Jeff Shanholtz wrote:
Thanks guys. These drives were borrowed from a friend and I was possibly going to buy one, so I will likely just give them back as they are. I'm sure I plugged them in correctly though.
Old drives often have "mechanical" problems: 1. Off-speed--run speed adjusting program and adjust speed pot. 2. Dirty head--open and clean head carefully with alcohol. 3. Congealed seek cam grease--open, clean old grease, and sparsely regrease with lithium grease. Also check head guides. 4. Hardened drive belt--open drive and inspect belt. Replace if hardened, "exercise" it if it just has a "set". Speed may need adjusting. (Occasional use prevents/cures some belt problems.) -michael NadaNet 3.1 for Apple II parallel computing! Home page: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."