[Coco] DSKINI sounds

Luis Fernández luis46coco at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 15 12:39:50 EDT 2012


In addition to what I already said Bill
You can try to turn the motor that moves the head to see if you have blockage or servicing
I remove all the support and lubrication
gently rolling, better
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> From: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:15:27 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Coco] DSKINI sounds
> 
> 
> Before doing anything else, clean all contacts with a pencil eraser. Then clean the drive heads with alcohol and a qtip (very gently & carefully). Let the heads dry for a time as the alcohol will eat your disk if there's any on the head, especdially old disks and I don't think there's many "new" ones around. If this doesn't work, then start trouble shooting the drive/controller.
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> Bill P
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Roper <ebonhand09 at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 10:01 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] DSKINI sounds
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> I get at most 1 or 2 slow long clicks/grinds and then just running sounds..
> 
> The FD-500 cart seems very unreliable, booting into DECB only one or
> two out of three attempts, both with and without the modified MPI
> 
> I'm thinking it's dead, Jim - just not sure which bit
> 
> Any suggestions on how I can diagnose which part is toast?
> 
> - David
> 
> On 16 October 2012 00:58, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > yep, 35 slow long clicks, then 35 short fast clicks. (IIRC) and that's after 
> the initial chatter of the head banging to LSN0
> >
> > Bill P
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Roper <ebonhand09 at gmail.com>
> > To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Sent: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 9:52 am
> > Subject: [Coco] DSKINI sounds
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there a traditional pattern to the sounds a drive makes while
> > running DSKINI on a coco?
> >
> > I've got a Coco3 ->modified MPI->FD-500 controller->FD-500 dual disk
> > setup that has worked in the past, but now its failing somewhere along
> > the line, and I'm not sure where
> >
> > - David
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