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Manual load internal floppy drive in Quadra 700?
Mac Startup key combinations:
| Key Combination | Effect | |||
| On Boot | ||||
| mouse down | Eject removable media ( I think Boot ROMs prior to 2.4f1 excluded the CD drive ) | |||
| opt | Bring up OF system picker on New World machines - boot to 9 on pre-New World machines | |||
| F8 | Bring up Mac OS X boot partition selector (DTKs only?) | |||
| cmd-period | When OF system picker is active, open the CD tray | |||
| cmd-opt | Hold down until 2nd chime, will boot into Mac OS 9 ? | |||
| cmd-x (or just x?) | Will boot into Mac OS X if 9 and X are on the same partition and that’s the partition you’re booting from. | |||
| cmd-opt-n-d | prevent native drivers from loading (System 7 until 9.x?) | |||
| cmd-opt-shift-delete | Bypass startup drive and boot from external (or CD). This actually forces the system to NOT load the driver | |||
| for the default volume, which has the side effect mentioned above. For SCSI devices it searches from | ||||
| highest ID to lowest for a partition with a bootable system. Not sure about IDE drives. | ||||
| cmd-opt-shift-delete-# | Boot from a specific SCSI ID # (# = SCSI ID number) | |||
| cmd-opt-p-r | Zap PRAM. Hold down until second chime. | |||
| cmd-opt-n-v | Clear NV RAM. Similar to reset-all in Open Firmware. | |||
| cmd-opt-o-f | Boot into open firmware | |||
| cmd-opt-t-v | Force Quadra AV machines to use TV as a monitor | |||
| cmd-opt-x-o | Boot from ROM (Mac Classic only) | |||
| cmd-opt-a-v | Force an AV monitor to be recognized as one | |||
| c | Boot from CD. If set to boot to X and no CD is present, may boot to 9. | |||
| d | Force the internal hard disk to be the startup device | |||
| n | Hold down until Mac logo, will attempt to boot from network server (using BOOTP or TFTP) | |||
| r | Force PowerBooks to reset the screen | |||
| t | Put FireWire machine into FireWire Target Disk mode | |||
| z | Attempt to boot using the devalias zip from first bootable partition found | |||
| ctl-cmd-shift-power | Reset power manager (with computer off) | |||
| shift | (Classic only) Disable Extensions | |||
| shift | (OS X, 10.1.3 and later) Disables login items. Also disables non-essential kernel extensions (safe boot mode) | |||
| cmd | (Classic only) Boot with Virtual Memory off | |||
| cmd-v | (OS X only) show console messages (verbose mose) during boot. Also invokes Safe Mode | |||
| cmd-s | (OS X only) boot into single user mode | |||
| cmd-opt-c-i | (Mac IIci only) Set date to 20 Sep 1989 to get a graphical easter egg | |||
| cmd-opt-f-x | (Mac IIfx only) Set date to 19 Mar 1990 to get a graphical easter egg | |||
| cmd-opt-shift-tab-delete | Erase startup disk under 7.1(?) | |||
| After display of Happy Mac icon | ||||
| space | (Classic only) Invoke Extensions Manager | |||
| shift | (Classic only) Disable Extensions including MacsBug | |||
| shift-opt | (Classic only) Disable exetensions, except MacsBug | |||
| ctrl | (Classic only) Break into MacsBug as soon as it is loaded | |||
| As Finder Starts | ||||
| cmd-opt | (whenever Classic Finder sees a new disk) Rebuild Desktop | |||
| opt | (Mac OS 9) Do not open Finder windows | |||
| shift | (Mac OS X) Do not launch startup items. Do not open Finder windows when launching Finder. The windows’ | |||
| states aren’t changed to closed, as they will be reopened if you reboot again. | ||||
| shift | (Mac OS 9) Do not launch anything from the "Startup Items" folder. | |||
I need to replace the internal floppy drive in my recently acquired Quadra 700. Given my lack of success sourcing an auto-loading floppy drive, I'm wondering if it's possible and/or useable to replace the drive with one of the newer manual drives. I wouldn't imagine ejecting a disk would be a problem, but perhaps insertion is a bit more difficult? Anyone with any experience with this or advice? Many thanks!
fascinating. i thought I knew my stuff but there's a few things on here i've never even heard of.
Will work, but you will be in trouble ejecting disks, as nothing is provided (IIRC) to do so in the Q700.
call up ted hodges, he has a pile of those auto injects… usps first class international is pretty cheap.
I just read your post on another site-- take the guy's suggestions to clean and lubricate the drive and I bet it works fine.
Get yourself some isopropyl alcohol, white lithium grease and some q-tips and follow the directions here:
https://wiki.68kmla.org/Floppy_Drive_Lubrication
Get yourself some isopropyl alcohol, white lithium grease and some q-tips and follow the directions here:
https://wiki.68kmla.org/Floppy_Drive_Lubrication
White lithium can be evil when it dries up. I use 4in1 oil. Holds up fine, easy to clean and rejuvenate years later.
Alas, it seems the floppy drive mechanism is most definitely kaput. Thank you all for your suggestions. I gave it a full clean using some of the directed techniques, and reapplied grease to no avail. The drive continues operating poorly. I'll look into contacting Ted Hodges once I can find out his contact info. Many thanks once again!