Ha, cleaned with my disk cleaning kit... Chris
On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 7:17 PM, Fugu ME100 <b4me...@hotmail.com> wrote: > 😃 > > > Might need the heads cleaning? > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> on behalf of Chris Kmiec > <ckmi...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, March 25, 2018 00:14 > > *To:* m...@bitchin100.com > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive... > > That's a little above my pay grade :) I'm a software guy, and have learned > just enough hardware skills to be dangerous. I'm spending my limited skills > and time on troubleshooting the DVI original drive with blown caps while > waiting for a replacement... > > Chris > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 7:06 PM, Fugu ME100 <b4me...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > OK. All the internal voltages on the drive are good? > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> on behalf of Chris Kmiec > <ckmi...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, March 25, 2018 00:02 > *To:* m...@bitchin100.com > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive... > > I don't think that's the issue as the drive responds to commands, and I > can see the head move. When trying to format a blank disk, it actually goes > through the motions, and gets to the last track, before it fails. > > Chris > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 6:57 PM, Fugu ME100 <b4me...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I/O Error generally means the drive is not being seen on the serial port. > Does the serial port on the machine work? Can you check it out make sure > it is working? Link to a PC and use TELECOM to a terminal program or try > the new mcomm out. > > > Could be a bad TPDD cable I had problems with mine it was not making good > contact into the drive, I had to have it just in the right position to > work. I stopped using it after that :) > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> on behalf of Chris Kmiec > <ckmi...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, March 24, 2018 23:46 > *To:* m...@bitchin100.com > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Tandy Portable Disk Drive... > > Well, I have REX, with TS-DOS, and also tried the installation/bootup > procedure from the manual. Didn't work either way - I/O Error. I looked > over the board, and don't see anything obvious. Everything cleaned, etc. > > My "big score" with a DVI, TPDD, and M100 has had an issue with every > single component... At least it came with a ton of cables, manuals, and > disks! > > Unless somebody can suggest anything else I can try, I'm giving up on the > TPDD for now, too many things I'm working on, including getting the drive > in the DVI to work. > > Chris > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 9:20 AM, Brian White <bw.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The "M100SIG" archive contains a few programs just for dealing with the > incompatibility of different dosses. There is at least one or two programs > just for loading and unloading the dvi dos and a tpdd dos so you can switch > between them without actually wiping and reinstalling each time. > > > > There is (on p. 7 of the TPDD2 Manual) a cryptic related reference that > the utility disk can’t be used with a computer in conjunction with the DVI, > so maybe these can’t all be used at once, > > > -- > bkw > > > > >
