macintosh lc 550

gmoney · Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 1:08 am Post subject: macintosh lc 550

alright yall, i just got a macintosh lc 550 from my friend. i was wondering if it is possible to make a set of disks with mac os 7.5 with my pc that will boot this mac. the os was running fine but it was missing key network utilities. and now all of a sudden the os wont boot...
so this thing only has a floppy drive so is there a way to make a set of boot disks(floppy) with a pc.
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meobius · Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 6:22 am Post subject:

ouch!
damn that isn't even powerPC.
If it was powerPC you could at least have put OS 9 on it.
used to have those disks around here somewhere... but i most likely threw em out a while ago.
don't think you can use pc cause pc can't handle mac formatted disks. I know mac can handle pc format disks, but not sure if they can install an OS off mac formatted disks... try checking ebay if someone is trying to dump OS8 or 7.5 or something.

JayDubya · Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 7:24 am Post subject:

I would try google for a solution. There must be some way to format the disks and write them so they can be read by a mac.
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Get hammers, smash MAC to pieces....

....problem fixed.
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gmoney · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 2:07 am Post subject:

lol well ive pretty much given up on it cuz i dont even have a mouse for the machine.
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Silicon Skum · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:07 am Post subject:

I know of only one way to make a PC disk compatable as a boot disk on a MACincrap.

1) open the MAC and locate CPU, remove and throw away, repeat with rest of internals.

2) Stick an ITX mainboard and 1Ghz CPU inside of MAC.

3) stick the PC OS of your choice on the drive.

Voila! your pc boot disks will now work on the "MAC"

I'ts a MAC (BLERUGH!!) why would you want to bother using a MAC??

If you wanted serious advice (I don't think a MAC user can give such advice) why dont you ask on a MAC <spits> website.
try http://www.macnn.com
or try the forums at macnn http://forums.macnn.com/
I feel sick!

Just don't say that I sent you, you may not like the reply!

Lets just say MacNN know me (and the rest of the boarding party we sent over). It was nasty. it started of as friendly, but those damn MAC heads went too far (and the idiot moderator who started the whole war) so OCN and MacNN went to war!

SS

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

figures......you can try macworld.com and macosxhints.com too
i also own a mac im werking on right now.......but i only have one mouse.....sorry gmoney....=]

at least i have an 8500/180

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smith.p.sean · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:02 am Post subject:

hm... I also have a mac sitting here, some power pc or somethin or other... the only thing that im thinkin im going to keep is the case... its the heaviest case i have ever seen, and its sturdy as hell. Im not working on it because i cant figure out how to turn it on :) i keep looking for a stealthed power button on the front but there doesnt seem to be one. :)

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

wait wait.....i want it........dont throw anythingmac out....im trying to buildone....=P
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smith.p.sean · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:13 am Post subject:

haha its supposedly a working one, i just cant turn it on :) so its just sitting. What parts do u need, cause it also came with extras, i have 2 keyboards and 2 mice... I would have taken apart the case already but honest to god i cant figure out how. I spent an hour after taking out all the screws that I could find trying to open the damn thing... with no luck. I got it for free with a monitor and all this chit, but i have never used one so im just kinda looking at it for now :)

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

=].....we'll talk about this.......SOON...=]
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JayDubya · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:43 pm Post subject:

Its been a LONG time since i've used a mac (7+ years) but if i remember right, macs are turned on via the keyboard. At least i remember it that way.
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

not older ones.....its a setting in the control panel for power macs....and a lot of loder ones dont even have that option........give us a link man....i
ll show ya whats up
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Silicon Skum · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:39 pm Post subject:

MACs!

My opinion of a lot of you has just droped through the floor. I have a pet hatred of the infernal machine!
What's with the mac and that cycloptic mouse? just how BIG do you need a mouse button?

I know that some MAC users praise the mac for it's simplicity, but jeesus! how simple does it have to be "help! my mouse has two buttons - I'm confused!"

as for the software base - WHAT saoftware base?

