Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!cpmlist@amsaa From: cpmlist%amsaa@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: [garey: Re: Old Kaypro disk fix] Message-ID: <17357@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Mar-84 14:27:06 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.17357 Posted: Fri Mar 9 14:27:06 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Mar-84 00:46:44 EST Lines: 33 From: Dave Towson (info-cpm)Presumably, this was sent to me rather than to the whole list by mistake. Dave ----- Forwarded message # 1: Received: From Ut-Ngp.ARPA by AMSAA via smtp; 8 Mar 84 22:03 EST Date: Thu, 8 Mar 84 21:04:54 cst From: garey@ut-ngp.ARPA Posted-Date: Thu, 8 Mar 84 21:04:54 cst Message-Id: <8403090304.AA27550@ut-ngp.ARPA> Received: by ut-ngp.ARPA (4.22/3.14) id AA27550; Thu, 8 Mar 84 21:04:54 cst To: info-cpm-request@AMSAA.ARPA Subject: Re: Old Kaypro disk fix Has this always been the case? In my Kaypro (one of the first horizontal drive models the light is on if the drive is selected, whether or not the drive is running, but the motor shuts off after a certain time with no further access. If this motor running at all times is new, you could call up the dealer and see if it can be fixed cheap, otherwise Kaypro will sell you a whole new board for $120. If the A motor running all the time is inherent in your old model Kaypro, it could be solved with a more up to date BIOS or a commercial replacement such as KayKey, which allows you to set when the drive motor shuts off. Call up Kaypro and ask. I've found them to be very responsive. Within Perfect Writer the motor runs after the last access for ever if you don't hit a key, but that doesn't sound like your problem. Maybe some more technical people can give more specific ----- End of forwarded messages