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Wile Coyote
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1541 - PC
problem:
PC is connected to 1541
1541 stays on (spinning) all the time ?
The PC, 1541, lead, worked fine. Then I re installed Windows XP, and all the usual updates (service pack 2, 3 etc). The PCs working fine, the problem is with PC - 1541
any ideas? :)_ |
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MacGyver
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You should state how the 1541 is connected to the PC (ie which cable). |
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Wile Coyote
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Quote: You should state how the 1541 is connected to the PC (ie which cable).
1541 to (printer) Parallel port
the lead worked fine in the past |
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WVL
Registered: Mar 2002
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Yes.. but what cable? There's a lot of different kind of cables.
http://sta.c64.org/xcables.html |
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Wile Coyote
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Quote: Yes.. but what cable? There's a lot of different kind of cables.
http://sta.c64.org/xcables.html
X1541 cable |
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WVL
Registered: Mar 2002
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Quote: X1541 cable
quote : The X1541 cable is the original cable. It requires an SPP or PS/2 parallel port and it's compatible with all Commodore machines and drives that have the usual serial bus port. However, it's not compatible with the parallel port integrated onto most Pentium and above motherboards.
Answer : you need a different cable.
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Stryyker
Registered: Dec 2001
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Does the drive work ok when connected to nothing? |
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Wile Coyote
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Quote: Does the drive work ok when connected to nothing?
If I pull the lead out of the back of the 1541, the 1541 stops spinning. The 1541 works fine.
@WVL The lead is ok. I know this, as it worked fine on the same set up (before I re installed windows xp).
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Mace
Registered: May 2002
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If you boot the PC with 1541 on, it starts spinning.
You should only turn on the 1541 when the PC is fully booted.
You said the hardware worked before.
That's not a guarantee it didn't break down later ;-)
Oh, and what WVL said. |
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Wile Coyote
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working now :)
Googled:
cbm4win 0.1.0a
gui4cbm4win 0.09
I remember from last time, these 2 (above) work fine
The problem was with:
http://www.trikaliotis.net/opencbm#v0_4_2a
OpenCBM 0.4.2
(for 0.4.0 and later, use the version from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=122047)
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
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did you report the problem to spiro then? "fixing" a problem by using software from stoneage doesnt really seem to be a good solution =P |
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Wile Coyote
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Quote: did you report the problem to spiro then? "fixing" a problem by using software from stoneage doesnt really seem to be a good solution =P
Not too sure how it will go down, but I will send an email. One of his links is dead also, and its quite an important link. Quite why these types of web pages choose to host their files outside of their own domain space makes little sense to me.
As for stoneage software. It does the required job :) |
