Just because it's close to my troubleshooting right now, No resistor termination pack on the disk drive?
-todd
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- Fri Mar 06, 2020 5:42 pm
- Forum: PCjr Hardware
- Topic: PCjr prototypes and oddities
- Replies: 7
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- Fri Mar 06, 2020 6:50 am
- Forum: PCjr Hardware
- Topic: New to me PCjr.. Weird issue surrounding disk controller
- Replies: 7
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Re: New to me PCjr.. Weird issue surrounding disk controlle
Thanks Chuckphd53. I just found this link this morning as well https://www.lo-tech.co.uk/downloads/manuals/qume/QumeTrak-142-floppy-drive.pdf If I read correctly I do indeed need a termination pack as obviously PCjr is a single drive system. I bought a broken drive on eBay that has the pack so hopef...
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:57 pm
- Forum: PCjr Hardware
- Topic: New to me PCjr.. Weird issue surrounding disk controller
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6147
Re: New to me PCjr.. Weird issue surrounding disk controlle
I'm having similar issues as this thread with a newly acquired Pcjr. Same drive problems. The box had a bad internal power supply card that had smoked soot all over the inside. Replacing the card brought it all back to life, except the disked drive. I cleaned the heads and got the drive sled moving ...
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:44 pm
- Forum: PCjr Software
- Topic: Writing img files to 360K disks with no other PC
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11597
Re: Writing img files to 360K disks with no other PC
Great thoughts here guys. Really enjoying the creative thoughts. I'm in for helping out. I have an entire working system.....except the diskette drive apparently. I bought some sealed PC Dos 3.3 disks on ebay but I think the drive is a little messed up. The internal power supply had obviously fried ...
- Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:27 pm
- Forum: PCjr Software
- Topic: Writing img files to 360K disks with no other PC
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11597
Writing img files to 360K disks with no other PC
Hey guys, sorry if this has been covered but I have not had any luck finding anywhere on the web. I'm a Mac user recreating my PCjr experience. Successfully found and fixed a PCjr, monitor, etc. Now I'm looking for a way to write diskette image files on diskettes. I see a thread about doing it an ol...
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 3:43 pm
- Forum: PCjr Hardware
- Topic: jrIDE - time for another production run?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 68632
Re: jrIDE - time for another production run?
New to the forum. How do I find, get, make, buy a Jr IDE? Thanks in advance!