Re: Installer issue -- Need a hand

["Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au>]

><snip>
>disk on a regular basis.  So why either the drive thinks it's protected
under
>the circumstances, or the Installer thinks the drive's protected, and
that's a
>job for Inspector Columbo or Maigret. :-)


got ya on Colombo but you lost me on the other one, is that a US TV show
(I'm an Aussie) ?
Trying the drive in another slot is a simple thing to do. Even trying slot-6
if your cables won't allow moving it further away is pretty easy and you can
live without any 5.25's for 10 mins. Just remember to set slot 6 to your
card, 7 to AppleTalk, and 1 or 2 to Your Card for the LocalTalk connector.

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>system altogether, although the RamFAST was in Slot 7.  Would there be any
>reason that a move from another system -- in this case, an old Woz limited
>edition to a ROM03 -- would make a difference?  The original system lacks a
>power supply, so I don't have the luxury of putting everything back into
the old
>system.

hmmm... if the old system didn't use AppleTalk it'd be fine in slot-7. The
original Woz Signature ROM-0 will not run System 6.0.1, you need a ROM-1 or
ROM-3 motherboard. But that shouldn't be an issue if it was running 6.0.1
before.

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>you need.  What's embarrassing about this is that I used to support these
>systems for a living, and it's a comedy sometimes, trying to remember how
to do
>things that you once took for granted.

old Apples never die, but brain cells do :)

>In all my years with the Apple II,
>though, I never worked with AppleTalk from the II side, so last night, here
in
>the 21st century, was the first time I saw an Apple II communicating with a
>Macintosh.  Now, let's see which of my disks have survived the years...it's
CD
>burn time. :-)

Well... I'd like to think the Apple ][ will survive to the 21st century, but
I doubt that I ever will. :) (ie. we are in the 20th Century now)
I only just discovered the power of AppleTalk for myself a month ago. Now I
need more LocalTalk kits to make full use of it. 2x GSs and 2x Macs and an A
ppleTalk IW2 just sucks with 3 kits. More lead swapping than I was doing
with floppys before.
And burning all my disk images is what I have as a major task too.
Unfortunately a lot of old 5.25 stuff can't be done due to protection, so
extra backups are the only option.

> MC> drive from the Mac server. The Mac has to be set up too, but that's
> MC> another story.
>
>I beat that one, easily.


I got assistance here, never played with Mac's at all until late last year.

Mark