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    400K Drive Fails To Initialize 99% Of the Time! But IF successful, will boot from the disk.

    So I recently Purchased a donor 400k drive to fix my Original 128K Macintosh Floppy drive. I transplanted the head, which the old ones 0 sensor arm got deformed by me, lol. Lubricated everything, and tried to format. Keep in mind, my zero sensors is wrong, I am not really focusing on that quiet...
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    400k Internal floppy drive out of alighment and only reads its own disks?

    So I got my parts for restoring my upgraded 128k. The 400k drive was completely seized up which is to be expected. But there is a problem. After lubricating the drive, it was making a continuous clicking noise. I found out that it was the limit switch that homes with head. It was to far away for...
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    Got a mint condition original macintosh for $300!!!

    I got it. I am overly pleased to say the least. by the way, did I mention I got all of this for $300? everything is in mint/brandnew condition. Everything. Zero corrosion anywhere and besides the slight yellowing, its basically brand new. The mouse and keyboard, software, and the entire...
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    Linux on Mac 68k where to start?

    Hi all, this is my first post. I got a Powerbook 165 with 8 MB of RAM and an 80 MB HD running MacOS 7.1.1. What I'd like to do is run Linux on the PB165. I've read a little of the debian linux on mac 68k material but find the EMILE project (last change was July 2008) more interesting. I don't...
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