At 05:26 -0700 7/12/12, dadof39 wrote: >Correct, it's a SuperDrive. I suspect it's simply not clean. Would >appreciate any advice. > >On Thursday, July 12, 2012 1:48:27 AM UTC-4, Dylan McDermond wrote: >On Jul 11, 2012, at 9:44 PM, John Carmonne ><<mailto:carmo...@aol.com>carmo...@aol.com> wrote: > > The Classic will only do an 800k disc as I remember >Actually, the Classic has a "SuperDrive", so it will format 800 KB and 1.44 MB >diskettes.
And that's a good reason why the name "Classic" shouldn't be used for a new machine that looks like an older one. Sigh. I wonder if Apple managed to copyright it. But what is the history of the disk you're trying to format? I have a few hundred here that have failed just by sitting around. They just will not hold a new bit. I'd love to know why but I do remember that NASA absolutely insisted that telemetry tapes from sounding rockets be re-written to new media after ten years of storage. I have been experimenting with a large permanent magnet on the bad disks. Some luck but I can't recommend it yet. Try several disks before you blame the disk drive. -- --> The best programming tool is a soldering iron <-- -- ----- 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
