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From: ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mqcc.mq.OZ (Ian Farquhar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Injured Amiga
Message-ID: <228@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>
Date: 19 Feb 90 05:47:36 GMT
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In article <5680@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> jon@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Jonathan R Deutsch) writes:
>Last night, I unplugged my modem from the serial port while the computer was
>on.  Since, then, neither the serial or external drive ports are functioning.
>Does anyone know if I blew up a board, a chip, or what???

Sounds like you blew one of the 8250's.

>The external drive port is not totally destroyed, because the computer comes
>up with "disk in DF1 not a DOS disk" - but, the drive never checks the disk.

This happenned on mine when the diskinserted line no longer functioned
Try using DISKCHANGE, which may fix it, at least as a temporary
solution.

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