Re: 540c floppy drive bad?

[Bruce Johnson]

On Monday, December 23, 2002, at 03:03 PM, Fran Dollinger wrote:

> Hi...
> List of symptoms:
>
> Initially reads the floppy just fine
> Cannot read it after it has been ejected and reinserted
> Floppy disk cannot be read by any other computer after it has been
> initially read by my 540c
>
> Any suggestions?

Don't use it anymore? You could try a cleaner disk to see if it's just 
really dirty, but I suspect the drive is no good anymore, as it reads 
it ok the first time.

> --
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Bruce Johnson



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Re: 180 & ZIP DRIVE

[Andrew Main]

Dana Sibera wrote:

>On Tuesday, December 24, 2002, at 01:56  AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>>  I have a 180 running 7.5.1 and would like to use my ZIP drive with
>>>  it, but
>>>  the
>>>  SCUSI probe won't put the Zip drive on the desktop.  WHat am I dong
>>>  wrong?
>>  --
>>  I believe you will need an Iomega extension to make the drive mount.
>
>If you have a disk in the drive when trying to mount, it -should- mount
>okay then. Sometimes it's a bit flakey.
>
>If that doesn't work, booting the mac with a formatted disk in the
>zipdrive has always worked for me (across about 4 macs)

Recently had an odd problem where an inserted Zip disk wouldn't mount 
in a 1400 when awakened from sleep (I think it was; disk was inserted 
before sleep and mounted, but not there when awakened). I understand 
the 1400 scans its expansion bay upon awakening from sleep, which is 
why it has to be put to sleep to swap modules; apparently it doesn't 
use a third-party driver like the Iomega extension (which loaded 
during startup) when it does the scan. I found the Iomega Guest app 
(which comes as part of the Iomega software package) would mount the 
disk. I put an alias of Iomega Guest in the Apple menu, and alerted 
the client to the problem & solution.

Anyway, for stubborn Zip disks I've found that Iomega Guest often 
solves the problem; it force-loads a driver and scans for a 
drive/disk. (Of course it's also helpful for its intended use: to 
mount a Zip disk on a Mac that doesn't have Iomega software 
installed: just bring a floppy with Iomega Guest, connect a Zip 
drive, startup the Mac, insert the floppy and run Guest.) Of course, 
if you're using a Zip drive with your Mac, you should have the Iomega 
extension in the Extensions folder, as the OS itself doesn't have a 
driver to see a Zip disk.

I also use older Iomega installers/software with older OSes; newer 
Iomega versions have a lot of extra, useless stuff.

Andrew Main

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Re: CF Drive on 1400c

[Ken Norris (dialup)]

Thanks for the Re,
---
> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 17:33:17 -0500
> From: Scott Holder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: CF Drive on 1400c

> Does VM work when set back to the HD? And, does the CF card work as a
> standard drive?
---
Yes, it does, after I set it back and restart.
--- 
> CF does have a limited number of read/write cycles before it dies, it's
> possible it's reached that.
---
Nope. I checked it out. It saves data, pictures, whatever, just fine.

Is it possible the format is contaminated? Maybe I should reformat.

Happy Holydays,
Ken N.


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Re: CF Drive on 1400c

[Ken Norris (dialup)]

Thanks Clark,
--
> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 17:55:27 -0800
> From: Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: CF Drive on 1400c

> VM is "on" because that is what it is set to but if it can't actually
> be used for some reason it won't.  Much like your light switch being
> "on" in a power failure.
--snip
It always shows what it's supposed to have the settings "After restart". The
Restart message remains, even after restarting several times. It refuses to
acknowledge the settings.
-- 
> Do a get info on the CF Drive and see what it is formatted as.  If
> it's formatted as a PC drive then that is likely the issue.  It needs
> to be formatted as a Mac volume to work.
--
I bought it new and formatted it as a Mac volume. It still saves files with
no problems, so I believe the CF card is OK.

It was working at one time.

I think I will try reformatting. Nothing to lose. The format data could be
corrupted, eh?

Merry Christmas,
Ken N. 


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Christmas Greetings

[George Mogiljansky]

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VST Format User's Guide anyone?

[K]

Advice appreciated:
I've just purchased a VST 1g expansion bay drive for my powerbook 3400. The
VST Format program came included on the drive. When I open the program I am
given the choice to initialise a drive; however, a SimpleText ReadMe says
to read the VST Format User's Manual for information and features. A
written manual wasn't included with the drive.
Since VST is no more, can anyone tell me where I might find the
instructions for using the VST Format software that came with this
expansion bay drive?
Thanks.



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