[Duo2400] Re: "Bus Error" from floppy

[Herman Atienza]

On a completely different topic. Yesterday, someone asked if there was a way to quickly tell whether or not CardBus was enabled. I've been wondering the same thing. Is there? Thanks.



On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 09:04PM, Patrick Selliers <patsel at bredband.net> wrote:

>I agree - and understand. It´s a beautiful thing in itself. It´s a pity. Has anyone
>actually taken apart a 2400 floppy drive without harming it?
>
>Patrick Selliers
>
>Herman Atienza wrote:
>
>> thanks for the advice. i realized i dont really *need* the floppy...but
>> it was kinda neat to have ;-) i think it may be a hardware issue,
>> actually. nothing works when a disk is inserted...
>>
>> On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 02:56 PM, Patrick Selliers wrote:
>>
>> > Herman,
>> >
>> > Generally any 1.44 Mb Floppy (Mac or Pc) will work - unless there has
>> > been damage to the media. Any PC 1.44 Mb floppy inserted into a
>> > working floppy drive will result in a dialogue box asking you would
>> > you wish to reformat it into Mac format. Try reformatting on another
>> > mac and the try using it on the 2400. If this doesn´t
>> > work - it´s likely that either the 2400 floppy drive or something on
>> > the recipient side: anything from a pinched cable to the 2400
>> > motherboard is at fault. You may have a combination of issues too: it
>> > is fairly common that 2400 floppy drives mount the inserted floppy,
>> > but then refuse to eject it. Inserting an "unfolded"
>> > paper clip (metal) into the tiny hole on the front of the drive will
>> > usually get it out. Admittedly this is not a very attractive solution
>> > in the long run. I´d lose the floppy and go for Compact Flash media
>> > (pc-card) on the road combined with an ethernet pc-card or simply use
>> > plain AppleTalk via the old printer cable. The
>> > latter is slow for larger files, but it´s cheap. Both solutions are to
>> > be preferred to the 2400 floppy drive when it comes to saving on bulk
>> > and weight. Plus you won´t be limited to 1.44 Mb storage no more.
>> >
>> > Patrick Selliers
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Herman Atienza wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi!
>> >>
>> >> i recently got the Powerbook 2400 that i'd always dreamed of getting.
>> >> It's a lot of fun, a classic machine. but i cant seem to get the
>> >> floppy to run, under 9.0.4. inserting a pc-formatted floppy causes a
>> >> bus error (i dont have any mac-format floppies left, lol) and i was
>> >> wondering if anyone had any advice or tips? thanks.
>> >>
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>Midwest Mac Parts  ][  <http://www.midwestmac.com>
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