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    Second SCSI drive not automatically mounted in 7.0.1

    I have multiple SCSI drives on a Macintosh SE. When running 6.0.8, any second or third (non-booting) drive is mounted and appears on the desktop once the computer has booted. When running 7.0.1, only the booting drive appears on the desktop. I can use PMount to mount the second drive and then...
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    How can I troubleshoot a Miniscribe 8425S hard-drive?

    I have a MacSE with an internal Miniscribe 8425S 20MB hard-drive. The drive has stopped working in 1990 and it hasn't been touched since then. The issue is that the drive doesn't spin at all. There is no disk rotation when it boots. I have opened the drive and both the PCB board and the...
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    Locked blueSCSI (SD card) disk

    On a Powerbook 145B, my blue SCSI disk appears as locked and I can't write to it. This happens even if I boot the Powerbook with the internal hard-drive or the blue SCSI (SD card) disk. Am I missing something? Is there a setting somewhere to lock/unlock blueSCSI disk? Note that I have an Apple...
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    How to repair a Powerbook series 100 keyboard

    I have a working Powerbook 145b and the keyboard has 2 defect keys: Z and X. It doesn't seem to be a connection problem. Mechanically, the 2 keys seem fine. Has anyone successfully repaired a Powerbook keyboard? Can a key be lift off without breaking the plastic key?
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    Powerbook 1xx with external bluescsi (HDI-30 connector)

    I have a working / booting PowerBook 145b from the internal hard-drive. I have a DB25 bluescsi device. I have a HDI-30 to DB25 cable. If I don't plug the cable, the PowerBook boots from the internal hard-drive. If I plug the cable HDI-30 to DB25 to bluescsi (which is also powered by USB)...
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