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Re: MAC OS8 ??? No floppy Drive now!

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From: ric
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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From: btgsch@rmplc.co.uk (ric)
Subject: Re: MAC OS8   ??? No floppy Drive now!
Date: 1998/01/20
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