Re: kicking myself
On Mar 18, 2004, at 02:43 am, Powermac wrote: Yep, that's right, you do see Amiga in that URL. :) My A1200 is the 'other 68k' in my life. I'm currently upgrading it quite dramatically. I don't think it will read any disk without allot of programming. Its generally a disk copying card. Why not go and read Individual Computing's descriptions for the CatWeasel 3 (down the bottom of that list)? It reads A frightening array of different floppies. Yes that includes Mac 800k and 400 k disks. What is more it works in a PC as a PCI card. you do have to use the supplied software to use it but hey, it's better than a slap in the face with a wet fish, right? Long Live the Amiga! -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate MSN - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.68kmac.com Visit my Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson Never send a human to do a machine's job. -The Matrix -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: kicking myself
Strange but true, I ran across a very unique floppy drive controller card a few months ago online. It's called the CatWeasel, it's made by Individual Computers, and the manufacturer claims that it'll read ANY floppy disk with the correct drivers. Check it out. Individual Computers' website is http://www.jschoenfeld.de/indexe.htm, and it's available here in the States thru http://www.compuquick-amigadirect.com/. Yep, that's right, you do see Amiga in that URL. :) Denni -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: kicking myself
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vintage Macs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 8:31 PM Subject: Re: kicking myself Strange but true, I ran across a very unique floppy drive controller card a few months ago online. It's called the CatWeasel, it's made by Individual Computers, and the manufacturer claims that it'll read ANY floppy disk with the correct drivers. Check it out. Individual Computers' website is http://www.jschoenfeld.de/indexe.htm, and it's available here in the States thru http://www.compuquick-amigadirect.com/. Yep, that's right, you do see Amiga in that URL. :) Denni I don't think it will read any disk without allot of programming. Its generally a disk copying card. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
IIsi hard drive problems... and re kicking myself
Hello I've just joined the list, nice to know some of the older Macs are still going strong! I have a IIsi which has a non-responsive hard drive... I had to buy a PC (ouch) because my workplace was using them and I was doing work at home as well and I needed internet access... Turned the IIsi off and it sat for a couple of months. Next time I turned it on the hard drive wouldn't spin up. It will happily load from floppies. Have been told that it's the grease in the little hard drive motor which thickens if not in use. Any suggestions? I have a few short stories on the hard drive... Eva, re your 400k disk problem... maybe someone on the list could help to transfer the files to a better medium? Have you looked for data recovery services (horribly expensive I know). I am in Australia, but on another list there has been info on data recovery by US services - let me know if you would like me to post it on this list for you :-) Gai -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: IIsi hard drive problems... and re kicking myself
On 12-Mar-04, at 10:01 PM, Gai Early wrote: Next time I turned it on the hard drive wouldn't spin up. It will happily load from floppies. Have been told that it's the grease in the little hard drive motor which thickens if not in use. Any suggestions? Hi: Suggestion: - ensure that you have disconnected the computer from AC power. - disconnect the monitor and set it aside, especially if it is sitting on top of the computer (!) - pop the top cover off the computer. As I recall there are two tabs at the rear edge of the top cover which you simply pull up on and the lid with unhook and lift off - remove the power and signal connectors from the back of the hard drive. - lift the hard drive out of the computer. - hold the hard drive in your hand and snap it in a circular motion around the axis of the hard drive spindle. What you are trying to do is the unstick the hard drive spindle. There is no way to know if and when you have been successful but in my experience two or three swift snaps either does the job or you're toast. - reassemble everything, turn on the computer, and see if the drive spins up. Good luck!! Jim Foster President Macintosh Users East [MaUsE] http://www.mause.ca -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: IIsi hard drive problems... and re kicking myself
How about just putting the computer on it's side for half a day? -Alex On 12-Mar-04, at 10:01 PM, Gai Early wrote: Next time I turned it on the hard drive wouldn't spin up. It will happily load from floppies. Have been told that it's the grease in the little hard drive motor which thickens if not in use. Any suggestions? Hi: Suggestion: - ensure that you have disconnected the computer from AC power. - disconnect the monitor and set it aside, especially if it is sitting on top of the computer (!) - pop the top cover off the computer. As I recall there are two tabs at the rear edge of the top cover which you simply pull up on and the lid with unhook and lift off - remove the power and signal connectors from the back of the hard drive. - lift the hard drive out of the computer. - hold the hard drive in your hand and snap it in a circular motion around the axis of the hard drive spindle. What you are trying to do is the unstick the hard drive spindle. There is no way to know if and when you have been successful but in my experience two or three swift snaps either does the job or you're toast. - reassemble everything, turn on the computer, and see if the drive spins up. Good luck!! Jim Foster President Macintosh Users East [MaUsE] http://www.mause.ca -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: IIsi hard drive problems... and re kicking myself
--- Gai Early [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: clip floppies. Have been told that it's the grease in the little hard drive motor which thickens if not in use. Any suggestions? I have a few short stories on the hard drive... Take the drive out, hold it flat and twist it back and forth quickly a few times. The inertia of the platters will try to keep them still while the rest of the drive rotates. = Say hello to Juror #49. Yep, I'm on jury duty until the end of March. Gotta call in each weekend. Fun. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: IIsi hard drive problems... and re kicking myself
--- Jim Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: clip - pop the top cover off the computer. As I recall there are two tabs at the rear edge of the top cover which you simply pull up on and the lid with unhook and lift off If nobody has been inside it or if someone has and put *everything* back, there's a single Phillips screw in the middle back to remove. Pretty much standard from the IIcx through all the later 68k Desktops and Pizza Boxes. (Dunno about the Mac II, IIx and IIfx.) = Say hello to Juror #49. Yep, I'm on jury duty until the end of March. Gotta call in each weekend. Fun. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: kicking myself
on 3/12/04 5:22 PM, Eva Kosinski at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...for getting rid of my macIIci's -- now I have someone trying to get a book off some old 400k floppies and I don't have a drive that can read them. -Eva We LOVE to say I Told You So.. ;^) Jeff G. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
