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thanks for sharing Pete.
Some our friends own boats, some vintage cars, some motorcycles...I can say that I knew what I was getting into.

On the positive side, the seller has been very helpful and responsive in trouble shooting.

e

--- On Mon, 10/17/11, Peter Forrest <Pforrest@...> wrote:

From: Peter Forrest <Pforrest@...>
Subject: Re: [emulatorII-list] Re: Help for a newbie?
To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, October 17, 2011, 7:12 PM
















 



  


    
      
      
      


I've had experience of sending a definitely fully 
working EII , very well packed, by air and having it arrive not working, and not 
fixable by the buyer's technician.
Not a nice experience, because it cost me two lots 
of shipping and of course the selling price.
Not everyone is good at fixing these 
instruments.
If the seller has a good reputation and seems 
honest maybe he is honest, and it just needs someone good to diagnose the 
fault.
Peter Forrest

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Ed Baldi 
  
  To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com 
  
  Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:13 
  PM
  Subject: Re: [emulatorII-list] Re: Help 
  for a newbie?
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
      Great info thanks. I will give a closer look to the 
        IC's.
This EII does have the RS422 upgrade.

Question: do you 
        think it could be something as simple as all the disks in the library 
        were compromised in transport? There are over 500 floppies and a random 
        selection of about 200 of them yields the same 
        result.

e

--- On Mon, 10/17/11, esynthesist 
        <esynthesist@...> wrote:

        
From: 
          esynthesist <esynthesist@...>
Subject: 
          [emulatorII-list] Re: Help for a newbie?
To: 
          emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, October 17, 2011, 
          4:44 PM


          
            
          
          Mmm... if both drives have the same problem, it means the problem 
          is not caused by the drives (this would have been the easier type of 
          problem :-)

Of course you can still try to re-connect the 
          ribbon cable gong from the drives to the main board at the main board 
          side, but since that side has a locked connector, there is only a 
          small chance that there's a bad connection. Which means the problem is 
          somewhere in the circuitry or is caused by a bad connection of an IC 
          with its socket. Note that most ICs are sitting in a socket and that 
          transportation can cause some of the ICs to come loose. You could have 
          a visual double-check and maybe even slightly push down most ICs to 
          make sure they are sitting fully in their socket (but be careful for 
          static electricity !)

An old serial number is not necessarily a 
          problem. But some of the old units are still lacking the RS422 port. 
          Most have been upgraded afterwards, so maybe yours is fine in that 
          area too (if so it means a small board is sitting on top of the 
          digital board in the upper left corner, at the 
          backside)

///E-Synthesist

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, 
          Ed Baldi <edbaldi@...> wrote:
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> Thanks for the 
          response.
> Yes, same thing when I insert in other 
          drive.
> Also if I power up with a disk inside the LED says that 
          it's booting the OS but nothing ever happens.
> ebay seller 
          insists all worked fine prior to shipping and has been very helpful in 
          trouble shooting but I think I am at an impasse.
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          Other than being old, is the low serial # a really bad thing?
> 
          
> thx
> e
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> --- On Sat, 10/15/11, 
          esynthesist <esynthesist@...> wrote:
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> From: 
          esynthesist <esynthesist@...>
> Subject: [emulatorII-list] 
          Re: Help for a newbie?
> To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
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          Date: Saturday, October 15, 2011, 5:32 AM
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> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, 
          "edbaldi" <edbaldi@> wrote:
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> > Hello everyone and thank you in advance for any advise 
          you can provide. I have trolled the various EII resources before 
          posting but I am at a loss and looking for some guidance. 
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> > EII (Model# 6028 Serial# 31)It 
          was an ebay purchase and purportedly left the seller in full working 
          condition. Here is what happens when I start up:
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          It powers up and says insert diskette as the red light on top drive 
          flashes
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> > 3. I insert disk into top drive and 
          close the latch (i have tried about 100 different disks from the 
          library that came with it)
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> > 4. the drive spins 
          and the red lights flash, alternating between top and bottom 
          drive
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          while the LED reads "insert diskette" 
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