Re: 8 inch disk loading

2006-04-12 Thread James / Hans Kunz
thanks for all the responses, the problem was that i was thinking of a 8cm but writing of a 8 inch disk in the time between i could acces a manual in which i found a warning not to insert 8cm disks sorry that i caused a mixup with cm inch cheers James

Re: 8 inch disk loading

2006-04-12 Thread Mark Secker
ah I understand now they mean the small/mini/single CD's - yeah don't put them in the drive 'cause you'll never get them out (with out a trip to an Apple repairer (and non warranty so )). same with those credit card CD jobs thanks for all the responses, the problem was that i was

Re: 8 inch disk loading

2006-04-12 Thread Paul
James / Hans Kunz wrote: thanks for all the responses, the problem was that i was thinking of a 8cm but writing of a 8 inch disk in the time between i could acces a manual in which i found a warning not to insert 8cm disks sorry that i caused a mixup with cm inch cheers James ...damn,

Re: 8 inch disk loading

2006-04-11 Thread Ronda Brown
On 10/04/2006, at 8:16 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: hi guys can i load a 8 inch disk into my power book drive powerbook g4 17 purchased 2 years ago Hi James, Only 120 mm round discs can be used in most models. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88275 Cheers, Ronni Car'n The

Re: 8 inch disk loading

2006-04-11 Thread Kathy Quinlan
James / Hans Kunz wrote: hi guys can i load a 8 inch disk into my power book drive powerbook g4 17 purchased 2 years ago thanks James James Mate, is this a late April fools joke ? -- Regards, Kat. --- K.A.Q. Electronics

Re: 8 inch disk loading

2006-04-11 Thread Malcolm McCallum
For Heavens sake James what gives? Blind Freddy would know you cannot get a 8 drive into a laptop. let us into the joke PLEASE :-) On 11/04/2006, at 8:56 AM, Kathy Quinlan wrote: James / Hans Kunz wrote: hi guys can i load a 8 inch disk into my power book drive powerbook g4 17

Re: 8 inch disk loading

2006-04-11 Thread Mark Secker
8inch that's positively Jurassic (invented in the 50's?). Last system I used (or even saw) with a 8 unit was way back early 80's on a IBM mainframe and a CPM based supermini computer. short answer would be no long answer would be maybe but do you enjoy trolling for parts and low level

Re: 8 inch disk loading

2006-04-11 Thread Robert Howells
Hi James , Did you mean 8inch or8 Cms Bob hi guys can i load a 8 inch disk into my power book drive powerbook g4 17 purchased 2 years ago thanks James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines

8 inch disk loading

2006-04-10 Thread James / Hans Kunz
hi guys can i load a 8 inch disk into my power book drive powerbook g4 17 purchased 2 years ago thanks James