Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!ccncsu!handel.cs.colostate.edu!baumgard From: baumgard@handel.cs.colostate.edu (jan feli baumgardner) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: HELP!! -Annoying Problem with Televideo 803H w/o Hard Drive- Message-ID: <15736@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Date: 27 Jun 91 09:09:43 GMT Sender: news@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU Reply-To: baumgard@handel.cs.colostate.edu (jan feli baumgardner) Organization: Colorado State University Lines: 21 HELP! I have a Televideo TS-803H CP/M machine, running CP/M 2.2. I have a hardware problem. The machine originally came with a hard drive and a single floppy drive. The hard disk was cannabalized (I.E. MISSING) when I got the machine, and although It runs fine off of the floppy drive, Whenever I turn the machine on, I recieve a "HARDWARE ERROR: CONTACT DISTRIBUTOR" or a "Booting from hard disk" message. Once I turn the machine on and off and on a few times, it has no trouble booting from the floppy drive. I was wondering what it takes to make the computer realize that the hard disk is missing. If anyone knows the answer to this question, PLEASE, PLEASE (grovel grovel beg) PLEASE let me know. It would be most gratifying to clean up this annoying, if not life-threatening problem. -Felix baumgard@handel.cs.colostate.edu (303)2249058