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Mac Plus Screens

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From: Joe Puente
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 00:00
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I need help.

   I work for an ISP that also puts together computer systems for sale and
I was asked to upgrade the RAM on a couple of Mac Pluses. Having upgraded
my own Mac Plus a few days prior, and successfully, I might add, I took on
the task. Well, I opened up the boxes, swapped out the SIMMS and clipped
the jumpers so the computers would recognize the larger SIMMS. However,
when I turned the Machines on with a System 6.0.7 startup floppy, to my
surprise, the entire screen was blank except for a tiny little square in
the center large enough for the Disk icon with a question mark or the
smiling Macintosh icon you see at startup. Unfortunately, after the disks
spinned for a few seconds, the computers froze and all I saw was the Mac
icon in its little box in the center of the screen. I'm afraid I might
have cost my company the sale of two perfectly good computers. I need to
redeem myself. I'm the Mac guy in the company!

   Here's a new problem with my Mac Plus. After I upgraded the RAM on my
Plus to a full 4MB, My computer recignized it fine and didn't have any
screen problems... however, I can no longer startup off my Zip drive like
I used to. I can boot off a floppy wioth 6.0.8 and the Iomega driver and
the Zip disks will mount, but that doesn't help me if I want to boot off
the Zip using system 7.1. All it does is give me a dead Mac in the middle
of the screen with 0F001C writen under it. Help! I want to boot off my Zip
and I don't want to hasle with getting an old hard drive.

   -Joe
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From: intense@acadia.net (Joe Puente)
Subject: Mac Plus Screens
Date: 1997/07/27
Message-ID: <intense-2707970755180001@bhb32.acadia.net>
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Organization: AcadiaNet, Inc.
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