Re: Floppy/Cable for 701

[Grant Hilsenteger <agh1@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>]

Hey, I was wondering where this went.
I sent this over 3 weeks ago!!

At 10:15 AM 8/26/97 -0600, Grant Hilsenteger wrote:
>Hi,
>
>First of all, I want to say thanks to everyone who helped me get my mom's
>701 back on it's feet. EZServe came through with shining colors for us. And
>although I have not contributed much to the list, I have really appreciated
>all the information about TP's that has been broadcast. I have been using
>the computer for about a month now to complete a project I am working on,
>and have just started to use the floppy a bit. It is a little eccentric it
>seems. When I plug it in, the computer doesn't recognize it always on the
>first go. I comes back with messages like "This disk is not formatted" or
>"Cannot read from drive A". If I move the drive around a bit (a gentle
>shake or a repositioning) it sometimes comes back to life, but not always.
>I'm curious whether anyone else has had a similar problem, and whether the
>cable or the drive are more likely to break down. I would send it back to
>EZServe, but it looks as though the previous owner has opened the floppy
>case or dropped it, as the case is cracked. Looking at prices for
>replacement drives, I'm hoping that the only problem is with the cable.
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>Grant Hilsenteger
>agh1@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
>http://www.ualberta.ca/~agh1
>
>
>
Grant Hilsenteger
agh1@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca