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- From: oracle@veenet.value.net (informix)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Help! 1541 Repair
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 17:50:47 -0800
- Organization: Pro Hemp Initiative
- Message-ID: <4d735n$8n8@veenet.value.net>
- References: <4d3dkf$h6l@gaia.ns.utk.edu> <4d489o$cmb@cloner2.ix.netcom.com>
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- In article <4d489o$cmb@cloner2.ix.netcom.com>,
- James Chamblin <jamesch@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
- >In article <4d3dkf$h6l@gaia.ns.utk.edu>,
- > wglenn@utkux1.utk.edu (Hecubus) wrote:
- >>This is a repeat of an earlier post. I just *know* someone out there
- >>has a copy of Abacus' "Anatomy of 1541" or is by some other means a
- >>1541 expert. My drive won't work. When I turn it on the red, drive
- >>active, light comes on, but it never goes off. Can anyone tell me how
- >>to fix this?
- >>
- >>Thanks :)
- >>
- >
- >There are so many things that'll cause that problem. Simply put, the
- >light doesn't go out because the drive never finidhes it's reset
- >process. So you could have a bad 6502, bad ROMs, bad RAM, bad 6522's,
- >and so on. This actually happened to a guy here about a couple of
- >weeks ago. Mike, who is an expert on everything, said the first thing
- >to check would be the 6502, then the ROMs. If you don't find the
- >problem there, then it's kinda pick and choose (if your 6522's are in
- >sockets, I'd check them since they would be easy to test).
- >The problem with the guys drive was the 6502. Pulled one from an IEEE
- >interface and got it working again.
-
- i have the abacus 1541 disk drive book... it was one of my most
- used books when i was using the 64 besides the programmers
- reference guide... i have so much old 64 stuff... i should get
- another 64 (the one i have now blew up) and hook it back up...
-
- i have my drives, my disks, everything... oh well...
-
- Ron!
- informix <oracle@value.net>
- aka tbb!/fbr!
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