Macintosh SE FDHD (Superdrive) Error on boot

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Macintosh SE FDHD (Superdrive) Error on boot

i have a 1989 Macintosh. i initially had a sad face which had the code 0000000F 00000002. i fixed this. it appeared to have been opnened for a ram upgrade in the past. and they didnt move the jumper onto the extra ram settings. (for if anyone else has same error code this may help)

after the normal boot sequence and beep. i get the happy face then the clock. after that you think your good to use mac. to then get hit with a bomb message saying;

"Sorry a System error occurred.

"finder"

Illegal Instruction"

does anyone know what causes this rather vague message. what is finder and how do i fix this issue?

Posted on Feb 23, 2023 6:16 AM

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Jan Hedlund

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Feb 23, 2023 10:01 AM in response to iAndrewIz

Hi iAndrewiz,

The Finder is the "operating environment" (and also a file). Does this error appear when you start up from the internal hard drive? What happens if you start from a floppy containing a valid system?

Which operating system version are you using? Do you have access to another pre-1998 Macintosh computer with a built-in floppy drive (if so, which model?) in case you have to create new system disks?

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Jan Hedlund

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Feb 23, 2023 1:48 PM in response to iAndrewIz

Thank you for the information.

If you had another pre-1998 Macintosh computer, or knew someone who owns one, you could create a Network Access Disk 7.5 (http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Utilities/Network_Access_Disk_7.5.sea.bin) floppy. Such a floppy can be very useful as a temporary startup or test disk.

http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Utilities/Network_Access_Disk_7.5.txt

[This is a Direct Download Link]

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Jan Hedlund

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Feb 23, 2023 2:22 PM in response to iAndrewIz

Also, if you want to make an attempt to create a floppy via an old Windows (such as 95/98/XP) PC with an internal floppy drive, the following old (2015) answer could possibly be of interest to you:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7167523?answerId=28716199022#28716199022

I do not know whether the mentioned PC applications are still available, but the reply should at least show the basic method. This would be entirely experimental.

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Allan Jones

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Feb 23, 2023 8:22 AM in response to iAndrewIz

Can you verify this affects a 1989 Mac and tell us the Mac model? The external Apple SuperDrive was not released until 2008 and has only USB 2 connections. No 1989 Mac I know of can access the external SuperDrive.

It also appears the internal SuperDrive was not installed in Macs even as an option until 2001.

So a little clarification here can help us avoid providing you with a completely bogus response!

Thanks!

AJ

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iAndrewIz Author

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Feb 23, 2023 12:41 PM in response to Jan Hedlund

sadly i have no such floppy media. its the internal HDD, since it crashes i couldn't tell you the version im guessing either OS 6.0.8 or 7, and sadly again i do not have another machine to pull parts or use to make a recovery diskette from. i only have windows computer. and ironically dont get on with Mac OS, but something drew me to this relic.

so finder would be the windows equivilent for Explorer, clears that up.

the year was 1989, its had the 4mb SIMM Ram upgrade.

im currently playing with the idea of buying a usb floppy drive and 1.44mb disks for windows and using a VM to emulate a Mac to make a recovery floppy. but so far struggling to get it working.

but thank you for the feedback. if its finder to me that means the hardware should fine and the system OS has been corrupted over the years. could have been something simple as not shutting it down properly last time it worked.

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Allan Jones

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Feb 24, 2023 10:33 AM in response to Jan Hedlund

Thanks. So noted.

That was lost in the sand of time to me! I have an SE/30 but was going off storage option descriptions in the MacTracker database that usually uses Apple Terminology, but went generic in this case:

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Jan Hedlund

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Feb 23, 2023 9:45 AM in response to Allan Jones

Hello Allan,

The floppy disk drive (for both 800K and 1.44 MB) used in the Macintosh SE FDHD was in fact also called a SuperDrive.

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Macintosh SE FDHD (Superdrive) Error on boot

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