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Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci?

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In message <210520182056160634%nospam@nospam.invalid> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <7fd0b389-cd9c-48e8-88ff-c03e6d0a311b@googlegroups.com>,
> <matthewmpower@gmail.com> wrote:

>> I'm hugely into Apple II and IIgs. But the Macintosh IIci had really got my
>> attention so I have a bare bones IIci arriving in the next few days. It has
>> no hard drive, so I'm thinking of getting a SCSI2SD device. It also has no
>> monitor, and no input devices but I think I can figure those things out.

> you're going to need a monitor, hard drive, adb keyboard/mouse.

Monitor will probably be the hardest thing to find, honestly. Not any
old VGA will work.

>> With Apple II's I'm used to using Ciderpress and ADTPro to load in software
>> to cards like the CFFA3000 and the MicroDrive/Turbo.
>> 
>> What are the options available for loading OS and other downloadable software
>> onto a IIci?

> cd-rom or a *lot* of floppies.

Yes, I installed 7.5.5 via Floppies. I think it was 14 floppies, or that
is the number that comes to mind. I have no way to check and that was
well before CD-Rs. A CD Drive will have to be SCSI, so good luck on
that. I think Apple had disk images for system 7.something available for
download at one time, but I don't know about that anymore.

The IIci used ADB, so finding and ADB mouse and keyboard will be
required, but those aren't that scarce. Well, at least not keyboards. I
am alos not sure that the IIci really supports CD drives (like, can it
boot from one? Probably, SCSI is SCSI, but I don't know. Our IIci
predated optical drives)

The best place to go is probably a site like lowendmac.com and see if
they have forums, or mention forums on other sites.

Some of this stuff is quite tricky as it's been obsolete for sloe to 30
years.


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How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? matthewmpower@gmail.com - 2018-05-21 17:50 -0700
  Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-21 20:56 -0400
    Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? matthewmpower@gmail.com - 2018-05-21 19:14 -0700
      Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-21 23:19 -0400
    Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-21 20:06 -0700
    Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-05-22 05:47 +0000
      Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-05-21 23:51 -0700
        Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-05-22 19:25 +1200
          Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? matthewmpower@gmail.com - 2018-05-22 16:29 -0700
            Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2018-05-23 09:00 +0100
              Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-23 08:46 -0400
        Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-22 01:18 -0700
        Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-05-23 01:51 +0000
          Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-22 22:49 -0400
            Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-22 21:08 -0700
      Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-22 08:32 -0400
        Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-22 07:19 -0700
        Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-05-23 02:07 +0000
          Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-22 22:49 -0400
          Re: How to put OS and other software onto a Macintosh IIci? Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-22 20:07 -0700

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