDD G4... one dumb question — #9

Wow nice score! Wanna sell it???? Click to expand... I think I'll keep it for the moment. ;^) So, upon trying the "boot to OS 9" experiment, when I boot a system file dragged …
68kMLA OS 9 by Gorgonops Wed, 3 Feb 2010 - 01:39

Mac 630CD needs zip drive — #9

If it has a picture of a printer on the second 25 pin port, it is a parallel Zip drive. Do NOT connect this drive to a Mac. Click to expand... Weren't there a couple Mac clone…
68kMLA Peripherals by olePigeon Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 21:51

MDD G4... one dumb question — #7

the 1.42x2MDD I briefly had was very very snappy. Even my 1X2G4 QS was a very snappy machine. In all fairness I was using an 800mhz ibook g3 as my other osx machine at the time, bu…
68kMLA OS 9 by zerotypeq Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 17:06

MDD G4... one dumb question — #6

So, I picked up the machine yesterday afternoon. The complete inventory of stuff in it was as follows: 2x 1.25Ghz CPU 2 GB RAM Airport 250 GB HD 1x Radeon 9000 Pro AGP with DV…
68kMLA OS 9 by Gorgonops Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 16:49

Mac 630CD needs zip drive — #8

It says SCSI on the back Click to expand... In writing? Maybe, maybe not. It will definitely have the SCSI symbol: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": …
68kMLA Peripherals by Bunsen Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 16:33

MDD G4... one dumb question — #5

the MDD has absolutely no problems at all running large IDE hard drives; In fact, I believe that the MDD came in a server configuration with a set of large hard disks in it at some…
68kMLA OS 9 by kissmyash933 Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 12:59

Mac 630CD needs zip drive — #7

Try asking in the Trading Post here, someone may have one that they'll sell you. As for System 7.6.1 supporting the Zip drive, yes it will, so long as you have the Iomega Driver p…
68kMLA Peripherals by LCGuy Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 07:16

Mac 630CD needs zip drive — #6

Hey, wonderful!!! Thanks to all who answered my questions about how to identify a SCSI zip drive!! Now I get it!! It says SCSI on the back and has 2 small switches!!!! O.K. now …
68kMLA Peripherals by gamuman Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 06:59

Mac 630CD needs zip drive — #5

As I said in my first post, "Are zip drives made as scuzzy, parallel, or one for all or is the difference in the cable hook up?" How does one know it is a scuzzy drive if you don'…
68kMLA Peripherals by Anonymous Freak Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 06:44

Mac 630CD needs zip drive — #4

As I said in my first post, "Are zip drives made as scuzzy, parallel, or one for all or is the difference in the cable hook up?" How does one know it is a scuzzy drive if you don…
68kMLA Peripherals by gamuman Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 06:32

MDD G4... one dumb question — #4

OS 9 can work with large drives up to 2TB if you find a copy of MacOS ROM version 9.5 or later. The ROM file that came on the MDD's CD or an iMac/iBook G4 or other late version of …
68kMLA OS 9 by H3NRY Tue, 2 Feb 2010 - 05:03

MDD G4... one dumb question — #3

IIRC 200gb or smaller partitions can only be read by os9 say you have a 600gig drive and it is partitioned in 200gb and 400gb it would boot fine off the 200gb partition but absolut…
68kMLA OS 9 by zerotypeq Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 19:22

MDD G4... one dumb question — #2

I'm sure others who have personal experience with such machines can give you a 'from personal experience' answer, but here's my understanding: OS 9 will only recognize partitions …
68kMLA OS 9 by Anonymous Freak Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 17:43

MDD G4... one dumb question — #1

Recently I (foolishly?) agreed to take a dual 1.25 Ghz MDD G4 Tower (OS 9-bootable, not FW800) off a coworkers' hands for $50. (I'm not sure why. I think I had this vague idea that…
68kMLA OS 9 by Gorgonops Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 17:33

Mac 630CD needs zip drive — #3

If it has a picture of a printer on the second 25 pin port, it is a parallel Zip drive. Do NOT connect this drive to a Mac.
68kMLA Peripherals by Bunsen Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 15:18

Mac 630CD needs zip drive — #2

First things first, you must use a SCSI Zip drive on that Mac. Parallel port Zip drives require a parallel port, which is only found on PCs, if you connect a parallel port device t…
68kMLA Peripherals by LCGuy Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 12:30

Just arrived from eBay: DVD-RAM — #9

Whee! My 2-3X Panasonic DVD-RAM discs (4.7 GB, no cartridge,) work just fine in OS X Tiger. Disk Utility formats them no problem. Disc is recognized in 8.6, but won't format, no…
68kMLA OS 9 by Anonymous Freak Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 07:21

Mac 630CD needs zip drive — #1

Who can tell me how to hook an external Zip drive to my Performer 630CD? I have access to a Zip 250 external drive but don't know how to hook it to my Mac? Are Zip drives made scu…
68kMLA Peripherals by gamuman Mon, 1 Feb 2010 - 07:10

Just arrived from eBay: DVD-RAM — #8

It needs to have the DVD Extension and Disc Authoring though. Click to expand... Are you sure? ISTR reading that once the disk is formatted (HFS or HFS+) it can be mounted rea…
68kMLA OS 9 by Bunsen Sat, 30 Jan 2010 - 20:33

Two Apple Printers for $20 :) — #1

I went to a junk store today, they collect a lot of stuff from people. I found an Apple LaserWriter Select 360 in the box! (Box in great condition) and an ImageWriter II (Just lik…
68kMLA Peripherals by LimeiBook86 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 - 19:13

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