MARCUS@STOAT.PCL.AC.UK (05/11/89)
>From: ole@idt.unit.no >Message-Id: <8905050720.AA19209@fljod.idt.unit.no> >To: MARCUS@uk.ac.pcl.stoat >Subject: Disk drive problem >The same thing happened to my son's A500. This happened when he had >connected his new printer. It turned out that when unplugging the >printer the disk drive worked ok again! We were told that this was >a (well) known problem on some 500's! >Ole Solberg >Div. of Computer Science and Telematics >Norwegian Institute of Technology >Trondheim, Norway ...and I'd just re-soldered my printer lead...but does anyone know *why* this is happening? Could it be the ground pins? I only connected the first of the bunch when I re-soldered my lead (previously all were connected). - m a r c u s - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= marcus@uk.ac.pcl.stoat - JANET marcus%stoat.pcl.ac.uk@ukacrl - BITNET/EARN You have put a spell on me! Your magic touch is ECSTACY! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=