Re: Apple iic 5.25" check drive error...

["Steve Savage" <realitystorm@sympatico.ca>]

Thanks, I've got it working I did pr#7, nothing happend, then pr#5, still
got the error,
tried pr#6 and suddenly it read the disk, but showed weird stuff on the
screen, did pr#5 again, and it works....

Still don't seem to be able to access the duo drive yet, but working on it.
Want to create .nib images of KQ1-4, and SQ1 and 2 from sierra.
Thanks for your help
Steve.

"BluPhoenyx" <BluPhoenyx@earthlink.dot.net> wrote in message 
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> Steve Savage wrote:
>> I have an apple iic (5.25") and also and apple iie card in a mac.
>>
>> Every disk I put in the apple iic I now get a clicking sound, and the 
>> error:
>> "check drive", I've tried the same disks on the apple iie card and they 
>> seem
>> to work.
>>
>> I remember reading something about an apple basic command to reset the
>> drive, but can't find it anymore... can anyone help?
>>
>> I have KQ IV, SQ1&2 by sierra on disk, and they don't seem to work on the
>> iie card, but I sure they worked on the apple iic, I want to know if the
>> disks are dead or not.
>
> A few possibilities come to mind.
>
> 1. dirty drive head.
>
> 2. drive speed too fast or too slow.
>
> 3. drive hardware is bad.
>
> I've never had much trouble with any of these and I've owned a //c since 
> 1984. Of course it hasn't been used much lately.
>
> You can try the built in test. IIRC you press these keys together. I don't 
> recall this checking the drive but it will verify the basic hardware.
>
> OPEN APPLE
> CLOSED APPLE
> CONTROL
> RESET
>
> You can test the drive with several programs but this requires a 
> functional drive to boot with. Rather a catch 22 here. I suggest 
> Copy2Plus, a very useful utility.
>
> There may also be problems when writing disks on one system and reading 
> them on another. IIRC, this usually was caused by too much variance 
> between drive speeds.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike T.