kwgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Karol Gieszczykiewicz) (01/04/91)
Greetings. I got the K10 working. Here's how (maybe someone else got a non-working one too) If you take the case off and face the HD controller board, try to locate all the mounting screws for the PCB. There should be 4. Now, look at the top-left one (nearest the face panel on top) and take it out (with a screwdriver). The problem with my K10 was that, after years of vibrations, the HD controller shifted so much as to make a resistors lead touch the grounding screw. That's why, early on, it's a just a "flakey" HD drive and only later (after many angry HITS on the right side ;-) does it fail completely... Well, all I did was put a small plastic washer on that mounting screw, formatted the drive, and let it run all night. No problems yet! [wheeeeee] Now for the question (no, not related). I would like to know more about the TurboROM. I took out the old 10MB drive and put in a 40 MB 28 ms. I UNDERSTAND that the most I can get is a speed improvement, but I want MORE :-) A person I know put in 2 10MB drives and just put a switch on the front panel so he can switch them in and out ! :-) Viola, 20MB! [grin] Take care.
CHARLES.COTHAM@f601.n106.z1.fidonet.org (CHARLES COTHAM) (01/04/91)
Karol,
Leave me you address or number and I will get intouch with you about
the Osborne boot disks you needed.
Charles Cotham
---MSBBS V0.08MARC.NEWMAN@f601.n106.z1.fidonet.org (MARC NEWMAN) (01/04/91)
> Now for the question (no, not related). I would like to > know more about the TurboROM. I took out the old 10MB drive > and put in a 40 MB 28 ms. I UNDERSTAND that the most I can > get is a speed improvement, but I want MORE :-) A person I > know put in 2 10MB drives and just put a switch on the > front panel so he can switch them in and out ! :-) Viola, > 20MB! [grin] Carol, I have a Kaypro 10 with the Advent Turbo Rom, and also the clock they used to sell, and I ADDED a 56 meg drive. The original one in it was a 10 meg 1/2 high, and it was a fairly simple matter to add another 1/2 high drive. Took a new control cable with an extra connector, a second data cable, a Y for the power cable to split off power to 2 drives, and the ROM and Formatter Advent used to sell. You would have 50 megs if you left your original drive in. There is a minor speed improvement with the Turbo Rom. I hear that since Bridger Mitchell wrote the Rom and Formatter originally, he is selling them now. Can someone else verify this? Good luck, and I will be glad to help if needed. Marc Newman ---MSBBS V0.08
roadhog@austex (Lindsay Haisley) (01/12/91)
> I hear that since Bridger Mitchell wrote the Rom and Formatter > originally, he is selling them now. Can someone else verify this? > > Good luck, and I will be glad to help if needed. > > Marc Newman > ---MSBBS V0.08 Bridger Mitchell can be reached through Znode 2, 213-670-9465. Most Plu*Perfect products are also sold by Sage Microsystems East. "Everything works if you let it!" --- Travis J. Redfish +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ uucp: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog BBS: (512) 259-1261 (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)