06-05-2014, 12:24 PM
It's been a mixed day thus far. The nurse showed up close to 11am and got the replacement dressing for the wound vac applied quickly. So far it's doing well. Came home and had a bowl of chili for lunch.
I know a lot of you aren't into computers like I am and probably can't tell the difference between a 65C02 processor and a firmware ROM chip even if you saw them but I've been told there are those who like to read about what I'm doing regardless. To you I relate the following. This morning I put the two M0107 Platinum floppy drives into operation. Don't remember those? They're the two that I re-cabled recently. Here's a photo to jog your memory:
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One of them is working perfectly. The other one however was having problems. It sounded weak and wasn't indexing (the read/write head wasn't moving) and the drive wouldn't reset. This of course resulted in an Input/Output Error. It worked fine in tests. Thinking it was something internal I opened the drive up and poked around inside to see if I could find where old Mr Murphy was hiding. I then tested the drive while it was open and it worked just fine. Put it back together then tested it again. Back to it's weak performance. Well that left only thing it could be. The ribbon cable that connects the drive to the computer. Replaced that and all is once again good with the world. Hindsight is 20/20. That cable was the FIRST thing I should have checked. That was me not thinking. Well I've bored you enough with this so I'll go watch a movie and work on another loco that needs my attention.
I know a lot of you aren't into computers like I am and probably can't tell the difference between a 65C02 processor and a firmware ROM chip even if you saw them but I've been told there are those who like to read about what I'm doing regardless. To you I relate the following. This morning I put the two M0107 Platinum floppy drives into operation. Don't remember those? They're the two that I re-cabled recently. Here's a photo to jog your memory:
One of them is working perfectly. The other one however was having problems. It sounded weak and wasn't indexing (the read/write head wasn't moving) and the drive wouldn't reset. This of course resulted in an Input/Output Error. It worked fine in tests. Thinking it was something internal I opened the drive up and poked around inside to see if I could find where old Mr Murphy was hiding. I then tested the drive while it was open and it worked just fine. Put it back together then tested it again. Back to it's weak performance. Well that left only thing it could be. The ribbon cable that connects the drive to the computer. Replaced that and all is once again good with the world. Hindsight is 20/20. That cable was the FIRST thing I should have checked. That was me not thinking. Well I've bored you enough with this so I'll go watch a movie and work on another loco that needs my attention.
15 year veteran fire fighter
Collector of Apple //e's
Beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Collector of Apple //e's
Beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam