Date   : Wed, 01 Oct 2003 21:57:52 +0100 
From   : Andrew Hancock <Andrew.Hancock@...>
Subject: Re: BBC Micro lazy delayed boot!

No wire links or dip switch.

That was my first thought, when I saw the delay because it looks like the
delay when ADFS mounts a disc, when the links are set correctly.

Regards

Andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Turnbull [mailto:pete@...]
> Sent: 01 October 2003 21:20
> To: Andrew Hancock
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] BBC Micro lazy delayed boot!
> 
> On Oct 1,  9:59, Andrew Hancock wrote:
> 
> > I've not connected a floppy disc drive to the Beeb as yet, because of
> this
> > problem and I didn't want to complicate matters with a floppy drive
> > connected. The Beeb should power-up quickly without a floppy drive
> > connected, and without the 8271 installed, DFS 0.9 shouldn't think a
> disc
> > controller chip is fitted.
> 
> Hmm.  There aren't any wire links on the lower right corner of the
> keyboard, are there (could it be configured to boot a floppy)?  Does it
> do anything different when you hold down SHIFT while it's starting up?
>  DFS 0.90 and DFS 1.20 have slightly different behaviour when accessing
> a drive with no floppy in it.  I don't think that's the problem, but
> it's easy to check.
> 
> --
> Pete                                              Peter Turnbull
>                                           Network Manager
>                                           University of York