21 Feb
2006
21 Feb
'06
11:22 a.m.
I have a Perq 2 which will not boot from it's hard drive. I don't know
which OS is installed on it either. If I send out some floppies can
anyone copy a boot/maintenance disk for POS and MPOS
I beleive some of the disks are on Bitsavers in some documented format,
but how you get them onto 8" floppies is a (very minor) problem...
Alas my 'work PERQ' is down at the moment with keyboard problems that
I've still not got round to sorting out. I know exactly what the problem
is (Keytronix foam disks have decayed), I've just got to do something
about it.
Anyway, what does the DDS do on yoyr PERQ at power-on. It's possible the
fault is not a corrupted hard disk. And which hard disk do you have (a
2T1 would have a Micropolis 1200 8" drive, a 2T2 (or a 2T4, but I don't
think you'll have one of those!) has a 5.25" ST412-interfaced drive).
-tony