Re: Apple IIgs - 2 disk drives?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

simm8mb@aol.com (SIMM8MB) wrote:

>OK. I got the ram disk disabled. Disks from the second drive still do not show
>up. In copy II plus, slot 5 drive 1 works, but when I try a catalog on s5, d2,
>it says 'no disk in drive' with no attempt to even read the disk. And why are
>ll the floppy disks in slot 5? Aren't they supposed to be in slot 6?

3.5 drives map to slot 5.  5.25 drives map to slot 6.

One way to tell what is wrong is to swap the first and second 3.5
drives.  Now which one works?  If the working order reverses,
the drive that does not work is at fault.  If the working order
remains the same even if you swap the drives, then there is
something else wrong.

I'd lose the second 3.5 drive.  Sell it and use the money to buy
a Focus hard disk drive on a card from http://www.allelec.com/
Alltech Electronics.

Please visit the AOL Apple II Forum.  Copy and paste the
following keyword into the dialog box you get from clicking
the Keyword button next to the URL bar on your AOL desktop.
There may be diagnostic software in the Forum's library.

aol://4344:1264.a2main.10029531.514525857

Once you get to the Forum, add it to your Favorite Places so
you won't have to keep copying the keyword.

Good luck!