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Article #1902Re: MAC OS8 ??? No floppy Drive now!
From: ric
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 00:00
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Alan W. Frame <alan.frame@acm.org> wrote: > ric <btgsch@rmplc.co.uk> wrote: > > > The Gatekeeper <Stargate@earth101.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > Hi! All > > > After updating my system ````(Mac Performa 5400/180 ) I now find that I > > > have no floppy drive?? > > > What the hell is wrong with OS8 it seems to be more trouble then its worth > > >! > > > seems that OS8 don't > > > have a floppy driver, anyone also had this problem, if so please how do I > > > fix it. The GateKeeper > > > > > > If you are running RAM doubler, there is a known problem with the floppy > > drive which is fixed by a free upgrade to RAM doubler. > > <rant> > How much is RAMDoubler? > How much is real RAM? > How much (if you cost your own time) does it cost to "uprgade" > RAMdoubler and sort out the problems it costs? > </rant> > > rgds, Alan (Defender of the One True Memory Management System[1]) > [1] Well ok, there are *two* One True Memory Management Systems, now. > :-) Only 2? (1) Original 68K model (2) PPC CFM run time environment (Classic and Modern Memory manager) (3) 68K CFM run time environment (ugh) -- 'ric
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b5a2,19077f7019ab2f65 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5a2,public From: btgsch@rmplc.co.uk (ric) Subject: Re: MAC OS8 ??? No floppy Drive now! Date: 1998/01/20 Message-ID: <1d36bgd.12d2jh9axdn4oN@rm-dynf1-139.rmplc.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 317790410 References: <Stargate-ya02408000R1901982254400001@news.demon.co.uk> <1d35sim.fx93kuj17ssgN@rm-dynf1-139.rmplc.co.uk> <199801202034072037283@newtechd.demon.co.uk> Organization: Those with six coloured blood Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac