Re: Disk ][ failure

[Giorgio Morocutti <gmoroc@libero.it>]

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 05:12:26 GMT, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

>Giorgio Morocutti writes ...
>> 
>> Hey everyone,
>> 
>> I have a strange failure on an Apple ][ drive analogic card: it was
>> totally dead, I have changed all chips (2003, 3146, ecc) and the 2
>> transistors on board.
>> Now it reads fine all disks, and it verifies drive speed with Copy ][
>> Plus 8.3 (200.5ms), but it do not format the disks ( track 0 error).
>> 
>> Can anyone help me ?
> ....
>
>     First, are you sure the diskettes you are trying to format are DD (double
>density) type diskettes? Most Apple II 5.25" cannot format the 1.2MB 5.25"
>diskettes (which are usually what you find in computer stores).
>
Yes, I am sure.

>     Have you tried formatting a diskette under DOS 3.3 (instead of Copy II
>Plus)?-- i.e. boot DOS 3.3 and get to the BASIC prompt and stick in a fresh
>diskette and enter INIT HELLO.

I have tried now: it makes 3 or 4 tracks and then go in " I/O error"

>
>     If you are using DD diskettes, what stuff can you do? Like, can you boot
>diskettes okay? Can you write files to diskettes?

In writing mode, I can only verify drive speed !!?? :-(((

Thanks Rubywand.

Giorgio

Giorgio Morocutti
gmoroc(chiocciola)libero(punto)it

Apple II forever !