----- Original Message ----- From: "Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 5:09 AM Subject: Bootup issues - was 800k vs. 400k floppy drives
> On Jan 11, 2005, at 19:17, Nat wrote: > > [...] > > On a whim, I > > then hooked up the 512k to the drive through the little circuit board > > that > > was inside the external drive casing. The drive did not go into the > > eject > > cycle, so I stuck in a 400k disk. To my surprise, I got a happy Mac. > > May > > elation was soon crushed, as the machine locked up when it hit the > > "Welcome > > to Macintosh." screen. The dialog box came up with that message, and > > immediately the dialog box started flashing rapidly and the computer > > locked > > up. I tried a number of known-good bootable 400k disks all to the > > exact > > same end. > > Any idea what causes this? I have seen it on other computers and on > the Basilisk II emulator... running a version of Mac OS that should run > on that particular hardware. For Basilisk, it was a version of Mac OS > supported by the emulator and even INSTALLED IN the emulator. Weird... > > Eagle I wish I knew what causes it. I would really like to be able to use my Mac 512k. Someone here has *GOT* to know. Does this mean that I have some unresolvable hardware issues at work? Eagle, did you ever find a work around or solution to this problem? thanks, Nat -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
