retrobecanes
Experienced Member
I received a Northstar Advantage 8/16 today with plenty of original documentation and software. The computer, although a bit dusty inside and out, still looks great. When I turn on the computer, it powers up, beeps, and displays "LOAD SYSTEM" on the monitor. The foam keypads are shot so the keyboard doesn't respond to keystrokes (but the CAPS LOCK and NUM LOCK light up). I am surprised however that the system doesn't show any drive activity whatsoever when powering on the system. I would have expected the lights to turn red and the drives to spin but it does nothing of the sort. Could this be an issue or is this normal behavior for this system?