extdgl42 wrote:
> Tony,
> You said as we packed up, after there wasn't time for you to get to the 3.5's
> I wanted fixed, to get into an email correspondence w/ you & we'd see what
> could be done. I can see such a conversation benefitting QLers beyond just
> myself; still, should we do this on or off list? Of course, it occurs to me
> folk routinely fix QPC2 and other problems on list.
>
> Synopsis:
> o Old 3.5's from either Don Waterman or a fellow named Sherman stopped
> working or some such.
> o Whatever the reason, I made a guess two new, generic 3.5's could be put
> in.
> o After further problems even with those, Roy or some person reversed
> about 4 lines on the ribbon cable at I believe the Maryland NA show a few
> years ago.
> o Last known, they half worked, half didn't. They would at least read a
> diskette. However, format never formatted, and the only way to write a file
> to diskette was to take a diskette in use and write to that, or take a
> diskette in use and delete an existing file and write there.
>
> I haven't tried the 3.5's on the QL you updated (Minerva again, + sH) at the
> show.
It sounds like the re-wiring ROy did is OK, as they read OK.
What is a "generic 3.5" - make, capacity please.
Tony
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