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From: carsup@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Fisher Library support)
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Subject: Re: Mac IIsi question
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Date: 9 Feb 91 06:03:36 GMT
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In article <10519@aggie.ucdavis.edu> krweiss@ucdavis.edu writes:
>ATTENTION: FANS OF STUPID QUESTIONS
>
>Here's one for you... There is a little green light on the front left side of
>the Mac IIsi system case. Is this a drive active light, or is it a power on
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

>light? I ask because the light on my IIsi is on all the time -- it doesn't
>blink during disk access.
>
>(I apologize if this is a RTFM issue. I'm setting the machine up for a friend,
>and would prefer to leave the shrink wrap on all the books, etc. so they can
>have the fun of unwrapping...)
>
>There, I bet that's the simplest question on comp.sys.mac.hardware today!
>
>Ken Weiss
>krweiss@ucdavis.edu

This may shed some "light" on the matter: none of the new Macs, Classic, LC
and IIsi have drive active lights. Do not despair! You can use Norton Util's
Disk Light (?) A PD cdev InUse, or get Silverlining to display a blinking dot
on your monitor's top left corner.

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