Re: Inherited a Lisa and some parts.........

Use a Q-tip with rubbing alcohol, and wipe the head. (don't wipe the pressure pad)

-Jason

On 1/22/07, toby <toby_at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:
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> On Jan 18, 1:02 am, "SeanF" <sean.f..._at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:
> > Now im trying to get it to work. I think it's a Lisa 2. I/O board has
> > missing battery pack with a little corrosion but not much. it looks
> > like it has an 800k drive and matching ROM from SunRem as well.
> > It powers up but will not boot any floppies (drive reads then gives
> > error 23 and ejects, happens with every single one).
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> Head cleaning? Procedure, anyone?
>
> --Toby
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> > I've got several
> > floppies (MacWorks boot, install, etc.) and i've create some of my own
> > from DART images (400k, 800k & Mac disks) but none work. it has a
> > SunRem 1mb card and a 20mb drive on a SCSI card that spins up but
> > obviously i can't get to it since i can't boot from a floppy.
> >
> > ROM @ bootup is H/A8.
> >
> > I do have another I/O board (came in a box of junk with the Lisa). With
> > that I/O board I get an error on startup (multiple beeps then an error
> > 57). the floppy drive never spins.
> >
> > I've cleaned all the connectors with alcohol and still nada. I've also
> > tried 2 different drives with the same results. one 800k drive and one
> > 400k drive. when i installed the 400k drive i got an error 39 (wrong
> > drive ROM) which i expected.
> >
> > any help is greatly apreciated.
> >
> > thx.
> >
> > - sean
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> >
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