Well, it did work. Was going through the hard drive, finding out what was installed and then played a bit of Lemmings. then I got a message onscreen telling me that the Finder couldn't be started, because a particular file couldn't be found and I'd have to restart the Mac from the CD drive by...
It works! Mac OS8.1, running happily. Have installed an ethernet card, so I should be able to transfer software over. Might need to reseat the 32Mb Simm I added, as it doesn't seem to be showing up.
Thanks for your help. Couldn't have done it without the guide on your blog (and a little extra...
Thanks for your patience. It's been twenty-odd years since I briefly used Mac OS9 before switching to OS X (previously, I always used Amigas, and OS X felt very familiar). I haven't used OS9 (or previous versions) in so long, it's a bit like trying to remember your high school French when...
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I was following your guide for installing the full version of system 7.5.3 but for me, Basilisk is running on a High Sierra iMac. So, when in your blog you said you should set Basilisk to use the the Windows 'My Computer' s a shared device between Windows and Basilisk, I took the OS X...
According to Steve on the Savage Taylor blog, I need to copy the minimal System 7 disk image and rename it TempDisk.img, then point Basilisk GUI toward the those two files, as well as set up a Unix Root folder, which gets shared between OS X and Basilisk. That should give me three drive icons on...
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Newbie to these forums. Been using Macs since 2000. Got about 12 different machines in various states of repair. Anyway - I'm in the process of fixing up an old LC 475 for a friend. Hard drive was dead, so I got a rev 5 SCSI2SD card adapter, which is giving me a real headache.
I've...