dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) (10/01/87)
I have a Miniscribe model 2012. That's the 10-Mbyte "fixed disk"
that IBM installed on the Personal Computer XT. On power-up, it
begins to spin, then stops, and begins blinking its Led, one short
on-blink, followed by three long on-blinks, followed by a long off
interval. This pattern appears to be repeated indefinitely. If I
cycle power off and on, the whole cycle (spin-up, shutdown,
blinking) repeats. If I leave power applied for 30 minutes or so,
and then cycle it off and on, the disk spins up and operates
normally.
I have replaced the drive, but I'm wondering if anyone can tell me
what the pattern means. Is it worth getting it fixed?
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Dave Levenson
Westmark, Inc. A node for news.
Warren, NJ USA
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