Re: Disk II head cleaner?

["Peter Ibbotson" <spambox@ibbotson.co.uk>]

"Robert C." <robc638@startmail.ca> wrote in message
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> Yes you can use Isopropyl Alcohol and cotton swabs to clean the heads
> on your Disk II.
>
> Since you do not have any boot disks, I recommend you download the Dos
> 3.3 dump and manually enter it using the monitor (call-151) and then
> "init" a blank diskette. From there you will be able to setup the
> serial port (Apple Super Serial Card) to run ADT (Apple Disk Transfer)
> between the Apple and a PC. Download your disk images (.dsk) from the
> internet to the PC, and ADT them to the Apple: this creates a 140k dos
> disk with all the files.


If this all feels like hard work I can stick an ADT boot disk in the post
along with a DOS boot disk. You will need lo-density (aka 360K) disks for
this to work, 1.2Mb floppies don't work. Mail me at home with your address
and I'll try to get it sorted out for you.
If you have a serial card in the machine the dos dump route (see the FAQ for
details) DOES work but it's fussy about timeouts etc.

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