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That's correct: I own an Emulator II+ HD model, and when I power it on, the machine briefly checks the 5.25" floppy drive for a disk. If no floppy disk is in the drive, it immediately proceeds to load the OS from the internal hard disk.


--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "hexafuzz" <gclip@...> wrote:
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> >..so, both drives spin endlessly, or you only have one drive in your
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> Mike has a E-II+ HD (one floppy and a hard drive). I posted two pictures he sent in the "On-List Troubleshooting" photo album. As you can see his display on power up is scrambled gibberish. 
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> I agree that power supply problems and dirty connections may be pressing issues here. Since he has a HD model, as long as the E-II finds the drives at power up he should be able to boot from the hard disk with no floppy inserted at all...yes?
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