On 02/03/2018 05:26 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: > On 02/03/2018 03:38 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> Do we have any real RX02 experts? My long time running >> >> RX02 seems to have decided to go on strike. When I try to >> >> access it now it repeatedly loads and unloads the heads but >> >> never reads anything. I can usually break out of it with >> >> control-C. Attempts to boot from it have the same effect. >> >> >> Anybody else ever see this behavior? >> >> >> Oh yeah, I know the controllers are good as I also have an >> >> AK6DN emulator and it works (well up to a point, but that's >> >> a problem for another message. :-) >> >> >> bill >> >> >> > HI, > > Assuming you haven't killed the media either the heads are crudded up > or the cable is partially disconnected.
Ah ha. I suspect the cable is bad. I had to repair it once and I now suspect it is gone bad yet again. Wonder if I have another cable that size floating around here somewhere. > > FYI if the heads are crudded up the media with have a circular scratch > generally in the directory or boot areas (outer edges). That kills the > media for reading that area. While possible I would expect that to develop slowly and this was sudden like. Thanks. bill
