Re: need help with a disk II

[George Rentovich <grent@home.com>]

Hi,
  It could be the the write protect switch is bad or out of position. It
is a micro switch that is held in by 2 allen head cap screws. Someone
may have moved it so the kids could not write to the disk.
  The last possibility is, half of the I beleive, 1350LM read/write chip
is bad  on the disk drive board . I would have to check to make sure it
is the right chip for reading. Disk II drives are still fairly cheap.
  Take care
           George

alanford73@my-deja.com wrote:

> In article <3A0CB14E.4050850B@intergate.bc.ca>,
>   Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:
> >
> > If it won't write to disk then it's usually one of two things.
> > The write-protect notch must be uncovered to write to a 5.25" disk.
> > The next most likely problem is a faulty write-protect switch
> >
> >     Wayne
>
>   I got write-protect notch uncovered so it is probably a faulty
>   write-protect switch. I am new with all this, what should I do with
>   it?
>
>   Alan Ford
>
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