> Might try scrounging up a 512meg MO drive on eBay > that will also read the 256meg disks. >
All that suggestions are good but don't forget all MO drives can get dirty with use, if you can get cover off enough to see the optical eye and hub, clean them with 70% or purer alcohol and swabs. Rails that assembly rides on back and forth, give thin smear of oil on swab, wipe them, don't oil if that one rides on tiny metal wheels, clean it only. I have success with my 512MB per side optical panasonic mech (5.25" FH by kurata, corel) and 230MB mech by olympus mech in APS casing. Both works fine on peecees and Macs. But I was able to save few more unuseable 512MB medias on Mac with powertool I think. The stuff on peecees does not have utilities for true formatting MO disks. Mac and that util did. CD ROM drives suffers from dust n' dirt too. Cheers, Wizard -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://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> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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
