Re: Apple //e keeps Killing Floppy Drives! - Thanks for the help.

[Boot Zero <apple@bidlink.net>]

Just wanted to follow-up in case others have similar problems. Received 
a cleaning kit today, and ran it for 30 seconds on both read and write 
heads.

The drives now function normally.  Old disks = dirty heads.

Thanks for the help.

Patrick Schaefer wrote:
> Boot Zero schrieb:
> > Before all drives died, I did a speed test using Copy2plus.  On the 
> > drives that were working, they showed normal speeds (198-202ms).   On 
> > the failing drives, the speeds are all over the place.  STarting at 
> > around 225, then dropping to almost zero, then back up to 300 or so.
>
> Check your 12V supply. Not only the voltage, the signal shape (noise, 
> spikes etc), too.
>
> Or get a spare power supply for your IIe to swap in.
>
>
> Patrick