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Floppy problems

    10-Mar-91 00:21:40
Sb: #16962-Floppy problems
Fm: David Art 72017,1130
To: Bruce Powell 72247,137
Bruce, Glad to be of help. 8) Remember, though, that since you're directing him, you assume the responsibility of the outcome. It certainly won't hurt to replace the chips with good new ones, but if it's not the problem, you'll end up with some spare 8520's and back at square 1 as far as your trouble is concerned. I worked with someone who had really bad failure to boot problems at home but couldn't duplicate them for the service tech. After many frustrations, including a desparation replacement of both 8520 chips, he finally traced it to a bad joystick! (one of the kind with an auto-fire circuit built-in.) Seems that he always connected everything at home when he was trying it. Let us know how you make out. David – via Whap!