Hello All, You can format/copy 400K disks with a Quadra Superdrive if the system OS is 8.5 or less (System 8.6 and above dropped the 400K support). Also you can use newer HD 1.44 disks, just put some tape over the hole opposite the write protect tab, and format the disk as 400K or 800K. I have been using HD disks formatted 400K and 800K with my Lisa's since 1988! H.T.H. Rick
> From: Scharpf Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "LisaList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 20:12:22 +0200 > To: "LisaList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Sony micro disk question .. > > Hello Stephen, > >> I found LisaOS 3.1 images and wanted to use my quadra with disk copy > You'll need a Computer with a 800k 3.25" floppy to duplicate the disks , so > that they could be read by a Lisa. All machines from 1984 up to August 1989, > like a Mac 128k, Fat Mac 512k, Plus, SE, SE/30, have such a built in floppy. > You can also use later Macs, but not as easy as the ones above. The Lisa was > shipped with a 400kB 3,5" single-sided floppy. If you try to copy a disk > with an 1,44 MB 3,5" double-sided Floppy-Drive in a quadra (so called 1.4 MB > SuperDrive), it won't work ! Your Lisa will always eject the floppy as > non-readable. > You have to be shure, that those images have been made with such a 400kB > 3,5" single-sided floppy and then they should be approx 390 kB data. > >> ... and watched the head mechanism move forward and not stop .. > Does the motor spin up, when you insert a floppy or push the little stick in > the floppy on the right side, which recognizes an inserted disk? > The error you described, could be caused by a faulty I/O Board (resp. a > faulty Lisa Light Adapter, depending on your Lisa modell) or by the drive > itself, due to a faulty step-by-step electronic component, which triggers > permanently the motor, which moves the head. > > Sorry for my not really perfect english: Tom, from Bavaria > the country of the alps, the marvellous castles of Koenig Ludwig and the > origin octoberfest > > > > -- > LisaList is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Shop buy.com and save. <http://lowendmac.com/ad/buy.com.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > LisaList info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/lisa.html> > --> 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/lisalist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > -- LisaList is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop buy.com and save. <http://lowendmac.com/ad/buy.com.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> LisaList info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/lisa.html> --> 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/lisalist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
