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echo: classic_computer
to: CRAIG GAGNER
from: Jasen Betts
date: 2004-03-20 00:06:42
subject: RE: Commodore Colt Stuff

Hi CRAIG.

18-Mar-04 13:58:50, CRAIG GAGNER wrote to JASEN BETTS


 CG> Thanks Jasen

 CG> Would love to find an old original HD.

could be tough,  8-bit IDE was not manufactured for long.

 CG> I have a 16 bit VGA but the system wont
 CG> come up, cant find the books to set the jumpers correctly.

in your position I would play with the jumpers until it started working,
I figure that the worst that could happen is that I would let the smoke
out of something and reduce the size of my junk pile.

EPROMS don't hold their data forever either, so don't worry about ruining
really obsolete hardware by messing with it. its days are numbered even in
a ideal circumstances.

 -=> Bye <=-

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