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Article #1PB/AV series disk drive incompatibility
From: Jim Cummins
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 00:00
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I recently upgraded my PowerBook 540C to a PPC. Now my Quadra 840 AV can't read disks that have been through it. The same disks can be read by other Macs and the PB has no problems with AV-formatted disks. Turns out to be a known hardwarebug with the AV series Macs. Anyone else found this? I got the following from Apple tech support. "Apple have replicated the same problem on their equipment. "The drives in the 840 and 660 AV machines were known to be finnicky with floppy disks and this seems to show them up again. "We have formatted a disk in a PB5300 and it shows the same problems in the Quadra. "It appears to be a low level hardware bug that we cannot act on here. The issue has been escalated to the US. "Apple will advise what the US come up with. Even though this doesn't solve the problem for now, hopefully something will come of it. "Regards, Myfanwy "Myfanwy Hawley Phone: (09) 380 2403 "Support Services Help Desk Officer Fax: (09) 382 1688 "Winthrop Technology Email: myfanwy@wt.com.au "University of Western Australia wthelp@wt.com.au Jim Cummins, Associate Professor in Veterinary Anatomy, Murdoch University, Western Australia 6150. TEL +61-9-360 2668 FAX +61-9-310 4144 <cummins@possum.murdoch.edu.au>
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