Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bnl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!sbcs!bnl!davison From: davison@bnl.UUCP (Dan Davison) Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: update on help! Bdos error on B: R/O Message-ID: <889@bnl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 14:09:33 EST Article-I.D.: bnl.889 Posted: Mon Feb 25 14:09:33 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 02:48:56 EST Distribution: net Lines: 20 Thanks to all who've responded so far. I wasn't very clear in stating the original problem. I get the above error message *when I haven't changed the disk in drive B*. Sometimes I've just completed a PIP and I know there is lots of space left on the disk. My suspicion is that the write protect switch is acting up because if I stick my finger in the drive slot and jiggle the switch, the problem *sometimes* goes away. And sometimes it doesn't. An alternative that occasionally works is to push the disk in and out of the drive a few times. I've had this happen earlier today, and had to shut the system down because I couldn't write to drive B, even after ^C'ing many times and rebooting (and cursing and yelling....). Is this a hardware problem or something in the bdos/bios (I think I've got the sources). Thanks again, dan davison davison@bnl.arpa, .bitnet ...decvax!philabs!sbcs!bnl!davison