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- From: lofaso@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Bernie Lofaso)
- Subject: Re: 4000 problems! PLEASE READ
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.145324.7473@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu>
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- Organization: Applied Research Labs, University of Texas at Austin
- References: <1992Nov16.142003.12937@zds-oem.zds.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:53:24 GMT
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- benjamin@zds-oem.zds.com (Adam Benjamin) writes:
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- >Ok, My 4000 has died (again!) this time 2 days after being returned
- >from CBM Express.
- >First off I want to know how many of you 4000 owners have had flawless
- >performace? Does the 4000 suffer from being rushed? or do I just have
- >a lemon?
-
- I've had mine for less than a week. It has performed near flawlessly. I
- say near because until yesterday it wouldn't format or write to HD floppies
- although standard floppies worked fine. The problem was that the drive cable
- wasn't seated correctly. No problems now.
-
- >Secondly I was wondering about a few abnormalities that may be symptoms
- >of whatever the heck is wrong with my system.
- >I noticed that file-requesters were never updated correctly. If I saved
- >a file and then went to load another file from the same program and same
- >volume the file I had just saved would NOT appear in the requester unless
- >I re-entered the volume name and forced it to look up the directory again.
- >?? Has anyone else noticed this?
-
- I think this has always been the case. I don't even know if a programmer
- can get update events for this sort of thing, I suspect not.
-
- >Also when I hit CTRL-A-A to reboot the hard drive parks and spins-down
- >then back up again. (seems kinda weird)!
-
- Yeah, I agree. But mine does it too.
-
- Bernie Lofaso
- Applied Research Labs
- lofaso@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu
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