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It appears that my 5 1/4 drive died and the OS will not load off of 
the hard drive. They both spin but nothing happens. Does anyone know of 
a good replacement for the floppy? 
 Also does anyone on this list sell a mac setup with SD and cable? Just 
a wild question. 

Kevin Kelley

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Kelley" <xirin6@...> 
wrote:
>
>  It appears that my 5 1/4 drive died and the OS will not load off 
of 
> the hard drive. They both spin but nothing happens. Does anyone 
know of 
> a good replacement for the floppy? 
>  Also does anyone on this list sell a mac setup with SD and cable? 
Just 
> a wild question. 
> 
> Kevin Kelley
>

Hi kevin:  I assume you have the EII+HD.  First what led you to 
believe the fdd died? Does the red LED blink or remain constant when 
you power up?  If the HDD is running properly the OS should be loaded 
on it and you should not need to boot from floppy. Most of the time 
the FDD failure is due to loose connection and dirty heads on the 
cluster.  If in fact there is a problem when you power up it very 
well could be the HDD (hdd light will flash intermittent pattern).  
Need to know more specifics on events at power-on... Doug

hi kevin,

why don´t you build the macsetup yourself? :D it´s a major fun!! there
´s a lot of information available and old lowend macs are lying 
almost every pawnshop. i just visited one and they told they had to 
throw all the macs away because of low asking. what a waste..

-t


--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Berg" <caddyfam@...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Kelley" <xirin6@> 
> wrote:
> >
> >  It appears that my 5 1/4 drive died and the OS will not load off 
> of 
> > the hard drive. They both spin but nothing happens. Does anyone 
> know of 
> > a good replacement for the floppy? 
> >  Also does anyone on this list sell a mac setup with SD and 
cable? 
> Just 
> > a wild question. 
> > 
> > Kevin Kelley
> >
> 
> Hi kevin:  I assume you have the EII+HD.  First what led you to 
> believe the fdd died? Does the red LED blink or remain constant 
when 
> you power up?  If the HDD is running properly the OS should be 
loaded 

> on it and you should not need to boot from floppy. Most of the time 
> the FDD failure is due to loose connection and dirty heads on the 
> cluster.  If in fact there is a problem when you power up it very 
> well could be the HDD (hdd light will flash intermittent pattern).  
> Need to know more specifics on events at power-on... Doug
>

oh, those cables are nasty. maybe someone knows how to fix em?

-t

>
> hi kevin,
> 
> why don´t you build the macsetup yourself? :D it´s a major fun!! 
there
> ´s a lot of information available and old lowend macs are lying 
> almost every pawnshop. i just visited one and they told they had to 
> throw all the macs away because of low asking. what a waste..
> 
> -t
> 
> 
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Berg" <caddyfam@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Kelley" <xirin6@> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >  It appears that my 5 1/4 drive died and the OS will not load 
off 
> > of 
> > > the hard drive. They both spin but nothing happens. Does anyone 
> > know of 
> > > a good replacement for the floppy? 
> > >  Also does anyone on this list sell a mac setup with SD and 
> cable? 
> > Just 
> > > a wild question. 
> > > 
> > > Kevin Kelley
> > >
> > 
> > Hi kevin:  I assume you have the EII+HD.  First what led you to 
> > believe the fdd died? Does the red LED blink or remain constant 
> when 
> > you power up?  If the HDD is running properly the OS should be 
> loaded 
> > on it and you should not need to boot from floppy. Most of the 
time 
> > the FDD failure is due to loose connection and dirty heads on the 
> > cluster.  If in fact there is a problem when you power up it very 
> > well could be the HDD (hdd light will flash intermittent 
pattern).  

> > Need to know more specifics on events at power-on... Doug
> >
>