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Article #3728Re: RA60 fault...HELP!
From: Lee Havemann
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:41
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:41
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In article <1992Dec30.180150.15194@icaen.uiowa.edu>, nzimman@icaen.uiowa.edu (Nicholas R. Zimmerman) writes: > HELP! > > I almost have my PDP 11/44 up and running, but when I spun up my RA 60 last > night, it came up with a fault. > > When I press the fault button after it stops and lights it, the Ready light > and the A light flash. > > When I spin it up , I have A and B pushed. It has a Ready 7 cover. > > > Any ideas? > > all help is greatly appreciated! > According to the Users Guide, the Ready and A light flashing indicates that the "Heads Home switch would not open" (FWIW). Dunno what that is, though it sounds like a microswitch is beat (Feel free to correct me anyone :-) The RA60 has internal diagnostics, but I don't know if it has the RS232 hookup like the RA81's. (Did you remove the head lock screw?) > -- > ************************************************************ > | Nick Zimmerman | "I am the king of all I see. | > | | My kingdom for a voice." | > | nzimman@icaen.uiowa.edu | -R.E.M. | > ************************************************************ -- Lee Havemann, Comp Ops Dir. HSH Associates (201) 838-3330 Internet: lee@hsh.com Compuserve: 70410,3507 AOL: HSH Assoc "Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those of anyone else, including myself."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!jvnc.net!rutgers!spcvxb!hsh!lee From: lee@hsh.com (Lee Havemann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: RA60 fault...HELP! Message-ID: <1992Dec31.154139.427@hsh.com> Date: 31 Dec 92 19:41:38 GMT References: <1992Dec30.180150.15194@icaen.uiowa.edu> Organization: HSH Associates Lines: 38