![]() ![]() I would focus on getting it onto a network and/or hooked up to a SCSI CD-ROM drive. I wouldn't know where to buy fresh diskettes, and if it were me, I wouldn't bother with them. According to the specs, the LCII takes double-sided 1.44MB disks, so it's not like you need to dig out 800K diskettes either (though they should work if you have some). Some were sold as "Mac formatted" but Mac OS will format an IBM compatible disk just fine. Note that you don't need "Mac disks" for a machine like this. ![]() If it sounds OK, it's probably bad diskettes. Those diskette drives were made by Sony and built like tanks. Worst case scenario I do have an external 3.5 drive that I use with my IIgs I could always try. ![]() What is your take and what should I do FIRST? Thanks in advance!! The discs I was using would read and format on my G3 Pismo, but then would crash the computer when I tried to eject them and then become corrupted. I tried yet to be formatted one sided discs from my Atari ST and those also wouldn't format The drive needs to be properly cleaned with a cleaning kit, internal dirt/grime on the read mechanism is whats the issue Its a bad drive (not repairiable, needs to be replaced) Its bad discs (only have one pack of mac disks right now, others up at my parents need to go grab) It will attempt to format but then after the second check say "initialization failed" and eject the disc. It sounds like I remember they are supposed to sound, and it ejects the disk properly. The machine itself works great, but when I try to put in a floppy, it will ALWAYS ask me to format it. I cleaned up the case and blew a bunch of duster inside (including floppy) to ensure it would work as well as possible. Hello All! I recently picked up a Mac LC III curbside and it generally works great, and is running OS 7.1. ![]()
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