Removing software on a Classic II

[Futureman]

This might sound like it has an obvious answer...

I've finally got my mac classic to see a SCSI CD drive (took me a while, as I only own + use a PC)

My next problem is getting it talking to an ancient keyboard (EMU Emulator II) which is proving difficult.

I'm not sure why... others out there have their emulator II talking to a mac running everything from 6.0.8 to OS8.. so I'm guessing it could be a conflict with other programs that use the modem and printer port.

My Mac classic II came loaded with a few modem programs & other applications. (The EII can use either the printer or modem port)

On a PC, if I don't want an application, I uninstall it.. how so on this old mac (Running 7.0.1) ?

Is throwing the files in the trash good enough?

What are the minimal extensions I need to get by?

Sorry for the noob questions, and I really appreciate your help so far.

Regards

Mike (Australia)

 

[Dog Cow]

Is throwing the files in the trash good enough?

Yeah, pretty much. There are sometimes other files hanging around, too. But trashing it is the main step, really.

 

[porter]

On a PC, if I don't want an application, I uninstall it.. how so on this old mac (Running 7.0.1) ?

The wastebasket will do fine.

What are the minimal extensions I need to get by?

Depends what you want still working!

7.0.1 had very little anyway, no PC Exchange, no Quicktime.

What are the icons that appear bottom left when the box starts up?

 

[Futureman]

Upon boot up, I can make out a few Icons..

-One looks like an Alarm clock..

-Can't make out the second as it has a X through it. (Disabled??)

-Third looks like a hardrive (Hardrive light?)

-4th is SCUZZY icon.

I wrote down the list of extensions I have in my extension folder... here goes.

Apple CD ROM

Apple Modem tool

Apple Share

Autho

Billminder

BlackCha

Claris kermit tool

Claris Organizer alarms

DAL

DW 3.1 (Serial)

File sharing extension

finder help

Hp Background

Hp Print monitor

Iomega driver

Network extenion

printmonitor

serial tool

system 7 tuner

text preview

text tool

TTY tool

TTY Font

VT102 Tool

VT102 Font

Xmodem Tool

If i get rid of most of these.. (I don't use a printer & modem etc...) would that go a long way to getting rid of my Mac classics inability to communicate my Emulator II keyboard?

Hope this helps

Regards

Mike

 

[LCGuy]

If that keyboard connects via the printer or modem port, you'll likely need a driver for it - Macs typically don't look for a keyboard connected to the serial ports, only to the ADB port.

 

[Futureman]

If that keyboard connects via the printer or modem port, you'll likely need a driver for it - Macs typically don't look for a keyboard connected to the serial ports, only to the ADB port.

Cheers for the heads up, but I'm talking about a big keyboard as in the ones with black & white keys.. this one was a big hit in the late 80's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnnFTh6odoM

That probably is an old mac sitting next to the keyboard lol.

Thanks for your help so far.

Regards

Mike

 

[equill]

Why not simply create an 'Extensions (Disabled)' folder in your System Folder. Your interesting collection of Extensions looks as if it contains the survivors from some kind of business use of the Mac just after Armageddon has passed by. You can discover the origin of each by highlighting it with a single click, and then using command-i to invoke Get Info. If it does not admit to being part of the presently-installed System, note it on paper.

Then drag all non-Apple extensions to the Extensions (Disabled) folder. If the Mac boots satisfactorily with the remainder, you have a basis from which to add back the relevant third-party extensions one at a time before testing the Mac's ability to boot and play with the E-MU. I don't know the keyboard, but I have to ask whether you need, and are using, an Apple (preferably) or other known-compatible MIDI interface to a serial port? If it is non-Apple, has it its own need for extension(s)? Or does the E-MU already contain any necessary interface and have only an external serial cable?

Another consideration is that your Extensions folder contains many fewer than even 7.0.1 ought to have. From the possibly tenuous example of a PB 160 running 7.1.3 that I have beside me, up to 30 Apple extensions may be appropriate to 7.0.1 even if they are not all needed for all installations. Possibly your list could be bettered, even if you (or the Classic II) are RAM-challenged, with either a completely new installation of 7.0.1 or (revolutionary though 7.0.1 was in 1788), better again, 7.1.3.

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[beachycove]

Now, now, equill, the Revolution was 1789.

 

[equill]

Now, now, equill, the Revolution was 1789.

I was using a year that may have more resonance in Futureman's home country ... ... given that the 1808 Rum Rebellion scarcely counts.

de

 

[tmtomh]

You can safely disable these and still have the computer function properly:

Autho

Billminder

BlackCha

Claris kermit tool

Claris Organizer alarms

DAL

DW 3.1 (Serial)

finder help

Hp Background

Hp Print monitor

text preview

TTY tool

TTY Font

VT102 Tool

VT102 Font

Xmodem Tool

If you don't have a CD drive, ZIP drive, or printer hooked up to the Mac, and if you're not connecting it to a network, you can also get rid of these:

Apple CD ROM

Apple Modem tool

Apple Share

File sharing extension

Iomega driver

Network extenion

printmonitor

But as others have said, many of these shouldn't be trashed, but rather should be kept on the hard drive, somewhere outside the extensions folder, in case you need them another time.