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From: dpaight@HP-UX.ucsd.edu (Dan Paight)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Emac hard disks vs. holding mouse down on boot
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Date: 13 Oct 89 00:07:30 GMT
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I too have had A LOT of problems with my EMAC (purchased about 4
months ago).  Often, the thing just won't get off the dime. I turn
on my Mac Plus, the screen comes up white for a few seconds, and
then -- when I SHOULD be seeing a smiling Mac -- the screen goes
black and nothing happens.  Sometimes just turning everything off
and on again 'fixes' it. But just as often I have to run Disk First
Aid (booting from a floppy).  A few times I've had to take the cable
off and beat it about the head and shoulders a while, reattach it,
and then it works.  Finally, a couple of times the EMAC has crashed
on booting up, destroying the directory (or whatever it destroys) so
that the Mac tells me the EMAC is not a Macintosh disk. Had to use
PC Tools (Rebuild) to salvage the thing.

If I had it to do over, I would not buy another EMAC. BTW, my EMAC
has a Seagate inside.

dp