[Duo2400] Re: "Bus Error" from floppy

[Herman Atienza]

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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