ZX Pilot #39 11 октября 2000

Железо

about different - works with 3.5 and 5.25 inch floppy drive on the Spectrum.

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   Yes! This incident happened to me a few days ago. Actually, 
nothing special, there was not any, but a glitch with my unit 
had a first time. 

   Ever since I found myself on the Speccy 3.5 "FDD Samsung, 
along with imported 5.25 "brand new and also Samsung, took 
about a month. Having time to enjoy almost all the charms of 
the new OS, brought from the carpet and installed the next day, 
I needed to still feel the 3.5 "on Speccy. Here are just a 
turbo is not done, and drives the order of growling that 
prevented me from work on the computer at night. Successfully

siphoned from the most basic necessary
soft'a at 3.5 "I was going to exploit it further, but there it 
was. 

   Somehow I came with my work and come back as far as 21:00, 
and planned to steer on Speccy, because there was still 
something to do. Suddenly I heard his voice parent with whom 
yet (do not thank God) live together: "Tired of me your 
creaking at night! Generally, you want rulez all night, dumped 
in the kitchen with his computer! "My reaction was not very 
positive, so But I did.


   Worked as usual, and only after
morning there was a reverse permutation
incident, the devices A, B, C, D - all were
God knows how confused. Directory from the virtual disk D GLUK 
Reset Service printed somehow with 3.5 "FDD - it's me It seemed 
much too strange. Uniquely buggy is not my noggin, and Spec, or 
FDD. 

   My first suspicion was the formation of signal device 
selection on the board controller, but after checking it turned 
out, that the controller works just perfect and

glitches should not be.

   After a series of tests, it became clear failure of the 
system of my 3.5 "FDD - he is asshole, conflicted with all 
other devices. It simply intercepts requests to all other 
devices, though connected there was only one. Another oddity

podmechennaya me, then, is not haunted; (
What the fuck indicator selected FDD, and
it is 3.5 ", constantly lit, even when
filed only one food? Consequently
no request line sel have been reported. Just kind of garbage! ..

   Then I did not lose and little to pohimichil
signaling for 3.5 "FDD and signal ...
select sel was filed at the entrance FDD start or
start the motor spinning (so to
the idea is not to be). Only after
activation line sel, connected to the start, the unit has 
intensified and remained so until the activation of another 
line of choice (with the normal flop, by the way, such a 
connection does not rolls). Became available a copy operation 
on the flop on the flop with 2 x FDD, and there were problems 
with promotion of a directory in the PC, RC.


   Oddly enough, but when you connect
only one 3.5 "FDD, the system worked
normally without suspicion of "faint"
flop. Only the indicator on the front panel
disguised himself as a permanent glow. My only discontent grew 
:-| 

   At one point, I get tired
such communication with the system and I decide what
whatever cost to get yourself a normal
3.5 "FDD. How was it possible to do?
Elementary, Watson! Should have been just a good rub PC-Schnick 
in the computer lounge. As the owner of the salon where I 
bought this FDD, I do not happened to know personally, then 
just change the "rotten" to normal was not possible. Looking 
warranty ... 

   Neaego do, well, do not buy the same new
3.5 "if the old still on the 5 th month free warranty service? 
Although the seller could refer to a "wrong" food unit and send 
me to far distance, but then there is no examination

no cost to accuracy.

   In unknown what kind of mood I wandered
to the salon with the express purpose: to change
this miracle of technology, bypassing the warranty, that, 
actually, I succeeded. 

   "Thank you, pc'yuchnik tupenky!

   After waiting for the right moment, I had to go to the head, 
the head of all this and provide go wrong product

I did. Next came the market, such as: "A
Do not come to you in the evening, we do check ... "At this 
rudeness was told:" ... long time remove the lid and check? 
"And they went We perform a test of this very "a dead".


   Connecting the device and printing the catalog pc'shnik 
introduced me to a state ohereniya. On his pc everything works 
as expected! A did a write operation on the flop! "- I asked 
him, and tarried not pc'yuchnik. All sinker, written, erased, 
rulilos just fine ... but the LED on the 3.5 "FDD

shone all the same. I logged gruzonul
in the state of "fucking nedopetrivaniya" naive pc'yuchnika 
because He told me that him such glitches have never been, even

how to behave 3.5 "when connecting to
pc, which swallowed up all this crap, even though it was hung 
on pc'yuk dohrena what: 2cd and 2hdd.


   Thanks shown by perseverance and knowledge to communicate 
with pc and not just my 3.5 "FDD was replaced by yet a new one. 
Nevertheless managed to I thank God, save 325 rubles from her 
purse. 

   So we conclude: I was very
pleased, of course:)))

   Boys! If your device
incidents happen, you'll have to bear
them back, the more that connects you
them to Spectrum'u, not pc, it should be
know the following:

   1. In no case does not say that
your PC is not that system.

   2. And do not check whether the device is pre-
on the pc, to have something to gruzonut and
more, so to speak, confidence in your
rightness (better if you have a friend
pc'yushnik)?

   3. "No retreat, no surrender."

   4. No "... check back later."

   5. Check the device _only_ when your personal presence, or 
ask to change the unit of the familiar pc'yushnika (If you do 
not have anything to do with Mr. pc), if he does not goof in 
itself and not clumsy to install. " 

   And most importantly -

   6. The seller is always looking for a buyer,
came from a broken product, real
Loja, because repairs will cost him attendants.
Much more advantageous to him _pokupka_ you the same goods 
again, rather than a pure exchange or repair warranty. Sam 
worked as a salesman in a department Dendy our city: - 
"Floating - know;) 

   Shorter! Do not drive fool if you want to save Grandma and 
have a good comp. A Spectrum, as it turned out, shit 
_prakticheski_ not want to work, and that I am very smile! ;)))