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- From: cwr@crash.cts.com (Will Rose)
- Subject: Re: Another QX-10 Question (HELP)
- Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
- Date: 27 Jan 93 19:03:03 PST
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.190303.22503@crash>
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- Susan Fawley (Susan.Fawley@f1066.n374.z1.fidonet.org) wrote:
-
- >
- >Im having trouble with the RIGHT drive. Some times when I fire this
- >thing up the drive will work perfect, other times it will read/log
- >onto it once, other times it will not work at all. Any segestions!!!
- >
-
- I recently had this problem, and it turned out to be the drive cable
- to motherboard IDC connector. But a number of different connectors
- and indeed problems with the drives themselves would give this effect.
- In the end I made up a set of extension cables so I could run the
- machine dismantled, and swapped cables until the fault went away.
- Then I attacked the duff cable.
-
- >2) I have a MS-DOS operating system disk that does not come up with any
- >type of a listing but there is something on the disk. Is this the disk to
- >get the QX-10 to operate in the MS-DOS system!!!
- >
- >3) there is a program on the CP/M Boot disk thats called QXPC.COM. When
- >I run this program it locks up the computer and has a "Testing QX-PC"
- >message. There is anouther QX program that asks if I would like to
- >install QX-PC on the hard disk. I answered "YES" and nothing happened.
- >I ran it again and a Warning Came up stating that QX-PC was installed.
- >Whats going on!!!!
- >
-
- You have the software, but not (probably) the hardware for the TITAN
- QX-PC MSDOS Coprocessor Board, which may still be available. It costs
- around $400 and is almost useless. I use mine as a 500KB ramdisk under
- CP/M, where it is marginally effective. (Needless to say, it was in the
- machine when I got it). Check the slots to see you haven't got the board
- installed, and then ditch the software.
-
- I don't know where you can get documentation now Snyderscope has folded.
- I find odds and ends at swapmeets, but that's about all.
-
- Hope this helps - Will
- cwr@crash.cts.com
-
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