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From: lsr@apple.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Hard Disk Problem?
Message-ID: <6256@apple.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 19:23:02 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 16 19:23:02 1987
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Reply-To: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein)
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In article <5188@oliveb.UUCP> gnome@oliveb.UUCP (Gary) writes:
>
> > 	If I turn on my Mac Plus w/o turning on the harddisk, the screen 
> > comes on, but as soon as it is done with its 'memory test" (or whatever),
>
>As long as the powered-down HDU is plugged into the Scuzzy port, it will
>tell the Mac that it isn't ready and will hang the system.

This should only be a problem on the earliest versions of theMac Plus ROMs.
See Tech Note #139 for more info.

-- 
Larry Rosenstein

Object Specialist
Apple Computer

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