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.
Harold------------ And is there a terminator on the external drive?
Sometimes it helps to put an "in-line" terminator between the Plus and the external drive, even if the external has a terminator.
Ken
Yes, there is a terminator on the external drive. I'll try another one later. Now, I don't know what an "in-line" terminator is. Should I change the SCSI ID? I think it is set to 1. There is nothing else on the SCSI chain.
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