On 02/03/2018 05:42 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > 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. >
Well, I made a new cable for my RX02. No luck. Any attempt to access either drive just results in the rapid loading and unloading of the head. Happens when I try to boot them or try to get a DIR after booting from the harddisk. Anybody have any suggestions other than the RXes have bit the farm? bill
