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Hi

Thanks for your offer but I am in UK and Massachussets is a long way away.

Colin

Hello K...

Thanks for your thoughts and advice. This morning I installed a 4 GB Flash memory card in one of the computers PCMCIA sot and formatted it in standard Apple format as two 2 GB partitions... fearful that 2 GB is all the three Apple/Macs can accept....?

Anyway the G3 Pismo booted it and formatted and allowed me to download what I wanted, then I discovered my old USB linked Card reader can accept it too... sadly only the Pismo has USB.

I found the PB 1400 doesnt seem to like it but am trying again. The slot works ok as my www connection goes in there too.

The plan is to download it to the SCSI external disk on the PB and then to move that over to the LC 475 and hope to be able to boot it while/after/before downloading the contents of the non booting SCSI built in disk to the external. It might offer the perfect opportunity to reinstall as new on the built in disk - I'll have to think about the best order. On advice I have obtained a copy f Mount everything but to date while it has indeed mounted the built in disk it has not been able to make it boot at startup - SPOT ON did the same and couldnt do the same!!

I will download those links thanks and see if during a few days away... I can resolve what I should now do in what order.

Thanks again

Colin

Hello K...

Thanks for your thoughts and advice. This morning I installed a 4 GB Flash memory card in one of the computers PCMCIA sot and formatted it in standard Apple format as two 2 GB partitions... fearful that 2 GB is all the three Apple/Macs can accept....?

Anyway the G3 Pismo booted it and formatted and allowed me to download what I wanted, then I discovered my old USB linked Card reader can accept it too... sadly only the Pismo has USB.

I found the PB 1400 doesnt seem to like it but am trying again. The slot works ok as my www connection goes in there too.

The plan is to download it to the SCSI external disk on the PB and then to move that over to the LC 475 and hope to be able to boot it while/after/before downloading the contents of the non booting SCSI built in disk to the external. It might offer the perfect opportunity to reinstall as new on the built in disk - I'll have to think about the best order. On advice I have obtained a copy f Mount everything but to date while it has indeed mounted the built in disk it has not been able to make it boot at startup - SPOT ON did the same and couldnt do the same!!

I will download those links thanks and see if during a few days away... I can resolve what I should now do in what order.

Thanks again

Colin

Jan,

So... it begins....

I installed and formatted the CF card (4GB) into 2 2 GB partitions in Standard Mac Format (Im suire I read these macs cant see more than 2 GBs and that they wont like HFS format or w.h.y.

Well, I got it going on the Pismo and downloaded some of the bits you have drawn my attention to as wellas bits of Disk Utiulitys I have found (3 versions of Mt Everything and the Guide (?).

All went we'll, very fast! - 37 GB in 8 seconds!

I transferred the card and adaptor to the PB 1400 - almost straigfht away ut mnounted the SCIS ext disk and the CF card and showed the two partitions separately on the desk top!!! I downloaded to the PB the bits from the Pismo and cleared the contenst of the Ext SCSI except the OS 7.1 and Mt Everything CP.

No problemo!

Then I removed the Ext SCSI and moved it to the 475 - 3 cable connections later the icon of the ext SCSI appeared and the system booted from it (not from the Int SCSI! ? I have tried without success getting the Mt E CP to acrt as the booit disk - the ID is 0 and it appears iont he Mount everything disk but,it didnt want to do so, untril now and suddenly I giot it to appear on Desk top.

I have removed 38 MBs of data from the Int Disk and transferred it to the Ext (thats its capacity.) Its too late now to transgfer it back to the CF Card in the PB but I might switch the cabling over to do that in the AM...

So far, so good!? I just wish the Int would boot at startup!

Thanks for all your advice! Morgen ik gatt naar Nederlanden voor tien dagen vakantie! Weet je wel ;-)

Colin

HI Jan

Me again Im afraid.

You may have seen my latest posting and Im sorry to monopolise your expertise like this but I am stuck.

1. History - I have bought a working Performa 475 and removed the Disk to replace the old LC 475 Disk. It booted first time with 7.n

- the power supply in the LC 475 was working fine at this point but the Performa PS is now a spare in case....

- the 32 MB memory card works ok too now!

- the 4 GB flash memory works great: on the MBP + R/D with a USB 3 card reader, on the Pismo with the above or in the PCMCIA slot, on the Powerbook in the PCMCIA slot. No way to use it on the LC 475... yet!

- the 2 GB SCSI HDD that was in the LC475 is now back in its housing

So you might think all was well....

2. Latest - my Apple Multi Scan 15 Display (M2978 Serial Number CY4471EW3AD Manufd Nov 1994 in Korea ) was working fine on the LC475 and on the Performa. It also works with the adaptor off the PB 1400. However, after installing the new HDD in the 475 I thought I should run through the Cps and Extensions to see which I needed to change settings for and when I got to Monitors CP and I found an option for a larger number of colours and higher quality and (like a fool?) chose it. The screen went black right away and so far has resisted my efforts to reset it.

a. The Display works fine from the PB 1400 still! I can reset its settings but do they stay with the display when i close and detach the cable?

b. I have the Floppy Disk that came with the Display

c. I can't find the Display anywhere on the web - its not the same as the Apple Multi Scan 15 Display that comes up if you search - it doesn't have a reset button or a paperclip hole.

Because its gone black I can't tell what is happening when I put the floppy in so I can't select the CP or install the Original floppy that came with it.

What can I do? (sounding like 'Help me Obewan Kannobie...

Colin

Hello Jan

Thanks for that. I did get the Display working eventually and have this AM swapped over the Power supply from the Performa 475 that I bought on Wednesday. - the switch on it is more consistent than mine!

Resetting PRAM and booting from the floppy were key to getting in to the Moniotor settings and my old external scsi was happily able to boot.

Then I could update the Display software from the Floppy I fortunately found that I had that came with the screen!

I have also installed an Ethernet card in the 'PDS' slot - it is not one I have seen before. It has an RJ45 and a coax socket and the only text it carries says: EMacLCBT VER :B I cannot find any reference to it on a Google search but I hope to get it all going tomorrow morning.

The card has an empty space... for an upgrade processor (6882?)

Would you recommend replacing the LC processor in the 475 with a true 040 processor. They seem to be available at a reasonable price and by all reports not only speed up the machine but also provide floating point support and a cache?

Buying the Performa 475 has solved many of the problems - it was working when Isaw it and had a clean SCSI Disk with OS 7.6 freshly installed as well as everything else I could need. Its case is becoming emptier as days go by. The seller has a load of LCs and has become a new friend who is ready to help me get the 2 iMacs working again!

Just a bit more to do on the Powerbook 1400 and then I can move on! ;-) Your help has been key! Thanks

Colin

Thanks again Jan.

I have the 475 working today with the screen working right too... may be it sensed that I wasnt going to give it much more time ?

Farallon, ah! Thanks. Does this suggest I download their SW?

I accept totally your advice on the 040 and will do nothing. Ram doubler? Pseudo 040? Is it worth putting the 882 in the ethernet card spare slot? Any idea where I might find a spec for that card?There seem to be a lot of chips in it!

Colin

As usual grateful Thanks Jan

Ill play!

Colin