Re: 3.5" disk drive problems...

[steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius)]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<WAednaoE57Zlx42iXTWJkQ@comcast.com>...
> "Ian Gowen" <graalguy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > I currently have:
> >   Apple ][gs
> >   PC-to-appleII NULL-modem cable
> >   apple 3.5" Disk drive
> >
> > I have no "known good" disks.
> > I start up the machine. The drive light comes on, I get the "Scrolling
> > apple" 'Check startup device!" message. The drive light goes off.
> > I send the hex dump of EmDos thru the null-modem; checksums are
> > correct.
> > I type "INIT HELLO" with a disk in the drive; it hangs for about a
> > second, and it gives me "Disk Error: I/O". The drive light DOES NOT
> > COME ON at all.
> > Does anyone have any idea what is going on here?
> 
> The problem is easily solved. You need a 5.25" drive.
> DOS 3.3 or patched versions don't run from 3.5" disks.
> I have 6 Disk II drives and can let you have one for the
> shipping costs, provided you live by our slogan,
> "APPLE II FOREVER" ;-)
> 
> Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises };-)
> Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
> Email - willy46pa@comcast.net
> 
> 
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:D

I always preferred the sound of disk ][ drives to that of the
UniDisk/DuoDisk...

If I could have any computers I wanted, and as many as I wanted (hey,
maybe I'll start acquiring them - once I have things cleared up with
the gas co.), I'd have all of these...

* Apple ][+
  64K RAM
  Amdek monitor (the big one, with the built-in speaker; it's black)
  1 disk ][ drive

* Apple ][+ "Vader"
  64K RAM
  Similar-styled monitor (black plastic, brushed chrome palette)
  2 B&H disk ][ drives

* Apple //e (older), dark keyboard
  128K RAM and 80-column card
  Monitor ///
  The two 5.25" beige drives I already :D have
  800K Unidisk in slot 4

* Apple //e (newer), light keyboard
  128K RAM and 80-column card
  Apple monochrome monitor like
http://www.apple2history.org/museum/computers/a2.html
  DuoDisk

And a couple Apple IIgses, a Laser 128 (with amber monitor), a PCjr
*ducks*...

All set up in a "historically accurate" manner.  (Anyone got System
Saver boxes for //e?  Where I went to school, all the //es had them. 
If I got a bunch of ][s, I'd probably do that for the reminiscence.)

Hey, maybe within a year, I'll have it all *g*

-uso.