#Bridgeboard &*%#!
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HELP!!!!
I just picked my 2000 up and was ready to hurl it across the room,
when I realized how much money I was holding, and put it gently back
down. Now that I've calmed down, here is the problem:
I just installed a AT Bridgeboard, and created a psuedo hard drive,
which works fine. I then went to load some software into the PC side
through the 5 1/4 drive (1.2m) and I got a General Failure error reading
drive A:
I checked my prefs, and the drive is set up as a 1.2 and if I set it
up as a 360, it doesn't work, so it must be a 1.2 meg.
The drive reads the MS-Dos and Janus disks just fine, but I get the
same error if I try to read any other disks.
I tried some that are 1.2 meg and some that I know are 360, and it
will not read anything other than the disks that come with the bridge-
board.
What is going on here??? Anybody?
…Cruising on AutoPilot from Northern Indiana…
Branden Beachy
72557,107
Branden,
The first thing I'd check is the cabling, to make certain that pin 1 is in
the right location on the BB and on the drive. There is a jumper on the
A2286 to dis/enable the floppy controller in case you're using an outboard
floppy controller. You might also check the status of that jumper.
Hope this helps, 8)
David
Branden,
Ok…the drive reads the DOS and Janus software disks correctly,
but not any other disks…is that correct? What happens if you try to
format a disk on it? And if it formats it ok, can it read it back?
I'm not sure what's causing your problem…but figure it can't hurt
to get a few other clues.
BTW…is it possible that those disks that can't be read were all
formatted on the same machine (perhaps one at work, or at a friends home?)
If that's the situation…try having that other machine read your
DOS and Janus disks. IF it can't…then I'd strongly suspect the other
machine is out of alignment.
Don