Re: Getting old & slow

[tturner@ecn.ab.ca ()]

C.J. Settles (c.j..settles@juge.com) wrote:
: It seems that my faithful ol Apple //e is, like, me getting old and
: slow.  Recently when its turned on it doesn't boot the Focus HD in s7
: presenting only a blank screen with Apple //e at the top.  A
: OA-Cntl-Reset then does the job and it starts up just fine.  On two
: occasions in the past week or so the initial "blank screen" has also
: displayed at the lower left conner a upper case P inversed and
: flashing.  Again... a three finger salute gets it up and running.
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--> I'll go out on a limb, here and mention that your symptoms
    remind me of some posts I saw a while back on `stick-tion'.
    Older HD's have older lubricant, more wear; leading to a
    slower start-up (ie: hesitating and/or over-coming the
    drives' tendency to remain at rest - much like myself, in
    the evenings...). The slower start-up results in the system
    going to fetch info from the HD and not finding it - as it's
    not ready yet (not up to speed) when the `fetch' happens, so
    the system ends up `hanging' or showing other odd behavior.

    Yet, a few seconds later - when a warm-boot is initiated;
    everything works fine - but that's because the HD is now up
    to speed. I'm sure the experts here will be able to confirm
    or correct this supposition of mine. I don't know of any
    easy `fix' - but again, the experts probably can help you.
    As well - this may (or, may not...) be covered in the FAQ.
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