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  1. I've tried numerous bootable disks that works perfectly on my Indus GT... no worries, I've listed it for sale or trade in the Marketplace. Thanks to all, Roger
  2. Just added a 1050 drive with some minor issues... Thanks
  3. Uhhhhhhhhhhhh, no... that doesn't work... I had tried that a while back with the results that I listed above. Thanks
  4. OK, I know that this may have been covered before but I'm looking for a straight-forward answer for this. My 1050 does this: - I turn it on, it spins briefly then stops (no weird sounds). - the screen reads boot error, then pauses, then says it again (continuously). - the switches on the rear of the drive are set correctly. - I opened it up but don't know where to start... Thank you
  5. Yowzers! I found an awesome one on eBay for only $8.20 shipped eBay Auction -- Item Number: 250494624348
  6. Original complete disks/boxes only... no copies My Final Three: Mindshadow (Activision disk) River Rat (ZiMAG disk) Stealth (Broderbund Software disk) List has been updated Thank you
  7. No, still no luck on the 5.25 disk box
  8. Wow, most of that sounds like it's over my head... I'll go ahead and seal her up and see if anyone is interested with it the way it is... I appreciate your help on this one. Thanks, Roger
  9. OK guys... reseated the OS and RAM chips and still nothing... any more ideas? I don't have a lot to steal parts from for testing purposes... I'd rather not mess with my 800XL. Roger
  10. I'm out of time right now, so when I get home from work (tomorrow morning), I'll try that with the OS ROM and report my findings. I appreciate your assistance with this... Later, Roger
  11. Upon closer inspection, one of the RAM chips wasn't all the way seated... needless to say, I was pretty excited at the notion that this was the problem. I pulled it out (that sounded weird) and reseated it... I checked all of the other chips and they looked good. After re-assembling everything and turning it back on... the screen is now black (instead of red) Roger
  12. Both of my keyboards have the mylar ribbon that goes right into the MB. After taking the shield off, there are a ton of chips in there... I'm not sure which is which Roger
  13. From reading some other posts, I am thinking that the red screen means dead RAM? With this in mind, I am assuming that no one would want this for anything other than spare parts? Just curious but my CAPS key on my 800XL is broken, could I swap keyboards with the 600XL (are they exactly the same)? Thanks, Roger
  14. Anyone have one of these for sale? Needs to be extra clean (no scratches or breaks, etc.) Thanks, Roger
  15. I have a 1050... mainly looking to sell this one but I would listen to trade offers for a couple of joysticks or some carts. Thanks
  16. Here's what I have left over from a lot I recently purchased. I will add/send pics if needed. Looking for cash offers or trade for Atari 8-bit carts/software: - Here's a Gemstik joystick too. Works perfectly and the only cosmetic flaw is that the silver paint on the name has rubbed off (on the "G")... see pic below. Sorry, everything else sold Thanks, Roger
  17. OK, so it sounds like I need a "monitor-to-S-video cable"... can anyone direct me to a "good" one? Thanks, Roger
  18. I'd rather not do any soldering for the S-video mod so what is my next best choice? What cable would I need too? Thanks, Roger
  19. What exactly is that and how would I fix it? Thanks, Roger U19 and U23 are 2 74LS244 chips on the main-board, they might be soldered in. a 74LS244 is an octal buffer/line driver, it is for buffering signals usually. the 2 that Trub mention are for: (U19) buffering the Atari port signals and IRQ/DRQ signals internally (to the data bus). if that chip has failed you can get the H3 (Halt in test 3) error code (U23) sits between the 4 config switches on the back and the data-bus and the front panel switches and the data bus. by sits between I mean electrically. have you taken a meter and checked the voltages at the powersupply conection? if it is too far out of spec it can cause odd behavior. if it is the disk controller, I forget exactly which one the indus uses, but if that is bad, it's a chip swap to repair the problem. I've fixed several 1050's that way, swapping the FDC chip and RIOT. also, what part of the country or world are you located in, there may be someone near by that can swap parts / fix it for you. I'm near Dallas, TX. Thanks
  20. What exactly is that and how would I fix it? Thanks, Roger
  21. That's what I thought it might mean This doesn't sound like an easy solution though... are there any "resident experts" on the Indus GT out there?!? I might have to bite the bullet and try to sell it for parts if the repair is too pricey or complex. Thanks, Roger
  22. The manual doesn't list "H" as a possible option when reading the error codes. Does anyone know what this error means? Thanks, Roger UPDATE: upon doing a search in this forum, I found a post from 2004 and the person states that this means: "The drive failed the floppy disk controller test." Ummm, is there anyone that knows how to fix this or can help me get this rectified?!? Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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