a whatsits: Grid 1535 EXP

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Jul 30 12:00:53 1998

At 01:04 AM 7/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Joe wrote:
>
>> I tried holding down the R key and a bunch of others with no effect. The
>> error message that I'm getting says "No System file". I'm afraid the hard
>> drive has been erased. I don't have an external drive, is there anyway to
>> restore the system files without the external drive?
>
>Hmm, 'R' right after power-up should let you boot from whatever's in ROM.
>If that doesn't work, you might try either taking the hard disk out and
>accessing it from another box, or put a SCSI or floppy controller in your
>expansion box and try booting from another device ('F' would force a
>floppy boot, but I don't know if that works from the expansion tray).
>
  OK I'll try that. Probably be a while before I have a chance though.


>> I didn't notice a ring. They were cigarette size boxs and marked "Grid
>> 120" and had a connector at one end.
>
>Those sound like the removable hard drives from my GRiD 1810, one of the
>made-in-Japan plastic GRiDs.

     OK, Do you need some more?

   Joe
>
>-- Doug
>
>
Received on Thu Jul 30 1998 - 12:00:53 BST