Date   : Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:03:03 GMT
From   : cwr@crash.cts.com (Will Rose)
Subject: Re: Another QX-10 Question (HELP)

Susan Fawley (Susan.Fawley@f1066.n374.z1.fidonet.org) wrote:

>
>Im having trouble with the RIGHT drive. Some times when I fire this 
>thing up the drive will work perfect, other times it will read/log 
>onto it once, other times it will not work at all. Any segestions!!!
>

I recently had this problem, and it turned out to be the drive cable
to motherboard IDC connector.  But a number of different connectors
and indeed problems with the drives themselves would give this effect.
In the end I made up a set of extension cables so I could run the 
machine dismantled, and swapped cables until the fault went away.
Then I attacked the duff cable.

>2) I have a MS-DOS operating system disk that does not come up with any 
>type of a listing but there is something on the disk. Is this the disk to 
>get the QX-10 to operate in the MS-DOS system!!!
>
>3) there is a program on the CP/M Boot disk thats called QXPC.COM. When 
>I run this program it locks up the computer and has a "Testing QX-PC" 
>message. There is anouther QX program that asks if I would like to 
>install QX-PC on the hard disk. I answered "YES" and nothing happened. 
>I ran it again and a Warning Came up stating that QX-PC was installed. 
>Whats going on!!!!
>

You have the software, but not (probably) the hardware for the TITAN
QX-PC MSDOS Coprocessor Board, which may still be available.  It costs
around $400 and is almost useless.  I use mine as a 500KB ramdisk under
CP/M, where it is marginally effective.  (Needless to say, it was in the
machine when I got it).  Check the slots to see you haven't got the board
installed, and then ditch the software.

I don't know where you can get documentation now Snyderscope has folded.
I find odds and ends at swapmeets, but that's about all.

Hope this helps - Will
cwr@crash.cts.com