ScuzzBlog: Diaries September 2017 Entry 13th September 2017: Post: 4 What was I doing ? I dunno, I set myself the challenge of setting up the Fast Trak and three hours later I am doing anything but. All started with a silly small switch in the back of an A500. I hooked up the Fast Trak and managed to pull every colour of the rainbow through the monitor. Started with nothing, then a lovely yellow and green and then grey. The power light was flashing and I just decided to leave the thing running. The computer was talking to the hard drive because the unit was powering up when I switched on the A500. I decided to have something to eat and leave the unit running for half an hour. Came back and I had a lovely deep blue screen. No Workbench just a deep blue. I rebooted and I was back to yellow and the power light blinking at me. I decided to swap computers and that's when I hit a broken A500, which kinda upset me. So I fetched another and discovered an interesting switch on the back of the machine. This computer wouldn't boot either. Then I discovered I had pulled the wrong plug out. Duh ! so the other computer was fine also. Too late though now.. I was hooked on this switch. So I delved down into the sidecar graveyard and pulled out a GVP and I was away. The switch was obviously a ROM switcher. I must open this computer up and see what is going on. GVP worked fine. Odd drive letter coming up on floppy which vanishes when you load a disk. Got the camera out and three hours later the Fast Trak just sits there and I have a 500 running with a GVP and I'm at it with the cotton buds and preparing to open up. Seriously.. this is what happens here. All the time. Hello .. Whot we got here ? Better hook up a GVP and give myself some ready tools to play with Floppy drive issue. May need some attention. GVP power supply and plugged in. The sidecar graveyard down here They are not broken... Just resting Strange floppy drive issue That is all working fine I start to puzzle over the ROM switcher Already losing track of the Fast Trak Damaged corner to 500.. Maybe swap it out. Needs a clean Disgusting !! Can't remember this GVP.. Maybe set her up on another machine and use it And that's how it starts. Next thing you know I have three projects where I only had one and worse I never get the first one finished.. Happy days.. Time to close this lot down for now Or not !! Probably not

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