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 Message 3572 
 Robert Roland to Daniel Path 
 Re: c128d floppy seek 
 27 Oct 21 17:41:28 
 
INTL 3:770/1 3:770/3
REPLYADDR fake@ddress.no
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MSGID:  fa43bd52
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PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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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