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Re: my IIGS 3 1/2 drive conked out
- Subject: Re: my IIGS 3 1/2 drive conked out
- From: mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)
- Date: 30 Jan 2003 19:31:25 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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Paul Grammens replied:
>"Jon Co" <jon@i-manila.com> wrote in message
>a2c2f792.0301300746.1a48c2fa@posting.google.com">news:a2c2f792.0301300746.1a48c2fa@posting.google.com...
>> I think my GS drive port is dead. I tried both of my external drives
>> and they both refuse to work. booting will eject whatever disk is
>> inside and say check startup drive. typing pr#5 will say i/o error.
>> cleaning the drives is no help. what do I do? do I start looking for
>> a new motherboard? can they still be had?
>
>Yes, or just buy a whole IIgs. They are still common and cheap.
And everyone remember: Apple II peripherals are NOT hot-pluggable. ;-)
-michael
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