[Coco] Had again

[Arthur Flexser]

Are you sure you taped the correct pin?  Halt is pin 3, adjacent to
pin 1 (because the odd pins are on the top of the edge connector, even
on the bottom.)

Art

On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Bill <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
> Well, all it does is turn on the light and start spinning. The stepping
> motor never kicks in, and the drive stays in total LALA land-never recovers
> and never stops.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Arthur Flexser
> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 6:14 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Had again
>
> Come to think of it, a way to test whether a stuck Halt line is the
> problem would be to tape over the halt pin temporarily on the edge
> connector.  I'd expect that DSKINI might then get as far as the verify
> pass before giving an IO error message and returning to the OK prompt.
>
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