27 Dec
1999
27 Dec
'99
7:59 p.m.
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Dave McGuire wrote:
Excellent, thank you! At this point I've got it cleaned up and cabled...It
doesn't seem to want to spin up though. No fault or anything, just no spindle
motor activity. The door locks, the "load" lamp goes out, and then nothing. I
Last time I had this problem on my 11/34a with the RK05s... I
traced it to DCLO negated. After much further detective work, and
with no small amount of assistance from Tony D and Allison et al., I
found the problem in my case to be the BC11 cable from the Unibus to
the drive electronics reversed at the drive end. Of course it *will*
go in backwards if coerced, and, as you well know... the RK05
electronics are not the sine qua non of accessability. Mine are low
in the rack and I had to lie on my back with a flashlight in my
teeth to work on the unit.... You can imagine the impolite things I
called myself when the trouble came to light. At least I got a good
tour of RK05s and How They Work.
Good luck.
John