cudat@warwick.ac.uk (J M Hicks) (10/26/90)
I (perhaps foolishly) tried to start a Mac IIcx with an old startup floppy
disc (probably intended for a Mac+). The computer wouldn't start and wouldn't
eject the disc. Eventually I poked a wire
into the hole next to the disc drive to eject
the disc. (I have since discovered that I could probably have ejected
the disc by holding the mouse button down when turning the computer on.)
After this, the computer behaved as if its hard disc were not there.
Turning it on gave an icon of a floppy disc with a flashing
question mark. Using a proper startup disc (Apple's System Tools disc) gave
a display without the hard disc icon.
The following day I selected "Apple HD SC setup"
on the Apple System Tools disc. It seemed to
know the name of the hard disc. I selected "Test" and the hard
disc was tested without any trouble. The next time I turned the
computer on, it used the hard disc as the startup disc
without any trouble.
Can anyone explain what happened?
I expect I've been very stupid.
Please send me electronic mail and I'll submit a summary of the replies
I get.
--
J. M. Hicks (a.k.a. Hilary),
Computing Services, Warwick University, Coventry, England. CV4 7AL
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