Help with classic Apple powerbook/OS

[Cameron Kaiser]

> I bought a Powerbook 150 years ago and my brother has been using
> it for years in the studio to run the MIDI sequencer FreeStyle.
> The PB 150 recently died and I bought a couple of Powerbook 540c
> on eBay to replace it.
> 
> My current problem list:
> 
> 1. My AppleCD 600e (which works fine on the PB 150) does
>    not show up on either of the PB 540c, so I have no way
>    to read CDs on the 540c machines.

This sounds like an Extension problem. Do you have all the CD extensions
installed on the 540c? I don't remember them off the top of my head, but
they're things like Apple CD, Hi-Sierra, etc.

I assume you are using the same cable (HDI-30 to "Centronics" SCSI).

> 2. FreeStyle uses FreeMidi to talk to a MIDI interface over
>    the modem/printer port. This was a complete pain to setup
>    on the PB 150 as there were bugs (possibly MacOS 7 related)
>    which made the natural automated MIDI configuration fail
>    to work and hang the computer.
>    Setting up FreeMidi on the 540c running MacOS 7.5 has
>    similar problems. Setting up FreeMidi on the 540c running
>    MacOS 8 does not have these problems (which is why I
>    think it is probably MacOS7 related). I am unable to make
>    either 540c talk properly to the MIDI interface such that
>    it sees the various MIDI keyboards, etc.

I haven't had much experience with FreeMIDI; I've always used Open Music
System. The current version is 2.3.8 but I don't remember if OMS is PPC only.
It is freely downloadable -- at worst it just won't install. I looked at my
backup installer in HexEdit and didn't see anything that implied it was PPC
only, but I really don't know for sure.

How did you get Mac OS 8 installed on the 540c without a CD??

> 3. I thought that updating the version of FreeMidi from 1.3
>    to the latest 1.48 would be a good idea. The image size
>    is 4Mb, which does not fit onto a floppy.

I suspect this problem will be solved when you get the CD working :)

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