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    From Daniel Path@2:371/52 to All on Saturday, October 23, 2021 16:56:40
    Hello All.

    when i boot up my c128 in 128 mode the floppy seeks and tries to boot, but it fails (because the drive is empty) and the flash starts to blink and do not stop blinking. is it the normal behaviour? i think the blink should stop.
    anyways the drive seems to work fine.

    thanks,
    --
    Daniel

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  • From Andreas Kohlbach@3:770/3 to Daniel Path on Saturday, October 23, 2021 17:33:36
    On Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:56:40 +1200, Daniel Path wrote:

    when i boot up my c128 in 128 mode the floppy seeks and tries to boot, but it fails (because the drive is empty) and the flash starts to blink and do not stop blinking. is it the normal behaviour? i think the blink should stop. anyways the drive seems to work fine.

    That is normal. At least for a 1541 (hooked up to a C64). Suppose it's
    the same for a C128.
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    Andreas
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  • From Daniel Path@2:371/52 to Andreas Kohlbach on Sunday, October 24, 2021 11:06:13
    Hello Andreas.

    23 Oct 21 17:33, you wrote to me:

    On Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:56:40 +1200, Daniel Path wrote:

    when i boot up my c128 in 128 mode the floppy seeks and tries to
    boot, but it fails (because the drive is empty) and the flash starts
    to blink and do not stop blinking. is it the normal behaviour? i
    think the blink should stop. anyways the drive seems to work fine.

    That is normal. At least for a 1541 (hooked up to a C64). Suppose it's
    the same for a C128.

    but the c64 do not want to boot from the disk :)

    --
    Daniel

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  • From Robert Roland@3:770/3 to Daniel Path on Sunday, October 24, 2021 12:05:43
    On Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:56:40 +1200,
    nospam.Daniel.Path@f52.n371.z2.fidonet.org (Daniel Path) wrote:

    i think the blink should stop

    I just tried it in the Vice emulator. There, the blinking does stop.
    The drive status reads the startup message, not just "OK". That might
    suggest that the C128 resets the drive after the unsuccessful boot
    attempt.

    Could it be that the reset line in your IEC cable is broken? Does the
    drive restart when you boot into C64 mode?
    --
    RoRo
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  • From Daniel Path@2:371/52 to Robert Roland on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 23:05:50
    Hello Robert.

    24 Oct 21 12:05, you wrote to me:

    On Sat, 23 Oct 2021 16:56:40 +1200, nospam.Daniel.Path@f52.n371.z2.fidonet.org (Daniel Path) wrote:

    i think the blink should stop

    I just tried it in the Vice emulator. There, the blinking does stop.
    The drive status reads the startup message, not just "OK". That might suggest that the C128 resets the drive after the unsuccessful boot attempt.

    Could it be that the reset line in your IEC cable is broken?

    hmm i did not opened it yet

    Does the
    drive restart when you boot into C64 mode?

    nope, not with go64.
    but if i hold the commodore key while booting up, then everything seems to be normal, no blinking

    Daniel

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  • From Robert Roland@3:770/3 to Daniel Path on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 17:41:28
    On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:05:50 +1200,
    nospam.Daniel.Path@f52.n371.z2.fidonet.org (Daniel Path) wrote:

    but if i hold the commodore key while booting up, then everything seems to be >normal, no blinking

    During this, the drive light should come on for a second or so, and
    the spindle motor should spin for a couple of seconds.

    If it does not, it could indicate that your IEC cable is bad. Do you
    have another one to test?
    --
    RoRo

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