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Hey, I was wondering where this went. I sent this over 3 weeks ago!! At 10:15 AM 8/26/97 -0600, Grant Hilsenteger wrote: >Hi, > >First of all, I want to say thanks to everyone who helped me get my mom's >701 back on it's feet. EZServe came through with shining colors for us. And >although I have not contributed much to the list, I have really appreciated >all the information about TP's that has been broadcast. I have been using >the computer for about a month now to complete a project I am working on, >and have just started to use the floppy a bit. It is a little eccentric it >seems. When I plug it in, the computer doesn't recognize it always on the >first go. I comes back with messages like "This disk is not formatted" or >"Cannot read from drive A". If I move the drive around a bit (a gentle >shake or a repositioning) it sometimes comes back to life, but not always. >I'm curious whether anyone else has had a similar problem, and whether the >cable or the drive are more likely to break down. I would send it back to >EZServe, but it looks as though the previous owner has opened the floppy >case or dropped it, as the case is cracked. Looking at prices for >replacement drives, I'm hoping that the only problem is with the cable. > >Cheers, > > >Grant Hilsenteger >agh1@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca >http://www.ualberta.ca/~agh1 > > > Grant Hilsenteger agh1@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca