Tony,
I inherited this RomDisq as it came with my Aurora, so I must be
excused
for not backing up the driver. If you know what the driver is called or
if some
kind sole can furnish me with a copy, I can try to revive it.
Have cleaned up the contacts with no joy.
I have to say that it didn't die immediatly. there was a period of
about 30 minutes
with it playing up ( i wasn't aware what was happening, it was all a
bit
strange), finally the penny dropped when It started telling me that i
was
booting from win1_ whereas the previous boot was from rom1_
( thank goodness for helpful PRINT statements in my boot file!! )
I have dug a very small coffin shaped hole in my garden next to the
shed
in preparation for the worst.
Cheers
Neil
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Neil Riley wrote:
> Guys,
>
> All this chat of new hardware, new mmc memory expansion etc has
> upset my RomDisq, It has. over the last hour, breathed it's last
breath
>
> and died.... just like that.
>
> It's no longer mentioned on the startup screen and i cannot DIR it
from
> any method.
>
> I've taken it out and put it back in it's MPLANE slot with no joy.
>
> Luckely, Id pretty much kept my WIN1_boot in line with the ROM1_boot
> and also
> have a FLP1_ version.
>
> Weirdly enough, Id just done a MENUCONFIG of rom1_smsq_gold prior to
> the
> failure..... has it really reached it's 1,000,000 write limit !!?
100,000.
Unlikely. Tony Tebby's write algorithm used all empty space in
rotation. To my knowledge, not one RomDisq has died of old age.
>
> Perhaps someone can hurry up on that MMC QL card !
I doubt if it has.
Clean the contacts (with a rubber) and try again.
If still not found, with clean contacts, EX the driver (you copied it
to
a safe place of course as instructed in the manual!). With the driver
loaded, "format rom1_full" and it should be OK.
Tony
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