Re: PC Transporter Failed

[<mrbrad@ll.net>]

i know nothing about this but...could it be eprom rot...in other words
eproms can? lose data after 10+ yrs so i've been told.... one of the reason
rom images for the old paid video game consoles don't work

just a thought from a non-electronic type...maybe use an eraser on the card
edge ..if in storage before popping it in

brad




"Bryan Parkoff" <BParkoff@satx.rr.com> wrote in message
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>     It is very interesting that there are very few PC Transporter cards
> which they have failed to be recognized by Apple IIgs like my previous
post
> before.  It appears to be an unknown solution.  In fact is that PC
> Transporter card is in good condition that it is not used for a long term
> probably over 10 years.  It may be something to do with IC chip and
> components that they have bad contacts or they might be decayed.
>     I own three copies of PC Transporter cards.  Two of them are operating
> fine, but one of them does not.
>
>     Another interesting problem is that one of two working PC Transporter
> stopped operating after approximately 10-30 minutes.  After stop working,
I
> press Control-Reset.  I begin to hear the beep that machine language
breaks
> before "*" prompt appears more than 10 times.  I have to reboot every time
> in order to attempt to access MS-DOS, but it begins to freeze, and then
> break into machine language.
>     I suspect that it may be the heat problem on PC Transporter.
>
>     Superdrive works fine without through TransDrive.  It fails to work
> while TransDrive is being used.  I have no idea why.  I get sick tired of
> doing both Superdrive and TransDrive that they make me turn into
> frustration.  I like BlueDisk very much that it can be done with PC
> Transporter directly.  I can be able to transfer files using BlueDisk with
> 1.44MB instead of 720KB.  It does work with 360KB and 1.2MB.
>
>     Please tell me what you have experience.  We are interested to hear.
>
>
> --
> Yours Truly,
>
> Bryan Parkoff
> BParkoff@satx.rr.com
>
>