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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                     Jan  7, 1990

In this issue:
  10 MEG
  PROBLEM WITH HARD DISK
  NEED TO SELL RAINBOW 100


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Date:     01-04-90 (08:19)
To:       ALL
Subject:  10 MEG
From:     CHRIS SWEET

Yes it is a 10 meg hard drive st-506... and we are running dos 2.0 "1"
not sure which... I can't find any type of format program ... what is
the name I should look for... Would we be better off to format it using
cp/m or ms-dos...


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Date:     01-05-90
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  PROBLEM WITH HARD DISK
From:     GORDON GREEN

> Lately, it has has developed a perplexing problem.  Perhaps
> one of you might know what's going on.  Four months ago, the
> machine would not boot up from the hard disk, after many months of
> reliable service.
>
> The Winchester diagostics said that either the controller card
> or the drive itself was bad (failing in subtest 2 on the head seek
> test).  I then ran full system diagnostics (main memory, screen,
> floppies, etc.) with no errors reported.  Strangely, the system
> would then boot off of the hard disk with no problems after I ran
> the diagnostics.

I encountered a similiar problem with erratic behavior.  Replaced mother
board and after a few months the problem returned.  Finally found that the
ribbon cable between the power supply and the mother board had several pins
the looked like they had cooked at the power supply end.  I got a new cable,
cleaned the connector pins on the power supply and all has been ok since.
The cable didn't show much until you removed it and olooked at the underside,
the problem was not apparent from the topside.  Suggest you check this out
to see if it is something this simple.


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Date:     01-04-90
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  NEED TO SELL RAINBOW 100
From:     DAVID STRICKLER


Your best bet is to donate it and take the tax write-off. That's a pretty
stripped machine, and not worth much, but I bet a local school or church would
love it as a small word processor.

David Strickler
Sysop of 101/45
Midnight DEC (Boston)
(617)739-0708 [Voice]

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