Sal, I sent you an email 24 hours ago. I told you that your boot disk "is on the way". Be patient.
Look in your spam folder. Maybe my email went there. Or maybe its "lost" on a thread. Try communicating outiside the list, so you get my email David On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:56 PM, netBEUI <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, I emailed you my mailing address a few days ago. Please let > me know if you received my message or if I need to send the email to a > different address. I'd really like to get my 128k up and running! If > anyone else is able to send me a boot disk please let me know. > > On Mar 5, 6:16 pm, David Colvin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I could send you another boot disk to try. I make them free of charge to > > anyone that needs one. > > > > Another thing that came to mind is that the heads might need cleaned but > I > > think if that were the case, you would get the "This disk is unreadable. > . > > ." error message. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > well if the machine booted a couple months ago, then the drive probably > > > works fine, but you never know. its probably a good idea to clean it > anyway > > > though. > > > > > if you have extra floppy disks around, you could try downloading a boot > > > disk (Google for an old version, System 6 and newer won't work afaik) > and > > > writing it out to a disk using the Quadra, and seeing if the 128k boots > from > > > that. if it does, then maybe the System 1 disk you got with the 128k > somehow > > > got messed up (its possible). if you only have HD (1.44MB) disks then > you > > > can use something sticky to cover the hole opposite the write protect > hole, > > > that will make the Quadra think it is a DD (400k/800k) disk. (that > trick > > > should work fine temporarily, but don't rely on it for prolonged > usage.) > > > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:03 PM, netBEUI <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> 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. > > > > > -- > > > ----- > > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > > > group. > > > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > > > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To leave this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > <vintage-macs%2bunsubscr...@google groups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
