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Re: DOS 3.3
- Subject: Re: DOS 3.3
- From: "Tom Zuchowski" <tjz@mindspring.com>
- Date: 1996/10/22
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
- References: <01bbbfa6$53619100$c45cd8cd@sh1.ro.com> <01bbc00b$5dae5520$a5f30c26@tomz>
I thought of another possibility: if you mis-plug the cable into the disk
interface so it is off by one pin, it blows the 74125 chip in the drive.
This is a very common failure because the connector is not keyed and it's
so easy to do.
TomZ
> Stanley W. Boyett <swboyett@ro.com> wrote in article
> <01bbbfa6$53619100$c45cd8cd@sh1.ro.com>...
> > I have one A2plus and one A2e. I inherited these machines with a bunch
of
> > software/disks of questionable condition. Both machines work but, will
> not
> > boot a disk.
- References:
- DOS 3.3
- From: "Stanley W. Boyett" <swboyett@ro.com>
- Re: DOS 3.3
- From: "Tom Zuchowski" <tjz@mindspring.com>