Floppy Access Goes Nowhere

Ted Ozolins ted1
Mon May 17 11:49:03 PDT 2004


Joel Hammer wrote:
> I would try a different cable. I had a strange floppy problem years ago. The
> cause was the cable. I had plugged in my serial printer or something with the
> computer turned on, and shorted out my floppy cable. Wire #1 was burned out.
> Joel
One other thing comes to mind (I've had this several times) A floppy 
drive that is seldom used has a tendancy to collect dust. Get a can of 
compressed air and with the acompanying wand, blow the hell out of the 
interior of the fd. Then check it again.

-- 
Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO)
Westbank, B. C.



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