cpmlist%amsaa@sri-unix.UUCP (03/09/84)
From: Dave Towson (info-cpm) <cpmlist@amsaa> Presumably, this was sent to me rather than to the whole list by mistake. Dave ----- Forwarded message # 1: Received: From Ut-Ngp.ARPA by AMSAA via smtp; 8 Mar 84 22:03 EST Date: Thu, 8 Mar 84 21:04:54 cst From: garey@ut-ngp.ARPA Posted-Date: Thu, 8 Mar 84 21:04:54 cst Message-Id: <8403090304.AA27550@ut-ngp.ARPA> Received: by ut-ngp.ARPA (4.22/3.14) id AA27550; Thu, 8 Mar 84 21:04:54 cst To: info-cpm-request@AMSAA.ARPA Subject: Re: Old Kaypro disk fix Has this always been the case? In my Kaypro (one of the first horizontal drive models the light is on if the drive is selected, whether or not the drive is running, but the motor shuts off after a certain time with no further access. If this motor running at all times is new, you could call up the dealer and see if it can be fixed cheap, otherwise Kaypro will sell you a whole new board for $120. If the A motor running all the time is inherent in your old model Kaypro, it could be solved with a more up to date BIOS or a commercial replacement such as KayKey, which allows you to set when the drive motor shuts off. Call up Kaypro and ask. I've found them to be very responsive. Within Perfect Writer the motor runs after the last access for ever if you don't hit a key, but that doesn't sound like your problem. Maybe some more technical people can give more specific ----- End of forwarded messages
ANDY%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA (03/14/84)
I have one of the first Kaypros ever produced. The one with the vertical drives and brightness control on the front panel. It has this nasty habit. The motor for drive A is always on. It apparently doesn't hurt the floppy since head only comes down during an actual access, but is still bothers me. Does anyone know how to fix this? -Andy
young%uci-750a%csnet1@sri-unix.UUCP (03/15/84)
From: Michal Young <young%uci-750a@csnet1> The problem may not be hardware. My Kaypro used to run the drive motors until a character was read or written to console, I don't remember which. For instance Perfect Writer would start them spinning when it swapped and they would stay on till I typed something. Then last spring or so our user group got an updated CP/M and-- voila-- the drives turned off after use. So-- find someone with a newer Kaypro, and have them format/sysgen a disk for you. (Have them copy the whole CP/M disk-- some of the utilities have improved a bunch.) Maybe it will work, maybe not, but it's worth a try. (If you don't find someone handier, contact me and I'll mail you a disk). --Michal Young