Re: Sider D4 contoller card by Xebec - repair help/info- any Sider Wizards out there?

[DocVlad@mail.yahoo.com (Vernon Bartlett)]

On Tue, 08 Dec 1998 13:04:01 +0100, Patrick Schaefer
<pa.schaefer@fz-juelich.de> wrote:

>Patrick
>
>
>BTW: If you can read or write sectors to/from the drive your interface
>card isn't faulty!
>
>This works with the old ROM, I don't have the 1986 version:
>* 0300:08 00 00 00 01 00 00 08   
>* ctrl-F
>* :03 00 00             <- load A with 03, Y with 00   
>* C71AG
>will read (08) one (01) sector starting from logical block 0 (0 00 00)
>into memory location $800 (00 08). If this works, your hardware is okay.


Patrick, what happened is I got a set of cable connectors confused
from an Apple SCSI card and the Sider D4 controller card. I accidently
plugged the sider controller card cable into the Zip drive. I only
realized my mistake when I tried to boot. The sider was not hooked up
to anything else when the event occurred.

After the incident, the sider would not boot.To load data from the
drive:
 	1) I must cold start both the Sider and the computer each
	     time. 
	2) After hitting reset I - issue a pr#7.
	3) At amazingly slow speed (slower than normal)  the sider
	     tries to load data. Ofter the drive light won't even come
	     on.

	    The action is at best sporadic.

The sider and controller were working fine until my mishap.

Also thank everyone for the the Resistor Network Response. 
Is this a custom chip or  should I be able it purchase another if
needed?

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