Re: Crippled Disk ][ Problem

[nuke@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Robert Furman)]

In <jolomoCLD0sB.Hz8@netcom.com> jolomo@netcom.com (Joe Morris) writes:

>I recently aquired a Disk ][ drive and can't get it to work -- I know
>nothing of its history.
>
>The symptoms: when accessed the light does come on and the disk
>spins. When I try to read a known good disk, I get "I/O ERROR". When
>I try to format a disk it lights up, spins but doesn't make the "format"
>sound (COPYA generates the "UNABLE TO WRITE" error, other formatters
>quit with other errors).
>
>Disks I tried to format on this drive formatted fine on my first drive.
>Tried setting this up as Drive 1 the light came on, disk spun, but no
>startup sound and no startup.
>
>All the cabling looks Ok, and the drive looks to be in excellent shape.
>
>Does anyone have a clue? Is there any other pertinent info I left out?
>
>Thanks for any help or wild guesses,
>--
>        -joe        "Honey, they're in *everybody's* eggs" --firesigns

>From what you have said it looks like there may be a problem on the
read/chip...I don't remember which chip it is but in any case it is
ussually cheaper to replace all the socketed chips inside the drive...they
can be bought from most electronics stores at a reasonable price....say
$20.00 or so....this will ensure that there is not another chip causeing
problems with the read/write chip....

Rob

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