Re: AppleIIe-Disk][ problems

[Robert Boucher <boucher1@pdq.net>]

The IIe starts looking for a boot disk starting at slot 7, and works
down. That is why hard drive controllers are usually in slot 7. Try
leaving slot 7 open and see if your drives in slot 6 will boot.

Lisa Wildfong wrote:
> 
> Hello
> I just recieved 2 Disk][ disk drives for my AppleIIe. When I plug them
> in and turn the computer on,  neither drive does anything.No lights or
> spinning.I have ny disk card pluged into slot 6 and a I/O card in slot 7
> plus a 64K/80 board in the aux. slot.The only time the LED's light up is
> when I shut the computer off. then they flash on then off, which I'm
> guessing is normal.
> I've checked all the connections plus I tried switching the cards around
> but nothing works.
> I figured the disk controller card is bad. Anybody else have any ideas?
> Thanks for your input.
> Terry