At 00:27 13/02/2002, you wrote:
>--- Adrian Vickers <avickers@solutionengineers.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > As per the subject, I've just picked up one of these drives in excellent
> > cosmetic condition. Trouble is, the LEDs flash red - 5 times, pause, 5
> > times, etc.
> >
> > According to the FAQ, this means:
> >
> > "Zero Page - 6530, K3, 6504, H3"
> >
> > Unfortunately, I've not a clue what this means....
>
>It means that you might have a defective 6530 chip, or a defective 6504 CPU
>(the one that talks to the floppy drive, not the CPU that talks to the IEEE
>bus).
Well, I have some spare 8050s & an 8050 all in various stages of
disintegration. I'll try some chip-swaps tonight, to see if I can get
anything working.
> Something internally isn't happy, and the drive is working well enough
>to detect the fault and tell you about it.
Indeed. Does "Zero Page" mean the drive is unable to retrieve data from the
chip, or it's all coming back as zeros, or something else entirely, do you
think?
>I don't know much about the 8250LP - mine are all full-sized.
As far as I'm aware, the 8250LP is basically the same as the 8250, only
with 1/2-height drives and in an aerodynamic box. I could, quite possibly
however, be mistaken. They look nice, especially compared to the
full-height units, but they're still spectacularly heavy...
--
Cheers, Ade.
Be where it's at, B-Racing!
http://b-racing.co.uk
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