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- From: MIS0160@MVS.UDEL.EDU (Roger Cole)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: Atari 800
- Message-ID: <19921223120105MIS0160@MVS.UDEL.EDU>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 17:01:00 GMT
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- I OWN AN 8-BIT 65XE AND AM QUITE HAPPY WITH IT EXCEPT FOR THE KEYBOARD.
- BEING A TOUCH TYPIST, THE XE KEYBOARD DOESN'T HAVE THE 'RIGHT FEEL'.
- ANYWAY, I BOUGHT AN OLD USED 800. IT SEEMED TO WORK FINE UNTIL
- I TRIED TO SAVE A FILE TO MY 1050 DRIVE. THE DISK LIGHT CAME ON AND
- A COUPLE OF BEEPS OCCURRED, THEN THE DISK CONTINUED SPINNING WITH A
- BEEP MAYBE EVERY 30 SECONDS. EVENTUALLY, DOS (2.5) TIMED OUT.
- I CAN LOAD FILES FINE, JUST CAN'T SEEM TO WRITE TO THE DISK DRIVE
- WITHOUT TIMING OUT. IS THERE A CHIP OR BOARD THAT NEEDS REPLACING?
- ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
- ROGER COLE
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
- INTERNET: ROGER.COLE@MVS.UDEL.EDU
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