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hi kevin,

why don´t you build the macsetup yourself? :D it´s a major fun!! there
´s a lot of information available and old lowend macs are lying 
almost every pawnshop. i just visited one and they told they had to 
throw all the macs away because of low asking. what a waste..

-t


--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Berg" <caddyfam@...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Kelley" <xirin6@> 
> wrote:
> >
> >  It appears that my 5 1/4 drive died and the OS will not load off 
> of 
> > the hard drive. They both spin but nothing happens. Does anyone 
> know of 
> > a good replacement for the floppy? 
> >  Also does anyone on this list sell a mac setup with SD and 
cable? 
> Just 
> > a wild question. 
> > 
> > Kevin Kelley
> >
> 
> Hi kevin:  I assume you have the EII+HD.  First what led you to 
> believe the fdd died? Does the red LED blink or remain constant 
when 
> you power up?  If the HDD is running properly the OS should be 
loaded 
> on it and you should not need to boot from floppy. Most of the time 
> the FDD failure is due to loose connection and dirty heads on the 
> cluster.  If in fact there is a problem when you power up it very 
> well could be the HDD (hdd light will flash intermittent pattern).  
> Need to know more specifics on events at power-on... Doug
>