At 23:36 12/02/2002, you wrote:
>On the 710, I had a 256-80 that did the same darn thing. The problem turned
>out to be a RAM chip. You might try going into the monitor (don't know the
>SYS off the top of my head), and dumping the several banks of RAM to look
>for bits that are suspiciously ON or OFF all the time (the values, by
>default will alternate).
Wouldn't that only be true if the drive indicated a fault when plugged into
the machine? It also does it while disconnected from everything.
OTOH, if you're suggesting scanning the drive's RAM, then I'd be curious to
know where I might find the SYS command, and how it works.
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Cheers, Ade.
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http://b-racing.co.uk
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