cmosless
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I needed to copy some applications over to my Macintosh Plus, and the only working Macintosh I have that should be able to do this is my Performa 6400/200. Although it has a dead PRAM battery, the machine works just fine, but I noticed some odd behavior with the floppy disk drive, and I can't quite figure out what's wrong.
The drive reads and writes to 1440k floppies perfectly. No issues, will format every time, respects the write-protect switch, and so on. However, when I tried using a 800k disk in the drive, initially it would recognize the disk, but fail to copy files to it or format it. This was the behavior it exhibited the first time I tried using 800k disks in the drive (after not powering it on for a few years). Now it simply will say the disk is write-protected, no matter what I do (including putting tape over the write protect switch). However, if I take a 1440k disk and cover the HD hole with tape (bad idea, I know), it works just fine as a 800k disk. Formats every time, reads/writes fine, and even will boot my Macintosh Plus.
The 800k disks I am using all function properly on my Macintosh Plus (both in the internal and external drives), and I have even tried different brands of disk with the same results. Does anyone know what the issue might be, and how to fix it?
Thanks.
The drive reads and writes to 1440k floppies perfectly. No issues, will format every time, respects the write-protect switch, and so on. However, when I tried using a 800k disk in the drive, initially it would recognize the disk, but fail to copy files to it or format it. This was the behavior it exhibited the first time I tried using 800k disks in the drive (after not powering it on for a few years). Now it simply will say the disk is write-protected, no matter what I do (including putting tape over the write protect switch). However, if I take a 1440k disk and cover the HD hole with tape (bad idea, I know), it works just fine as a 800k disk. Formats every time, reads/writes fine, and even will boot my Macintosh Plus.
The 800k disks I am using all function properly on my Macintosh Plus (both in the internal and external drives), and I have even tried different brands of disk with the same results. Does anyone know what the issue might be, and how to fix it?
Thanks.