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Re: disk stuff (Re: GS, //e, and mystery cards)
- Subject: Re: disk stuff (Re: GS, //e, and mystery cards)
- From: dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
- Date: 1997/06/12
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Empsoft
- References: <5nlnj4$7df@news.Hawaii.Edu> <5nm4ru$ev3@news.Hawaii.Edu> <5nmaug$1h38@nntp6.u.washington.edu> <5nn8pl$45n@news.Hawaii.Edu>
Galen Tatsuo Komatsu <gkomatsu@Hawaii.Edu> wrote:
> So, just what am I doing wrong? I plugged the disk controller
> into slot 6 of the ][plus, plugged in the drives, and tried to boot
> some disks. Nothing. I vaguely recall having some kind of similiar
> problem when my brother gave me his old ][, but didn't give it much of
> a thought then. And considering he had a lot of 16 sector disks, I
> figured just insert and boot.
>
> The drives and disk controller are fine, they all worked on
> a spare //e I have. And the CPUs are fine as far as I know (at least
> I was told "they work" before they were handed to me.)
My guess is that there is a fault in the computer, such as one of the
power supply rails not going to the slots, or a signal fault in slot 6.
Try putting the card in another slot.
--
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand