Re: Sick IIGS CMS Combo

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Dave Obenauf writes ...
 

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>         This weekend I had it set up in the garage and every time I
> walked by, I tried to boot it. More and more often, it booted from the
> HD. Perhaps a little burn-in will be the charm. It's currently powered
> up, but not running this week, waiting for a soft reboot next weekend.
> We'll have to see.
>         Regarding the solution, the most sage advice I received was
> this: "Start the thing up and if it boots from the HD, don't turn it
> off. I haven't turned mine off in years". This works for two reasons.
> The first is the software turnoff feature similar to Mac. The second
> is that it will restart correctly even if you turn the drive off, as
> long as the drive is spun up. 

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     It may be that the most sage advice you received was to blow off
the CMS card and get Alltech to credit the price toward the purchase of
a current RamFAST.


Rubywand