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From: patburns@moore.seas.upenn.edu (Pat Frederick Burns)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Tandy 1200 HD
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Date: 17 May 89 17:43:36 GMT
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Reply-To: patburns@moore.seas.upenn.edu (Pat Frederick Burns)
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HELP!!!  A couple of years ago, I purchased a Tandy 1200 HD with two floppy
drives and without a hard drive.  I think it's a great computer, faster than
an XT and with no downtime since its purchase, until ... until I installed
a Seagate ST412 hard drive.  I got the drive in excellent condition
from a working XT.  Price was the major factor in getting the ST412, and
there's no better price than free.  Well, everything worked without a prob-
lem for about two weeks, and then the Tandy refused to boot from the hard
drive.  I ran diagnostics, replaced the XT controller card, and ran into the
same problem a few days later.  Now, however, I'm getting an I/O error message
for the 0 cylinder 0 head.  Both controller cards are totally blown.  I've
tried them both in a working XT and I get the same I/O error message, but I
know for sure the test drive is working since I've been using it in lieu of
the Tandy.  Any ideas and/or advice?  I'd really like to get the 1200 up and
running but don't want to pay Radio Shack prices for upgrades, and since I'm
not using a Radio Shack hard drive and controller, they're not all that
willing to help.

E-mail can be sent to patburns@moore.seas.upenn.edu.  Thanks!!