[geeks] 0000000F 0000000C (pronounced "oooh fok")

[Geoff Reed]

THat's a ram error IIRC :(


At 10:12 PM 8/29/01 -0400, you wrote:
>As in "oooh fok, no OS" (I hope!?)
>
>I found that my wifes (otherwise) idle Mac uses the same keyboard/mouse as 
>the new Quadra 660AV I am trying to set-up, so I took them to it, hooked 
>up one of my *two* mac video adapters (I have way too much stuff!), and 
>powered-up.
>
>Great power-on music...
>
>Then a sad mac appears, and the message above is displayed...
>
>Questions:
>
>     If I get a MacOS CD, do I just put it in the CD-ROM drive and power-up?
>
>     Is there a "best" software release for this box? (considering the
>     specialty hardware installed) 7.X? 8.0?
>
>     Anyone have an old copy of the OS available? AFAIK it looks like
>     Apple considers all software before OS 8.1 obsolete, and disk images
>     can be downloaded, but only on Mac boxes, so I don't think there is
>     a license concern - am I correct?
>
>     It looks like 36 bit 70 ns or faster RAM should be fine, can anyone
>     confirm this?
>
>     It looks like a CPU speed-up can be arranged for $50 +/- - is it
>     a worthwhile investment for a play machine?
>
>Sorry for all the questions,
>
>Ken
>
>