Re: Sam Coupe wake up call
On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Edwin Blink wrote: > > I occasionally get this for no reason with my Sam. I find pop the disk > > out the drive, and press reset a few times. Normally I get a nice > > "crunch" sound come from the drive with one of the resets, plop the disk > > back in and works no problem. > > > > Of course, that's dark magic that may only work with my Sam > > Yes if you don't use a DPU then dark magic is really what you need ... I always meant to get one of them, but always worried I might scar my Sam for life if I risked taking a soldering iron to him. (That's aimed at my soldering skills, not at the DPU...) Tim
Re: Sam Coupe wake up call
> I occasionally get this for no reason with my Sam. I find pop the disk > out the drive, and press reset a few times. Normally I get a nice > "crunch" sound come from the drive with one of the resets, plop the disk > back in and works no problem. > > Of course, that's dark magic that may only work with my Sam Yes if you don't use a DPU then dark magic is really what you need ... Edwin Blink [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.designing.myweb.nl/samcoupe/
Re: Sam Coupe wake up call
> Doing some belated spring cleaning, I and my son felt eager to set up the > Sam Coupe and have a play around. It hasn't been used for a few years and > when a software disk is put in and F9 is pressed I got error code 53 NO > DOS. Tried several disks and got the same, does that mean that the > internal disk drive has died (never woke up)? I encountered this after waking my SAM up for the first time in ages. Tim's (I think - deleted the message) suggestion of removing the disk and hitting reset a few times worked for me - I eventually got the noise from the drive that one used to associate with a corrupted disk during reset. Can only assume that a spike in the power to the controller chip resets something. Dave
Re: Sam Coupe wake up call
Hi, > Doing some belated spring cleaning, I and my son felt eager to set up the > Sam Coupe and have a play around. It hasn't been used for a few years and > when a software disk is put in and F9 is pressed I got error code 53 NO > DOS. Tried several disks and got the same, does that mean that the > internal disk drive has died (never woke up)? I occasionally get this for no reason with my Sam. I find pop the disk out the drive, and press reset a few times. Normally I get a nice "crunch" sound come from the drive with one of the resets, plop the disk back in and works no problem. Of course, that's dark magic that may only work with my Sam HTH, Tim
Re: Sam Coupe wake up call
> Roy Staines wrote: > > Doing some belated spring cleaning, I and my son felt eager to set up the > > Sam Coupe and have a play around. It hasn't been used for a few years and > > when a software disk is put in and F9 is pressed I got error code 53 NO > > DOS. Tried several disks and got the same, does that mean that the > > internal disk drive has died (never woke up)? If you've got an early sam with version 1 rom (PRINT PEEK 15 prints 10 then ) try doing a: CALL 229385 for a 256K SAM or a CALL 491529 for a 512K SAM if your sams rom is not version 1 (20 for 2.0 rom or 30 for 3.0 rom) then it is most likely that there's no dos on the disk I don't think your drive is worn out. if it was you would get errors like Missing Disk (rubber belt worn or power suply no good) Loading error (bad floppy disk or in the worst case drive head damaged) hope this helps Edwin Blink [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.designing.myweb.nl/samcoupe/
Re: Sam Coupe wake up call
Roy Staines schrieb: > > Doing some belated spring cleaning, I and my son felt eager to set up the > Sam Coupe and have a play around. It hasn't been used for a few years and > when a software disk is put in and F9 is pressed I got error code 53 NO > DOS. Tried several disks and got the same, does that mean that the > internal disk drive has died (never woke up)? > > Roy. Hello Roy. The message NO DOS tells you that there is "no DOS" on the disk, so you can´t boot. If you have a DOS booted, the next possible message can be "NO DISK" also if there is a disk in the slot. In this case try to switch them out and in again or try to press them a bit higher or deeper in the diskdrive, but carefully. This helps mostly. The question about a dead disk drive you can answer yourself if you take a look what the diskdrive does if you press F9. Does it start to run? Can you hear that the disk is moving round? Goes the red light of the drive on and out? If not you`re in a bad situation because original diskdrives are as seldom as the SAM itself to buy. May the might be with you! Wo from WoMo-Team
Re: Sam Coupe wake up call
Roy Staines wrote: > > Doing some belated spring cleaning, I and my son felt eager to set up the > Sam Coupe and have a play around. It hasn't been used for a few years and > when a software disk is put in and F9 is pressed I got error code 53 NO > DOS. Tried several disks and got the same, does that mean that the > internal disk drive has died (never woke up)? Could do... er assuming that your disks used to have DOS on them? :) I guess you must have at least one that does, otherwise you'd have noticed by now. My drive used to do that occasionally if I remember rightly... Try any of these: 1. Poke open the drive door and blow into it, hard. Try it again. Used to work sometimes.. gets rid of dust (...and hopefully doesnt replace it with spit). 2. When you stick the disk in & press F9 and it does its whirring, put your finger under the back of the disk & lift it up (in the drive) This definately used to work, but maybe all my disks were bent. 3. Shake it. The Sam, the disk, everything. Never did me any harm. Er... hope those really-untechnical tips help. fitz -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 11077801 Web: http://www.jazzyfrog.com
Sam Coupe wake up call
Doing some belated spring cleaning, I and my son felt eager to set up the Sam Coupe and have a play around. It hasn't been used for a few years and when a software disk is put in and F9 is pressed I got error code 53 NO DOS. Tried several disks and got the same, does that mean that the internal disk drive has died (never woke up)? Roy.
