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From: hbit@PacBell.COM (Henry Bitter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AMAX
Summary: Apple disk drive
Message-ID: <27860@pbhya.PacBell.COM>
Date: 20 Jun 89 17:30:18 GMT
References: <312@mindlink.UUCP>
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
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In article <312@mindlink.UUCP>, a72@mindlink.UUCP (Raman Anand) writes:
> 
> I just purchased a used MAC 800K drive. I am having some kind of problem. I
> am using SYSTEM 6.03. Whenever I insert the SYSTEM disk under AMAX startup,
> the drive throws it out and displays the "X". What am I doing wrong?????
> 
> Please help!
> 
> Raman
> 
   This is a "known" problem. Simon (the developer) says there should be
a fix soon. The current system cannot use the tan colored drives at all.
It can only use the newer gray drives with the notches in the top. sorry.

Henry Bitter

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