11 Jul
1998
11 Jul
'98
6:02 a.m.
I have the feeling this is the early version, because mine is the later
backlit one, which has no dip switches. The sad mac code could very
easily be due to a power problem. It will sadmac if there isn't enough
power. Note that running off the portable AC adapter is _not_ enough.
You need an additional .5 amps, whereever you get it.
Hello, all:
Well, I began to clean up the spoils of my recent recovery mission,
and
I'm having problems with the Mac Portable that I
got.
Besides the hard drive and batteries being shot and the screen
having a
small defect in it, I keep getting a Sad Mac code.
It's code 0000000F
with a
sub code of 00007FFF. I can't find a reference to
the $0F code in any
Sad
Mac code listings that I have (they skip over it, going
from $0E to
$10). I
get the code after inserting a known-working diskette.
I've tried 400k
disks
and 800k disks with the same results. I haven't
tried a 1.44m disk yet,
since I don't have a recent Mac to create one. I've tried a 1.44m disk
created by HVFExplorer, but I get the "bad disk" message.
Also, there's a 4-position DIP switch on the mobo. What's this for?
Any
ideas on the Sad Mac code?
Rich Cini/WUGNET <nospam_rcini(a)msn.com>
- ClubWin! Charter Member
- MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
- Preserver of "classic" computers
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