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Thread ID: 53675	2005-01-24 05:18:00	mac LC575 help needed	Morgenmuffel (187)	Press F1

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317489	2005-01-24 05:18:00	Greetings all I got the old amiga working, now whilst out shopping today i found a mac LC575 and bought it (yes I know its ancient, but there was a point in the dim dark past where i actually wanted one of these, but ended up with an extremely expensive ($1200) second hand 386sx with mono monitor) anyhow at first it booted up to the "welcome to macintosh screen" and hung, after searching the archives here i tried booting it with the shift key held down, it booted fine. I would like to know how to solve this problem, I think it has something to do with the "extensions"?? I guess the main thing is I don't really know much about Macs, If someone could point me to a site that explains system 7.5.something and how it works (an idiots guide, not a geeks guide) that would be apreciated one other thing how do I exit programs that are running full screen, I mean the ones where there is no little button to click, the "esc" doesn't work nor does mouse clicking Thanks whoops can anyone point me to th link for the download of system 7 and what files i should be grabbing, (apparently apple has made the software free) as all i seem to be able to find are updates	Morgenmuffel (187)
317490	2005-01-24 05:38:00	sorry all my brain is still on Sunday time, I forgot to add this The very first time it booted (I had a friend do this for me as they know more about macs than me)I don't think the "shift" key was held down and there wwas a third party menu/launching bar on the bottom of the screen it had a popup come up saying something to the effect of "the trial period s up you need to register online", I don't know if this helps I have looked in the extension manager there are about 20 entries as i have no idea what is correct I am unsure of what to kill off Thanks	Morgenmuffel (187)
317491	2005-01-24 07:01:00	well I have disabled all non system 7.5 extensions but this appears to have made no difference still only boots if the shift key is held down.	Morgenmuffel (187)
317492	2005-01-24 10:52:00	I will give you some help with the Mac tomorrow when I have more time. I have an LC575 which I don't use now but I did for several years and am fairly familiar with OS 7.5	Safari (3993)
317493	2005-01-24 22:24:00	To close a program just go to File/Quit To force quit a program hold down the Apple and Option keys together and press Esc It is not very practicable to download 7.5 as it is 20MB in 19 parts. Trademe have Systenm 7.5 for sale if you need it. www.trademe.co.nz Startup with Extensions off by holding the Shift key down Go to the Apple menu/Control Panel/Extension Manager You can setup custom extension sets so make sure you have just 7.5 selected At the top where it says sets, select System 7.5 and restart the computer by going to Special and restart. If it will still not start normally the only solution is basically to find out which one(s) is the problem by turning them on and getting the problem. Sometimes the easiest way to do this is to divide them up in half and reboot the machine till you get the problem, or just to start turning them on a few at a time till you get the same problem. Once the problem extension is found, try it alone with base System extensions to see if it is conflicting with some other extension. If it works with just basic System extensions, then there is a conflict with another extension and you just have to eliminate the culprits by trial and error. This site might be some help. www.hawaii.edu	Safari (3993)
317494	2005-01-27 01:49:00	Thanks for the help the problem happens all the time I turned off all but the system 7.5 extension and it still happened. I turned all extensions off and it still happened, which has thrown me I must admit, as i thought this would have the same effect as booting with the shift key held down. oh well it looks like a reinstall may be necessary, (is there anyway to save the software that is on the machine ie, claris works etc) Thanks Nigel	Morgenmuffel (187)
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