Appart from DTP and graphic work, what other uses do need a mac for? I know it USED to be the best for video and graphics and sound, but not any more.
I guess I'll just never figure you Mac heads out!

I will admit that the G4 and G5 CPUs are a powerfull bit of hardware, but it's a Mac and as such all that power never sees full use, though this is mostly due to the uses that Mac owners impose.

I honestly would like for someone to explain why they use a Mac.

SS

smith.p.sean · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:12 pm Post subject:

haha, i have never really used it seeing as i cant turn it on. i just figured that I would get to know it because so far the only systems that i am familiar with is a pc with windows or linux. I was just trying to learn a lil more about them. haha, i say the same things about them, they are useless, but then i realized that i had never actually used one to see, so i figured i would just discover for myself sence one became available to me :)

meobius · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 10:04 pm Post subject:

most macs are turned on via the keyboard.
I have a Umax c600 (mac clone)
at least it has pci architecture, ide (as well as scsi), and other more or less standard parts. i can add usb to it if i wanted...
has dual video out and rca in so i could do video editing on it (right lol)

Mostly i use it for msn and irc cause the damn thing is immune to most virii out there. plus there isn't any software for it... i managed to install the latest version of OS 9 on it and that's about as far as it will go without having to use some weird L2 cache upgrade card. but why would i want a state of the art mac? i mean for just msn and irc! If i had some decent monitors to go with it (got two 14") I'ld use it for webbrowsing.

well at least all the mac junk was free...

gmoney · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:10 am Post subject:

hold up here i didnt ask for an apple bashing. apple is an excellent company everything made by apple is high quality high standard shi*. i had the privlage of going on a tour of apple here in the south bay and what they were doing then was some premium s***. in all honesty if mac was more versitile with gaming etc. i would have no qualms switching over to a dual 2.5ghz g5 liquid cooled system.... but then i dont got the cash and apple isnt versatile so im damn sure im pc'ing for the rest of my days.
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Anyone remember that MAC commercial where the guy rants on about how he hates MACs?

http://www.mit.edu/~mikeho/media/mac.wmv

MAC killed my inner child, LMAO!
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gmoney · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:24 am Post subject:

yo i gutted that mac... fuq it eh... i can get like five more if i want.
so i gutted it and i got all this stuff to put in it...:
3 thermaltake fans
uv light
some sleeving(left over from my psu)
350 watt psu
plexi glass window
amd 2000+or a tbird1.1
ecs mobo
nvidia vanta tnt2
lan card 10mbs
52x cdrom
128+64mb sdram
20 gig fujitsu laptop drive(5400rpm and 2mb cache pretty new bout 6months)
it has a 44pin to 40pin ide converter on .
my plans are to ventilate it well with the fans sleeve most of the cables... possibly spray the inside with uv paint.
put the window where the display used to be. and stealth the cdrom drive
gmoneyhobbit
p.s. i love the environment alot and work to preserve it. but i just thought it would be funny to ditch all the parts, even the moniter tube, along side the road. eat ur heart out mac fans.

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gmoney · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:35 am Post subject:

do u guys have any links to stuff like im trying to do
thanks
gmoneyhobbit
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racing87stang · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:15 am Post subject:

umm heres a good one bro

www.tweaknews.net

you can ask the fellas there about it... they can think of some pretty cool stuff to do to your case. But its gonna be a custom job. May take a while, patience and lots of bandaids. Good luck.. lol
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JayDubya · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:20 am Post subject:

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

SS...i hope you werent talking to ME.....=P
they atill are some of the forefronters in graphics and audio.......i consider macs more of a specialty user device.........all around users get PCs........while people who use this comp for one thing and one thing alone...(since there is no software for it).........just my two cents

gmoney i'll be happy to help with whatever i can as well......=]
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smith.p.sean · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:41 am Post subject:

HAHA, if that happened then he really wouldnt like macs. Good luck on the mod there, ill look forward to seeing it one day on my return. :)