cdawe
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Post by cdawe on May 27, 2017 22:23:41 GMT
Would you like me to burn you off one? pm me if you like. CBMguy, would I be able to get you to burn me a GEOS ROM for my DCR also? Quote me a price... I know of nobody around my area who can do this. Help a stranger out? Curt
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Post by cdawe on May 27, 2017 21:59:21 GMT
At last Saturday's FCUG meeting, we opened up the Blue Chip 128 drive. Member Louis M. had the honor of disassembling the drive. Though the outside of the drive was grungy and yellowed, the interior of the drive was clean. First, we noticed the quality of the hardware and how compact the drive was in comparison to a 1571 drive. On the casing, there were machine screws with lock washers. When the top of the casing was removed, we saw that the entire top of the mechanism was covered by a solid, shiny, metal plate held in place by metal columns to the bottom of the casing. When the plate was removed, the main motherboard was revealed. Ah-ha, the board had been worked on! There was a CMD JiffyDOS v5.05 chip installed. However, when Louis looked at the underside of the board, he had bad news. There was a scorch mark. High heat had burned the board in one spot. We looked at the top of the board again and noticed that the scorch led to a lifted trace and a resistor. Perhaps that was the reason that the drive did not respond to any disk command. It will have to go to Ray Carlsen for repair. Photos to come tomorrow, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group www.dickestel.com/fcug.htmJuly 30-31 Commodore Vegas Expo v12 - www.portcommodore.com/commvexNo pics, Robert?
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cdawe
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Post by cdawe on May 27, 2017 20:14:23 GMT
You probably have seen this. cbm8bit.com/operating-systems/wheelsIn any case the two files called Wheelssc12842S1 and Wheelssc12842S2 are possibly the best copy of original disks although they are not master disks. The other two called Wheelssc12844S1 and the Wheelssc12844S2 are the same but updated to version 4.4. There is also a version WheelsHD which seems to be the one you may need. If it does not work I would start with the Wheelssc12842S1.d64 and use that to install. Then you can upgrade to wersion 4.4 The three jpg files are the instruction for the upgrade. Site is password authenticated? Or is it the ole' pub thing? Help. I forget LOL!
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Post by cdawe on Feb 25, 2017 15:56:25 GMT
Hi guys,
I've got a 128DCR too, and I was wondering how much of a pain it is to get something like this to work. I don't have GEOS 128 though...
Curt
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