Mac Classic has died

[Kintaro]

My mac classic, has been used a lot lately and today I switch the power on and it starts beeps... then gives me an error:

0000000F
00000063

What does this mean...

BTW, Power went out last time and I went to bed!

[the_black_angel]

How far in to boot-up does it get?

They look like memory addresses

maybe(big maybe) The power outage currupted some system file it needs during startup  - or surged just before the power outage and currupted the ROM somehow???

[psyjax]

No, I know what that error is. Now adays you would get a blinking system folder icon, basically somehow or other the system file was corupted. Your gonna have to re-install, it wont corrupt any of  your data, so don't worry.

Also, you may want to get a disk version of 7.1 which I think is the earliest MacOS that can run on a Classic.

[ravuya]

I feel for your loss.

If what psyjax suggests doesn't work, make sure there isn't a disk (or disk fragments) stuck in the drive. I had an old 400k floppy which would sad-Mac my LC if I left it in on startup. That's the only Sad Mac I've ever experienced (woot)

[Kintaro]

I have a backup "system" file that I will use. I've done simlar things on floppy disks (i tried to make it say "Welcome to X11s Mac" with a hex editor, instead of "Welcome to Macintosh"!

Anyway I will fix it...

Does anyone have some good software that they could give me on disk images?

(X11's doing stuff)

Okay its wiped the "System Folder" i rebooted and when it complained about no disk i fed it my "Install 1" disk, does anyone have the NEWEST system software (I have 7.01 or somthing)

Anyone have 7.5?

[ravuya]

quote:Originally posted by Ex Eleven / b0b:
I have a backup "system" file that I will use. I've done simlar things on floppy disks (i tried to make it say "Welcome to X11s Mac" with a hex editor, instead of "Welcome to Macintosh"!

You know, if you're not trying to be manly or something, you can open up the System file with ResEdit and accomplish the same task. The Mac was meant to be easy.  

 

quote:Does anyone have some good software that they could give me on disk images?

(X11's doing stuff)

Okay its wiped the "System Folder" i rebooted and when it complained about no disk i fed it my "Install 1" disk, does anyone have the NEWEST system software (I have 7.01 or somthing)

Anyone have 7.5?

Apple.com has 7.5 on disk images, in fact. As well as 7.0 and 6.something. I don't recommend 7.5 for a Mac Classic, I'd stick with 6. Under 6, even a Mac Classic seems unreasonably zippy.

[Kintaro]

Anyway i have it working, where are these disk images, should i loom on the ftp site?

[Kintaro]

I cant find disk images for old Mac Sys Soft anywhere!

[mr_nobody]

[ August 27, 2002: Message edited by: mr_nobody ]

[psyjax]

quote:Originally posted by Ex Eleven / b0b:
I cant find disk images for old Mac Sys Soft anywhere!

Hey X11, I have been busy so I havent been on the forum in a while, but if you want, I can hook you up with a copy of OS 7.x. Do you want any? Do you have an FTP or e-mail, I belive it is around 6MB for the later versions (7.5) and around 3MB for 7.1.

Also, you may find some old stuff here:

http://www.vmac.org/

It is a MacClassic emulator, and they have several OS's and other stuff for it.