oh, those cables are nasty. maybe someone knows how to fix em? -t > > 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 > > >
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Re: Question about disk drives for the EII
2008-06-26 by roisto
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