hello os9.1 at the moment - have tried reinstalling it without making a difference + tried both formatted and unformatted disks
thanks mark >on 24/11/02 07:16, Mark Walker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> hello all >> >> I have an original G3 powerbook, known as a wall street I think? (it >> has a 13 inch screen and no USB ports) >> >> my problem is that whenever I stick a floppy in the (removable) >> floppy drive it just freezes >> >> and if I restart and try the disk again, same problem >> >> any suggestions? > >Which OS version? Did you try different floppies? > >-Laurent. >-- >============================================================================ >Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> >Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Brooks's Law prov.: "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it >later" -- a result of the fact that the expected advantage from splitting >development work among N programmers is O(N) (that is, proportional to N), >but the complexity and communications cost associated with coordinating and >then merging their work is O(N^2) (that is, proportional to the square of >N). The quote is from Fred Brooks, a manager of IBM's OS/360 project and >author of "The Mythical Man-Month" (Addison-Wesley, 1975, ISBN >0-201-00650-2), an excellent early book on software engineering. > > >-- >G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >>The Think Different Store >http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com >--------------------------------------------------------------- -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
