robject wrote: > probably well know to you vintagers, but I was initialising a 1.4 MB > diskette, which hung the computer. On resetting it sounded quite > stange, not the regular startup gong, but two sequences of four notes, > one rising, the second sequence one up, two down. > Nothing else. The machine worked until then. The pram battery is new, > there is a grey screen but no hard disk icon.
Try ejecting the floppy. Either hold down the mouse at boot or failing that, get out a paper clip, straighten it and push it into the hole next to the floppy slot. It's possible the system is seeing bad data on it and trying (and failing) to boot from the floppy. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
