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From: dave@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Dave Goldblatt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Booting disk software on an 800XL reliably.
Message-ID: <293@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Date: 31 Jan 88 16:58:25 GMT
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In-reply-to: peter@nuchat.UUCP's message of 30 Jan 88 23:29:53 GMT
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Sounds like from your description (dropping into the notepad) that you may
have a bad connection between your 800XL and your drive; if you're hearing
the infamous (thhhhhpt) sound (!), that means your drive isn't connected.
(to hear what that sounds like if you're not familiar with it, just unplug
the drive and turn on the computer)

I would suggest swapping cables (if you have extras), checking for bad/loose
pins, and maybe cleaning the contacts..

-dg-

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