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From: jcs@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (John "C". Sucilla)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: my 3b1 won't boot at all
Message-ID: <1991Feb20.214541.9346@cbfsb.att.com>
Date: 20 Feb 91 21:45:41 GMT
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In article <1991Feb12.234150.29718@terminator.cc.umich.edu> cja@max.ifs.umich.edu (Charles J. Antonelli) writes:
>the other day i turned on my 3b1 and was rewarded with a screen full
>of dots (not periods; on close inspection, it seemed that nearly every
>other pixel or so was turned on).  the dots come into view as the

>now what do i do?  has anyone been there?  what did you do?


Power it down, wait for the disk to stop spinning and then....

.... Pick it up about two inches and then drop it.

(I'm not kidding.)

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