Re: [SLUG] Rotten floppy disk

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Mon Oct 04 2004 - 15:45:53 EDT


On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Paddy wrote:

> As soon as I reboot the machine the LED on the floppy stayes lit

Sounds like ribbon cable backward. I've seen a keyed cable that was
backward on one end (or maybe the socket was), so "it fits" is no
guarantee of correctness. On a FD, pin 1 is AWAY from the power, unlike
every other device known to man.

-- 
-eben      ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm      home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
An ASCII character walks into a bar and orders a double. "Having a bad day?"
asks the barman. "Yeah, I have a parity error," replies the ASCII character.
The barman says, "Yeah, I thought you looked a bit off." -- Skud

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