Just wanted to send a quick message to let everyone know that my 128k is running again thanks to the help of this list. I was able to fix the video issue by resoldering a cracked joint and then after cleaning my floppy drive and putting it all back together I was extremely happy to see it boot successfully all the way to the desktop. Also a big thanks to David for mailing me the boot disk!
On Mar 10, 11:10 am, netBEUI <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks David! For some reason I didn't see your email. Anyway I will > wait patiently and keep you posted after I receive the disk. > > On Mar 9, 7:40 am, David Colvin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Sal, > > > I sent you an email 24 hours ago. I told you that your boot disk "is on the > > way". Be patient. > > > Look in your spam folder. Maybe my email went there. Or maybe its "lost" on > > a thread. Try communicating outiside the list, so you get my email > > > David > > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:56 PM, netBEUI <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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.shtmlandour > > > > > 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> > > > <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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmlandour > > > 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/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
