Re: Problem with //E Duod

[buggie@pegasus.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

The DuoDisk interface card controls both the left and right drives.

It has twelve IC's and all of them are SOCKETED for easy swapping.


Steve Buggie







Brian Hammack (brian.hammack@rook.wa.com) wrote:
:  Tony dared speak these truths:

:  TWN| All I can get out of it is a brief blink from the activity light
:     | when the machine is powered on/off.  The cable appears to be okay.
:     |  Could it be the controller card or is it more likely to be in the
:     | drive unit.  Anyway to test it?

: The usual way:  plug a different Duodisk onto the card and see if it
: boots, and/or plug your Duodisk onto a different card and see if it
: boots.  If it booted, you could test various functions (speed and
: ability to read/write properly) but if it ain't....

: Repairing a faulty Duodisk can be done, but not as easily as one would
: hope.  The old Disk]['s are cake cuz there are two chips in suspect when
: anything goes wrong, and the chips are socketed -- not so with the Duo.

:  * 2qwk! 2.03 * Service with a snarl.
: --                                                                   -- 
: yet another annoying post by brian.hammack@rook.wa.com -- deal with it.