Date   : Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:36:57 +0100
From   : "Alan" <motley@...>
Subject: Re: Disk Drive Problem

You guys can count yourselves lucky, my BBC blew up this morning! I switched
it on, messed with some basic, pressed break and FREEZE!!! Oh, thaught I. I
switched it off and on again, but all I got was a long beep( which, I may
add, did not want to stop!). Does anybody have an idea what could cause
this? I think a chip has blown..... any help???

Alan
If you should loose your head
You can use mine instead.
                                      Rob Halford.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary99129@... <Gary99129@...>
To: bbc-micro@... <bbc-micro@...>
Date: 28 July 1998 18:28
Subject: [BBC-Micro] Disk Drive Problem


>I've got a Cumana twin DS 40/80 switchable disk drive (Mistubshi 4853's).
>Drive 0/2 work fine but when I try to use Drives 1/3, the light comes on
but
>nothing happens.  I got these drives second hand about 7 years ago and
drive 1
>has never worked in that time but it worked for the previous owner but was
>never used.  The power/data cables are Ok, but there is a jumper missing
that
>is in place on the other drive, it is in the position marked MM next to are
>two pins marked SM.  I've tried putting a jumper on both of these to no
avail.
>
>Does anybody have any ideas how to fix it.
>
>Thanks
>
>Gary
>