I happened to join my father at an estate sale a few days ago, and as luck should have it, I stumbled upon a fun little find--a Mac Classic, complete with keyboard, mouse, and a stash of peripheral cables. After cleaning it thoroughly and hooking it up, it boots to the usual blinking floppy disk icon. So far, so good.
Here's where I'm at with it. The Option-Command-X-O keyboard combination doesn't appear to work, so I'm not sure if the keyboard is bad or not. The mouse, which is connected to the keyboard in the style of old Macs, does work. But either way, I'm without disks, so I can't get any further in my testing.
What's the best way to proceed from here? Perhaps someone here would be kind enough to copy a boot disk for me (I can pay disk costs and postage), or recommend a good, cheap USB floppy drive for creating boot disks? Is there anything else I should try? Should I open it up and see what's going on inside? I'm admittedly a little nervous about opening it, as I've never worked inside a computer with a CRT, much less the high-voltage power supply. But I might be able to work up the courage.
Thanks in advance!
~Kalmia
Here's where I'm at with it. The Option-Command-X-O keyboard combination doesn't appear to work, so I'm not sure if the keyboard is bad or not. The mouse, which is connected to the keyboard in the style of old Macs, does work. But either way, I'm without disks, so I can't get any further in my testing.
What's the best way to proceed from here? Perhaps someone here would be kind enough to copy a boot disk for me (I can pay disk costs and postage), or recommend a good, cheap USB floppy drive for creating boot disks? Is there anything else I should try? Should I open it up and see what's going on inside? I'm admittedly a little nervous about opening it, as I've never worked inside a computer with a CRT, much less the high-voltage power supply. But I might be able to work up the courage.
Thanks in advance!
~Kalmia