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Re: Adding a second floppy drive to an Apple IIe



Jeff Shanholtz wrote:
On May 5, 2:00 pm, Michael J. Mahon <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:

It would take a shorted 2003 input to interfere with another drive, which
seems unlikely.


That's exactly what is happening. It prevents my good drive from
reading when booting up. If I unplug the bad drive then the good drive
boots fine. So from your comment it sounds like the 2003, or the input
to the 2003, is the likely culprit. I'll look at that first. Thanks!

Actualy, check the '125 first.  A shorted output there will kill
the read channel for all drives, and that's a likely failure mode
under the off-by-one connector scenario.

Also, be sure to check the disk cable.  Insulation sometimes rubs off
of them and can lead to shorts with a myriad of symptoms.

-michael

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