Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-21 Thread Rod Smallwood
Well done Sir!! Knowing the terminal is OK is a real booster. Regards Rod On 20/10/2015 20:45, Henk Gooijen wrote: With thanks to Bruce, Jay and Rod, good news, although something has gone wrong first. Learned a few things! Long story ... As I did not see anything o

Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-20 Thread Jay Jaeger
On 10/20/2015 2:45 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote: > With thanks to Bruce, Jay and Rod, good news, although something > has gone wrong first. Learned a few things! Long story ... > > As I did not see anything on the Dasher D200 terminal screen, I first > checked the cable, assuming that the terminal did

Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-20 Thread Henk Gooijen
With thanks to Bruce, Jay and Rod, good news, although something has gone wrong first. Learned a few things! Long story ... As I did not see anything on the Dasher D200 terminal screen, I first checked the cable, assuming that the terminal did not develop issues in the years being stored in the

Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-18 Thread R SMALLWOOD
rom : cu...@charter.net Date : 18/10/2015 - 20:26 (UTC) To : cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject : Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help On 10/18/2015 1:32 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote: > Thanks Jay and Rod, > > you gave me a lot of pointers to check. I agree that getting > a console working is on

Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-18 Thread Jay Jaeger
On 10/18/2015 1:32 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote: > Thanks Jay and Rod, > > you gave me a lot of pointers to check. I agree that getting > a console working is on top of the todo list. However, I better > put on old clothes for next Saturday. I want to have at least > a look at the head lock and shipping

Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-18 Thread Henk Gooijen
Thanks Jay and Rod, you gave me a lot of pointers to check. I agree that getting a console working is on top of the todo list. However, I better put on old clothes for next Saturday. I want to have at least a look at the head lock and shipping bracket, but do not want to remove the disk out of th

Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-18 Thread R SMALLWOOD
- 16:48 (UTC) To : cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject : Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help Thanks Rod, I feel stupid ... It would have been a simple check to see whether the floppy drive actually rotates the floppy [dumb, dumb, dumb]. I did transport the disk drive very carefully ... The trip was not bumpy

Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-18 Thread Jay Jaeger
On 10/18/2015 11:48 AM, Henk Gooijen wrote: > Thanks Rod, > > I feel stupid ... It would have been a simple check to see whether > the floppy drive actually rotates the floppy [dumb, dumb, dumb]. > I did transport the disk drive very carefully ... The trip was not > bumpy, and most of it was on a

Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-18 Thread Jay Jaeger
On 10/17/2015 3:16 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote: > I picked up the NOVA 4 last Thursday. I had help carrying all the stuff > (disassembled) downstairs from the attic. At home I had to unload the van > single-handed. Went well, although I felt my back that evening ... > > Today, I cleaned the rack, as al

Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-18 Thread Henk Gooijen
rg:On-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help Whilst I have no experience of DG systems I am familar with drives of that era. The red label is important. If you did not put the shipping locks in we must assume it travelled without. Thats not good. If the journey was not too bumpy the

Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-17 Thread Rod Smallwood
Whilst I have no experience of DG systems I am familar with drives of that era. The red label is important. If you did not put the shipping locks in we must assume it travelled without. Thats not good. If the journey was not too bumpy then you may be ok. I have seen floppy drives with shipping

Re: Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-17 Thread Bruce Ray
I will reply off-list as usual... Bruce On 10/17/2015 2:16 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote: I picked up the NOVA 4 last Thursday. I had help carrying all the stuff (disassembled) downstairs from the attic. At home I had to unload the van single-handed. Went well, although I felt my back that evening ..

Data General NOVA 4/C help

2015-10-17 Thread Henk Gooijen
I picked up the NOVA 4 last Thursday. I had help carrying all the stuff (disassembled) downstairs from the attic. At home I had to unload the van single-handed. Went well, although I felt my back that evening ... Today, I cleaned the rack, as all boxes were still on the floor. There was little du