On Wednesday 14 April 2004 20:29, Gene Ehrich wrote:
> I just acquired a Power Book 170. Hopefully it is old enough to be on
> topic here.
>
> It looks to be in great physical shape but I have a few questions.
> When I plug it in there is a mouse pointer and a small blinking
> diskette.
Just like other Macs, that means it can't find a boot disk.
> 1. What do I do next? What disk is it looking for?
A bootable disk.
> 2. Should there be a hard drive in this computer?
Probably.
> 3. If there is a hard drive why should it be looking for a diskette?
The hard drive isn't bootable.
> 4. Battery does hold a charge
That's suprising for that old of a PowerBook.
Pat
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Received on Wed Apr 14 2004 - 21:55:23 BST