Kaypro successes

Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:29:19 -0500 From: brain at jbrain.com To: Subject: Kaypro successes K4/84 has 2 new drives. Thanks Dave. ON that success, I pulled the K10, and temp attached a TEAC FD55. No joy on the boot disk I created (it goes to top left screen with cursor, then resets), but Gene B had sent me a complete set (I assume HDD restore set) of K10 disks (again, thanks Gene), and Disk #1 booted the machine. The same disk does not work in the internal FDD, even though the internal FDD does the same reset cycle when used with some boot disks. the existing HDD must partially work. Anyway, I wonder if someone else has a K10 and could help with HDD diagnosis. If I leave out the boot disk, the HDD ready light comes on after a bit, but then the K10 Disk #1 won't boot the system. If I boot the floppy, the drive ready light never comes on. And, things like checkbad.com won't find the HDD And, in either case, I can't hear the ST225 spin up. Should it? I am perfectly content if the diagnosis is a toasted HDD (expect it, I do). But, if so, where should I go looking for a spare? I see this on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEAGATE-ST-225-21MB-MFM-5-25-HH-Hard-Drive-with-ORI… And I understand it's a gamble, but I assume my options are limited. Jim -- Jim Brain brain at jbrain.com www.jbrain.com