Sorry I meant Performa 6400 On Mar 5, 10:00 pm, Mac128 <[email protected]> wrote: > Quadra 6400? Assuming you mean Performa 6400, unless you are running > System 7, System 8 it won't read a 400K disk, so it sounds like you > need a properly formatted 400K MFS disk. You can buy one > athttp://macbootdisk.com > or take David Colvin up on his offer for a free one, or hit up some > other members who are equipped to produce a 400K disk. > > On Mar 5, 5:03 pm, netBEUI <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > I'm new to this list so please be gentle. :) I'm a long time Mac user > > and I recently acquired a 128k Mac. The previous owner said it had > > been stored for months and worked the last time he used it but I'm not > > sure about the conditions where it was stored. When I power it on I > > get the tone and the video display is perfect but I get the flashing > > question mark disk icon. My first thought was that the disk didn't > > contain a compatible MacOS system or was unreadable but when I insert > > the disk into my Quadra 6400 it successfully mounts and shows the > > contents as system 1. > > > I'm thinking this is a hardware issue but before I take the machine > > apart and remove the drive I wanted to get your thoughts. Is it > > possible that this is a software issue? Is there any further > > troubleshooting that I should consider? > > > I vaguely remember on one of the early boot attempts that I received > > the flashing disk icon but it had an x in it instead of a question > > mark. I can't remember what the flashing x signifies so if anyone > > knows and if it helps to solve the problem please let me know. > > > Thanks!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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