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- echo │National Support Center Sept 24, 1987 System Update V1.20│
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- echo │ This System Update should be distributed to as many │
- echo │ users of the IBM PS/2 Models 50, 60 and 80 as possible. │
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- echo │ This diskette contains updates to the problems listed │
- echo │ on the following screens. Read the information │
- echo │ on the screens to understand what the fixes are for. │
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- echo │ Note that there may be other causes for the following │
- echo │ symptoms. If after installing this update the user │
- echo │ continues to have problems, the errors should be │
- echo │ considered valid and the user should be instructed to │
- echo │ follow their normal problem determination procedures. │
- echo │ │
- echo │ This update only applies to some models of the PS/2 │
- echo │ family and symptoms apply only to the models listed. │
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- echo │National Support Center Sept 24, 1987 System Update V1.20│
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- echo │Item #1 information │
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- echo │ Users of IBM PC DOS Version 3.30 and Personal System/2 │
- echo │ Models 8550-021, 8560-041, 8560-071, 8580-041, and │
- echo │ 8580-071. │
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- echo │ Intermittent 'Not Ready Error Reading Drive A' when │
- echo │ attempting to install an application. Attempts to │
- echo │ perform DIR or COPY commands from the diskette will │
- echo │ also produce the error message. │
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- echo │National Support Center Sept 24, 1987 System Update V1.20│
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- echo │ Users of IBM PC DOS Version 3.3 and Personal System/2 │
- echo │ Models 8550-021 8560-041 and 8560-071. │
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- echo │ Problem Description: Highly intermittent problem with │
- echo │ either a diskette drive 'Not Ready' or a fixed disk │
- echo │ 'General Failure' message. │
- echo │ │
- echo │ Note: This problem may be aggravated by certain │
- echo │ programming practices which mask off interupts for long │
- echo │ periods of time. This update ensures that interupts │
- echo │ are unmasked on each disk or diskette request. │
- echo │ │
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- echo │National Support Center Sept 24, 1987 System Update V1.20│
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- echo │Item #3 information │
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- echo │ DOS V3.30 with Personal System/2 Models 8550-021, │
- echo │ 60-041,071 and 8580-041,071. Problem Description: │
- echo │ FORMAT fails on multiple 3 1/2 inch diskettes. │
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- echo │ The failure will appear as a 'Track 0 bad or invalid │
- echo │ media' message, when a user replies 'Y' to the prompt │
- echo │ 'Format another (Y/N)?' after the first format is │
- echo │ complete. The failure message will appear when │
- echo │ attempting to format the second diskette. │
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- echo │ If the system is booted from diskette, the format │
- echo │ problem will not occur. │
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- echo │National Support Center Sept 24, 1987 System Update V1.20│
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- echo │ Item # 4 information │
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- echo │ Users of IBM PC DOS Version 3.30 on Personal System/2 │
- echo │ Model 8550-021, 8560-041,-071, and Models │
- echo │ 8580-041,-071. │
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- echo │ When power is interrupted or switched on and off │
- echo │ quickly on a PS/2, a 301 and 8602 error may be posted. │
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- echo │National Support Center Sept 24, 1987 System Update V1.20│
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- echo │ Item # 5 information │
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- echo │ Users of all Personal System/2 Models 50 and 60. │
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- echo │ 162/163 errors, and various time-of-day problems. │
- echo │ One example of a time-of-day problem is turning │
- echo │ the machine on in the morning and finding the time │
- echo │ set at when the machine was turned off the day │
- echo │ before. │
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- echo │National Support Center Sept 24, 1987 System Update V1.20│
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- echo │ The next screen will install the update on your C: │
- echo │ drive. If you do not wish to have this update │
- echo │ installed, press CTRL-BRK. │
- echo │ │
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- echo │National Support Center Sept 24, 1987 System Update V1.20│
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- echo │ This update is now being installed. Please wait. │
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- echo │National Support Center Sept 24, 1987 System Update V1.20│
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- echo │ The update for the IBM Personal System/2 Models │
- echo │ 50, 60 and 80 has been installed on your C: drive. You │
- echo │ must now place the following statement in your │
- echo │ config.sys file: │
- echo │ │
- echo │ device = dasddrvr.sys │
- echo │ │
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