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From: 42adlgx@sacemnet.af.mil (42ADLGX)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: SideCar Hard Disk Drive Problems (Continued)
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Date: 20 Dec 90 21:15:48 GMT
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You may have just recently read my mail regarding the Sidecar problems.
Well, further investigation has revealed that the connector on the Sidecar
that connects to the Amiga expansion port has a pin broken.  Specifically,
the fourt pin from the right as you face it on the bottom.  Now, this may
not be the culprit but it sure would seem to be a good contender.

Now, does anyone know what that pin (and the ones ar
d it) do, and how
much would a replacement connector cost?  CAN it be REPLACED?

I have had the pin replaced  but the problem seems to remain.  I cannot
get th
rive to talk to the Amiga consistently.  I was able to copy one
program over (and get the program to run) but after that...  Lockup city,
(actually, the ZZZ cloud stays on forever, or CLI just sits there).  I
just ran the DJMOUNT program, and it never even loaded, CLI just froze.

Now, what could it be?  Could I have blown something critical, especially
if the bottom pin someho
 shorted out with the top pin?

This seems silly to many of you hardware hacker
, but I am just a user.
Not drugs.  Better than that.  An AMIGA!

HELP!!!!!



Steve Brady
42 AD/LGX
Grand Forks AFB, ND 58205

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