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#Bad HD cable?

    25-Dec-94 13:50:51
Sb: #Bad HD cable?
Fm: Malcolm O'Brien 76703,4243
To: All
ARG! Every dad's Christmas nightmare! Got the 2.5" IDE drive, _did_ manage to get the Commodore HD Install Kit, but there is no joy in AmiLand. Not only don't you get HD instructions with a HD-less 1200, you don't get them with the HD Install Kit either! However some thoughtful soul has seen to it that you get about a dozen photostats on using a floppy-based system. (Say what? How did they know?) Once the cable is in place _without the HD attached_, the 1200 does not show an "insert disk" screen. Take cable off, screen shows; put it back, doesn't show. This leads me to believe the cable is bad since we'd presume that the lines are all still open circuits with a bare cable attached. Have I got it right? Anybody have any details/experiences to share? Thanks in advance, Malcolm