7 Dec
2004
7 Dec
'04
10:47 a.m.
Folks,
We've got 3 of these things in for repair and we're a bit stuffed without
troubleshooting docs. The userguide is on the web but it's as useless as
this - *holds up useless thing* - and we need the means of interpreting
some of the hex codes they're chucking at us.
Anyone got any other docs?
TIA
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www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UKs biggest home computer collection?
7 Dec
7 Dec
3:14 p.m.
We've got 3 of these things in for repair and
we're a bit
stuffed without
troubleshooting docs. The userguide is on the web but it's as
useless as
this - *holds up useless thing* - and we need the means of
interpreting
some of the hex codes they're chucking at us.
In my *extrememly* limited experience, all the codes mean
"the flipping leader's come off - put it back on".
Anyone got any other docs?
I did make the TZ87 (or TZ877?) service manual available and
Manx will find it. The above comment applies here too :-)
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org
4:06 p.m.
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To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: DEC TZ885 mini-library (nearly OT :)
In my *extrememly* limited experience, all the codes mean
"the flipping leader's come off - put it back on".
These libraries are either extremely confused or extremely knackered; it
seems like they never do an actual hardware reset at powerup, just carry on
where they left off. I've found some button combinations that allow you to
view diagnostics as long as the robot isn't going nuts (rare) but I haven't
found which button actually selects said test or function. Also, 2 of them
don't open the drive door when expected so the tape bounces off repeatedly
until the robot gives up....
I did make the TZ87 (or TZ877?) service manual
available and
Manx will find it. The above comment applies here too :-)
I'll have a nose after CSI Miami :o)
cheers
w
4:13 p.m.
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 21:06 +0000, Adrian Graham wrote:
These libraries are either extremely confused or
extremely knackered; it
seems like they never do an actual hardware reset at powerup, just carry on
where they left off. I've found some button combinations that allow you to
view diagnostics as long as the robot isn't going nuts (rare) but I haven't
found which button actually selects said test or function. Also, 2 of them
don't open the drive door when expected so the tape bounces off repeatedly
until the robot gives up....
you need to treat them to a bit of this:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/electricstuff/esd.html
:-)
8 Dec
8 Dec
3:37 p.m.
Jules wrote:
you need to treat them to a bit of this:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/electricstuff/esd.html
that bloke's mental!
cheers
w
9 Dec
9 Dec
3:22 p.m.
diagnostics as long as the robot isn't going nuts
(rare) but
I haven't found which button actually selects said test or
function. Also, 2 of them don't open the drive door when
expected so the tape bounces off repeatedly until the robot
gives up....
Sorted it......it occurred to me this morning that we hadn't checked the
PSUs in these units, knowing DEC and it's choice of poor PSUs for external
tape units!
cheers
w
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