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From: dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Miniscribe Error Codes
Message-ID: <187@westmark.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 23:33:58 EDT
Article-I.D.: westmark.187
Posted: Wed Sep 30 23:33:58 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 5-Oct-87 02:56:19 EDT
Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA
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Keywords: Blinking Activity Led

I have a Miniscribe model 2012.  That's the 10-Mbyte "fixed disk"
that IBM installed on the Personal Computer XT.  On power-up, it
begins to spin, then stops, and begins blinking its Led, one short
on-blink, followed by three long on-blinks, followed by a long off
interval.  This pattern appears to be repeated indefinitely.  If I
cycle power off and on, the whole cycle (spin-up, shutdown,
blinking) repeats.  If I leave power applied for 30 minutes or so,
and then cycle it off and on, the disk spins up and operates
normally.

I have replaced the drive, but I'm wondering if anyone can tell me
what the pattern means.  Is it worth getting it fixed?
-- 
Dave Levenson
Westmark, Inc.		A node for news.
Warren, NJ USA
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