on 7/7/04 4:46 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > (...from Vintage-Macs list) > > A friend gave me a Mac Plus. I substituted a working floppy drive for > the deffective one on the computer; formatted and installed System > 6.0.8 onto the external HD that came with it. However, every time I > start it after a long period of inactivity, it does not find the > startup external disk. I have to start it from a floppy, restart or > shut down a couple of times, until it mounts the external disk. Only > then I am able to start from this external disk. > > The computer has no battery. I threw it away because it was liking > and corroded. I suppose that is the problem. But wouldn't the Plus > look for a startup volume connected to the SCSI port when it does not > see a floppy in the drive? > > I've been looking without luck for a place to buy that type of battery. > > Harold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SOME motherboards allow the use of a 1.5 V "AA" battery in place of the more expensive 4.5 volt one. Try that first. IF your Plus won't keep time, then go after the 4.5 v one. When starting your Plus, do you start the external drive before you start the Plus? The external drive has to be powered and spinning first. Jeff G -- 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> --> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
