Hi,
I just got a terrific addition to my collection of Apple computers. One
slight problem though, either I'm doing something wrong, or else there is
something wrong with it.
Cosmetically it looks to be in good shape, the only thing I really notice
on that mark is someone apparently tried to manually eject a floppy with
something other than a paperclip.
Opening up the case I saw one problem the four batteries need replacement,
and are starting to corrode. Any idea's on where replacements can be found?
The button above the keyboard jack doesn't seem to function properly, it
lights up, but I can't turn the computer off using it, it simply resets it.
I power it up with the Profile drive powered up and connected. It comes up
and passes the diagnostics just fine, nice crisp, bright display. It then
looks for a boot device, can't find it, and asks where to look or restart.
I go to the menu to tell it where to look, and it fails to find it.
However, if I go to the menu, and let it sit for a little while the light
comes on solid on the profile drive. I can then tell it to start from that
disk, then the screen goes dark, the profile disk whirrs a couple times
(the disk is nice and quite, moreso than a lot of more modern drives).
At this point it just sits there. I've left it in this state for several
minutes, nothing. Even pressing the power button above the keyboard jack
has no results (is this supposed to do anything?). If I press the reset
button on the back, it reboots to the can't find startup device screen.
Are there disk images of the boot disks available anywhere? I gather there
is a program on the Apple site
ftp://mirror.apple.com/mirrors/info-mac/disk/dart-153.hqx that will let you
create them, but I haven't had any luck searching. I would almost assume
they are on a Apple server somewhere since pre-System 7.1 MacOS, and the OS
for the Apple II is there.
Thanks for your time,
Zane
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Received on Tue Sep 16 1997 - 00:02:30 BST