In reply to Philip Stortz. Thankyou for your expertise. The battery seems to be alright until I come by a replacement (fingers crossed). I had previously tried booting from floppy with the HD power cable disconnected, then reconnecting it but when, as you suggested I do the same with the data cable it worked! I checked the power supply anyway and it gave 5.06 and 11.85 volts which I assume is OK. I tested the HD and it was OK, so I assume (no doubt erroneously) that it was a cable problem.
It boots just fine from the hard disk now, but it emits a wailing noise from the speaker which varies with the spinning of the floppy drive, even with the case on and all the screening in place. It's not really a problem but I just wondered if it's a common complaint. Thanks again for your advice Regan PS It's a french machine running MacOS 6.0.7. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
