Hi David, I emailed you my mailing address a few days ago. Please let me know if you received my message or if I need to send the email to a different address. I'd really like to get my 128k up and running! If anyone else is able to send me a boot disk please let me know.
On Mar 5, 6:16 pm, David Colvin <[email protected]> wrote: > I could send you another boot disk to try. I make them free of charge to > anyone that needs one. > > Another thing that came to mind is that the heads might need cleaned but I > think if that were the case, you would get the "This disk is unreadable. . > ." error message. > > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > > well if the machine booted a couple months ago, then the drive probably > > works fine, but you never know. its probably a good idea to clean it anyway > > though. > > > if you have extra floppy disks around, you could try downloading a boot > > disk (Google for an old version, System 6 and newer won't work afaik) and > > writing it out to a disk using the Quadra, and seeing if the 128k boots from > > that. if it does, then maybe the System 1 disk you got with the 128k somehow > > got messed up (its possible). if you only have HD (1.44MB) disks then you > > can use something sticky to cover the hole opposite the write protect hole, > > that will make the Quadra think it is a DD (400k/800k) disk. (that trick > > should work fine temporarily, but don't rely on it for prolonged usage.) > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:03 PM, netBEUI <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> My first thought was that the disk didn't > >> contain a compatible MacOS system or was unreadable but when I insert > >> the disk into my Quadra 6400 it successfully mounts and shows the > >> contents as system 1. > > > -- > > ----- > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > > group. > > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > > netiquette guide is athttp://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%2bunsubscr...@google > > groups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
