On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, the pickle wrote: > At 13:25 +0300 on 11/07/02, Wolf Bergenheim wrote: > > >I've recently aqquired a Mac Plus (with 4 Mb memory and an external 80 Gb > > I'd be intrigued to know how you got an 80GB HD working on a Plus ;)
Outch did I say Gb I meant Mb ofcourse... :( > > >The SE seams to have an odd behaivour, though. If there is a diskette in > >the diskdrive the HD works normally, but I can't access the diskette. If I > >remove it the Mac will complain about not being able to read from the > >dtive) It doesn't matter what kind of diskette I have in the Drive (I even > >tried with a DOS formatted one). Is this normal? What can I do? Should I > > Might be a power supply issue. If you disconnect either the floppy or the > hard disk, does the other work fine? > > How about the floppies you've been using? Are they low-density? If not, > and the SE isn't set up to read HD disks, that's your problem. > Both. One 1.44M and one 800k > >take the disk drive out of the second Classic and replace it with the one > >in the SE? (It would be nice to have one of each :). > > Won't do any good unless the SE can read HD floppies. It'll likely say > FDHD or Superdrive on the front if it can. It can. It says FDHD. I've now replaced the floppy drive from the classic (they were even the same model..). I replaced the floppy drive from the Classic, and Yess!! It works!! :D Thanks for the help though :) --Wolf, the happy owner of three Compact macs :) -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
