I have several spare system 1 and 3 with MacPaint and MacWrite that I use on my 512k. No system 2, though. Just need an address sent off list.
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Mac128 <[email protected]> wrote: > While cleaning the floppy drive is always a good idea, what this boy > needs is a known good 400K MFS Boot disk with System 3.2 or earlier. > > I know there are a number of good samaritans here who can easily pop > one out to him. I would suggest Kevin Rye's service at > http://macbootdisk.com > , but the boy is 10 and has no money and needs to be encouraged in his > new found Mac enthusiasm. > > > On Jan 19, 7:43 pm, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote: > > It would be a good idea to take the floppy drive out and clean it. > > A dirty drive can ruin a perfectly good disk, and junk can be moved from > the heads of one drive to another drive, where it can ruin other disks. > > > > You'll need a long T-15 Torx screwdriver with a narrow shank. The holes > are too small to use a driver with 1/4" removable hex bits. > > > > The easiest way to pop the case apart is to remove all the screws except > the two in the handle. Take them out halfway. Check for a screw under the > battery on the back. > > > > Lay the mac face down on a soft towel, place the tip of the Torx driver > in one of the handle screws, grip the Mac's handle with your other hand then > push down on the screwdriver while pulling up on the handle. You may have to > switch from one screw to the other a time or two to get it loose. > > > > Once it pops loose, remove those two screws and lift off the case back. > > > > When reinstalling self-tapping screws in plastic or metal, there's a > simple trick to get the threads back where they originally cut. > > > > Put the screw into the hole then the drive in the screw head. Turn the > driver counter-clockwise, using a light grip on the shaft, not the handle. > When the threads come around to the original cut, you'll feel, see and hear > the driver drop a little. Now you can turn the screw in without cutting new > threads. > > > > Three or four times of cutting new threads can strip out the holes. It > can also cause bits of the plastic to fall into the hole where they can be > compressed by the screw and raise lumps on the front of the case. > > > > --- On Tue, 1/19/10, Scott Holder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: Scott Holder <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: mac 128k error > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 1:59 PM > > > On 1/19/2010 4:57 PM, jared parrish > > > wrote: > > > > okay i brought the mac downstairs to show my roomate i > > > turned it on > > > > and it gave me happy mac but brought up bomb pic with > > > the message a > > > > system error occurred ID 2 please help > > > > > > > > > Between the initial error and this, I'd say your boot disk > > > is bad. If at all possible, you'll need to find a way to > > > make/get a new system disk. If you have access to any other > > > vintage Macs, it'd be a lot easier > > > > > Scott > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to > [email protected]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ >
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