Philips P5020 / MICOM (was: Re: "Single instance" machines)

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Sun Jan 3 12:01:37 1999

On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Kees Stravers wrote:

> I made an image of the CP/M disk with Teledisk and wrote this image to
> a new disk. The P5040 also booted from this disk, but only if I put it
> in the right hand drive. This is a bit strange, since when you switch
> on the machine with no disk in it, the left hand drive lights its led

Did you create the image on the right hand drive? Perhaps that drive is
out of alignment slightly from the left and the image will only work on
it.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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