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from: DAVID GUESS 72237,2244
date: 1991-06-13 23:52:50
subject: TROUBLES

#: 11063 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    13-Jun-91  23:52:50
Sb: TROUBLES
Fm: DAVID GUESS 72237,2244
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OK, GOT SOME QUESTIONS, SEEMS TO BE THAT WAY WHEN I'VE BEEN AWAY FOR A WHILE.

ANYBODY THAT CAN HELP I DEFINITELY WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

1) OLD COCO3, NO VIDEO OUTPUT.... CAN HEAR CASSETTE RELAY CLICK..

2) NEW COCO3, CAN'T MAKE A BOOTABLE OS9 DISK AFTER USING CONFIG OR OS9GEN.
   I'M STILL ON A 35 TRACK DISK AFTER USING EITHER OF THE ABOVE WITH 40
   TRACK DEVICE DESCRIPTORS IN OS9BOOT. I CAN MAKE A FORMATTED 40 TRACK DISK
   BUT THE PROBLEM ARISES WHEN I TRY TO OS9GEN OR COBBLER A BOOT DISK ON THIS
   40 TRACK (DS) DISK.   KEEP GETTING AN ERROR 241.....
   512K IS OK, DISTO SCII IS OK, ALL OTHER CHIPS OK..  I EVEN GOT THE
   CC3DISK.IRQ WORKING IN MY ONE AND ONLY BOOTABLE DISK (THE ONE AFTER CONFIG)
   WORKS OK, BUT STILL CAN'T MAKE A 40 DS BOOTABLE DISK.


   WHEN I IDENT -M, EVERYTHING OK....ON MY OLD DISKS, EVERYTHING IS SCREWED
   UP. SHOWS OS9P2 BAD CRC AND STOPS THERE WHEN I TRY TO IDENT OS9BOOT THESE
   OLDER DISKS....ALSO A LOT OF ERROR 249'S....SAME FORMAT, WHAT GIVES????

   OS9 LEVEL I AND II ARE THE SAME WAY.. RS DOS EVERYTHING WORKS OK....

   CAN ANYBODY HELP, IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE I'VE GOT TO WORK WITH THESE
   AND THE CC3 I PICKED UP AT SHACK FOR $69 FOR TOO GOOD A DEAL....

   FACT IS, I'M USING THE NEW ONE WITH GETERM 2.5 NOW...

   APPRECIATE ANY HELP......


            DAVID GUESS
            P.O. BOX 236
            BROWNSVILLE, KY.   42210
            502-597-3298   (SHOP AND HOME)

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