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HELP -- MAC SE w/ AFTERDARK
Name: Jeff Date: November 11, 2000 at 11:40:05 Pacific
Comment:
I have an old MAC SE30 from college (over ten years ago). I've been draging it around with me all these years and finally wanted to go back and look at some file that I have on it. The problem is that I had Afterdark installed and when I start it up, the screen saver comes up immediately. After all of these years, of course I have no idea what the password might be. To complicate things, I no long have the keyboard, just the mouse. Also there is a problem with the floppy drive, so booting from there isn't an option (not that I have the boot disk anyway). Any chance I can get around this, or do I realy need a keyboard to try to us the shift key to get past the screen saver at startup. Any help would be appreciated.
Name: fez Date: November 12, 2000 at 07:19:10 Pacific
Reply:
get a k/b and hold down the shift key. THEN print out any files you will EVER need and get rid of that mac. Then....Get an imac! You could try to copy the files to another mac via appletalk using the serial cable to network them. Either way..get rid of the SE and upgrade. You deserve it!
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Response Number 2
Name: Carl Feys Date: January 9, 2001 at 12:48:31 Pacific
Reply:
How can I copy files from a Classic II (now they are on my iMac 450 DV+) to a Mc SE?
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Response Number 3
Name: Jasoco Date: February 8, 2001 at 02:38:50 Pacific
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Jeff,
NO! Don't get rid of it! Give it to me! :-) I collect em. Or donate it to some needy person.
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Response Number 4
Name: Jasoco Date: February 8, 2001 at 02:41:47 Pacific
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And Carl,
SE's use 800K Floppy's.. You'll need to get some to copy files to it with floppys. I had the same exact problem. Didn't know about the format of the floppys.. Normal HD floppys will work but aren;t recommended. You'll need to put tape over the Left hole (The one WITHOUT the lock) and reformat it as Mac 800K format. Then copy files using that.
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Response Number 5
Name: Kevin Date: April 4, 2001 at 14:06:01 Pacific
Reply:
I Also have a MAC SE, actually have three of them here. I have been looking for After Dark or any screen saver that will work with it. Does anyone have a screen saver for the Mac SE????
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