My Reply follows quote. On 07/07/2004 09:39 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>C�pia "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>> 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
>
>I certainly do! Yes. Even if I didn''t wait enough, it should be ready
>when I restart, after a
>floppy startup. But as i said, it takes several restarts for it to pick up
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