Re: //c 3.5" Disk, ARRGH!

[ddkilzer@iastate.edu (David D Kilzer)]

kupiec@tigger.jvnc.net (Bob Kupiec) writes:

>Recently, my //c stopped recognizing the 3.5" Apple drives.  The
>5.25" internal AND external drives work fine.  It's just that all 3.5"
>disk operations cannot be done.  No programs will recognize them
>either!

>I tied cleaning the pins, and I know both 3.5" are good.  Why can't my
>machine use them any longer?  I've tried just about everything.

>BTW- It *IS* an enhanced //c.  Everything else works just fine.

Did you ever unplug the 3.5" drive while the power to the //c was on?
If so, you could have fried either the Woz chip in the //c (the drive
controller chip) or something in the UniDisk itself.

Dave
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