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- From: messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
- Subject: Re: Is there any hope left?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.081333.19698@netcom.com>
- Organization: Messina Software
- References: <1992Dec27.211524.17910@netcom.com> <9212272245.11@rmkhome.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 08:13:33 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
-
- >Are you using the Adaptec as a floppy controller or do you have a separate
- >one?
-
- I run it as a floppy controller.
-
- >This could be a symptom of using the wrong translation mode for the
- >Adaptec controller.
-
- I used 64. It seemed to copy files fine (at least most of them).
-
- >The kernel was quite unhappy. Do you have any good memory diagnostics?
- >Have you verified that your memory is the correct speed?
-
- The memory is 60 ns.
-
- >Have you run MSDOS and/or Windows 3.x on this machine?
-
- Yes, it was fine. (DOS, that is).
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- >One problem may be memory chips that are bad or the wrong speed ( too slow ).
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- Slow they're not. Maybe bad, I will check them.
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- >If the Adaptec controller is set up for synchronous operation, then you
- >must reset it for asychronous.
-
- I will check that also.
-
- Thanks for all the great advice.
-
- t.
-