 Is there a system on the MAC clones ?
I suffer from MACitis. When I was in the Air Force, all the publishers, printers and photo labs in the late 70s through the mid 90s, had, used and worshipped their MACs. Thus, when I got the chance to buy a MAC -- I did. Now, I search out old MACs to learn about them.
At a flea market, yesterday (Oct. 23, 2005), I found three MAC clones - Motorola Star Max 3000/160 - gathering dust in a corner.
I got them home and they powered up. I got the floppy disk icon with the flashing question mark on the boot up screen. I tried the keyboard bypass startup disk procedure which did nothing. Is this an indication that there is no Operating System on the hard drive? Stickers on the machines reveal they came from an Oklahoma public school.
From the 160, I believe they must use 160 mhz processors. I'd like to be sure there is no operating system before I try to install a new one. If the old one is there; I'd like to be able to resurrect it. If there is no operating system on the machines, would it be adviseable to try and install System 7.5 or would another OS be more efficient?
Thank you for your time.
Sam
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